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18 U.S.C. § 705 — Badge or medal of veterans’ organizations
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Whoever knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or on or appended to, any article of merchandise manufactured or sold, any badge, medal, emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, of any veterans’ organization incorporated by enactment of Congress, or of any organization formally recognized by any such veterans’ organization as an auxiliary of such veterans’ organization, or knowingly prints, lithographs, engraves or otherwise reproduces on any poster, circular, periodical, magazine, newspaper, or other publication, or circulates or distributes any such printed matter bearing a reproduction of such badge, medal, emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, except when authorized under rules and regulations prescribed by any such organization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
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Whoever knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or on or appended to, any article of merchandise manufactured or sold, any badge, medal, emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, of any veterans’ organization incorporated by enactment of Congress, or of any organization formally recognized by any such veterans’ organization as an auxiliary of such veterans’ organization, or knowingly prints, lithographs, engraves or otherwise reproduces on any poster, circular, periodical, magazine, newspaper, or other publication, or circulates or distributes any such printed matter bearing a reproduction of such badge, medal, emblem, or other insignia or any colorable imitation thereof, except when authorized under rules and regulations prescribed by any such organization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
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**(a)** The willful failure of a prisoner to remain within the extended limits of his confinement, or to return within the time prescribed to an institution or facility designated by the Attorney General, shall be deemed an escape from the custody of the Attorney General punishable as provided in chapter 35 of this title.
**(b)**
(1) The Attorney General shall, upon the request of the head of any law enforcement agency of a State or of a unit of local government in a State, make available as expeditiously as possible to such agency, with respect to prisoners who have been convicted of felony offenses against the United States and who are confined at a facility which is a residential community treatment center located in the geographical area in which such agency has jurisdiction, the following information maintained by the Bureau of Prisons (to the extent that the Bureau of Prisons maintains such information)—
(A) the names of such prisoners;
(B) the community treatment center addresses of such prisoners;
(C) the dates of birth of such prisoners;
(D) the Federal Bureau of Investigation numbers assigned to such prisoners;
(E) photographs and fingerprints of such prisoners; and
(F) the nature of the offenses against the United States of which each such prisoner has been convicted and the factual circumstances relating to such offenses.
(2) Any law enforcement agency which receives information under this subsection shall not disseminate such information outside of such agency.
**(c)** As used in this section—the term “facility” shall include a residential community treatment center; and the term “relative” shall mean a spouse, child (including stepchild, adopted child or child as to whom the prisoner, though not a natural parent, has acted in the plac
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Page 173
TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 706a
section 123(b)(1) of Pub. L. 115–282, set out as a note pre-
ceding section 101 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019,
with provision for the coordination of amendments and
special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800
of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section
3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–294 effective Sept. 13, 1994,
see section 604(d) of Pub. L. 104–294, set out as a note
under section 13 of this title.
FINDINGS
Pub. L. 109–437, § 2, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3266, pro-
vided that: ‘‘Congress makes the following findings:
‘‘(1) Fraudulent claims surrounding the receipt of
the Medal of Honor, the distinguished-service cross,
the Navy cross, the Air Force cross, the Purple Heart,
and other decorations and medals awarded by the
President or the Armed Forces of the United States
damage the reputation and meaning of such decora-
tions and medals.
‘‘(2) Federal law enforcement officers have limited
ability to prosecute fraudulent claims of receipt of
military decorations and medals.
‘‘(3) Legislative action is necessary to permit law
enforcement officers to protect the reputation and
meaning of military decorations and medals.’’
§ 705. Badge or medal of veterans’ organizations
Whoever knowingly manufactures, reproduces,
sells or purchases for resale, either separately or
on or appended to, any article of merchandise
manufactured or sold, any badge, medal, em-
blem, or other insignia or any colorable imita-
tion thereof, of any veterans’ organization in-
corporated by enactment of Congress, or of any
organization formally recognized by
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