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18 U.S.C. § 1516 — Obstruction of Federal audit
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**(a)** Whoever, with intent to deceive or defraud the United States, endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede a Federal auditor in the performance of official duties relating to a person, entity, or program receiving in excess of $100,000, directly or indirectly, from the United States in any 1 year period under a contract or subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement, or relating to any property that is security for a mortgage note that is insured, guaranteed, acquired, or held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to any Act administered by the Secretary, or relating to any property that is security for a loan that is made or guaranteed under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
**(b)** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “Federal auditor” means any person employed on a full- or part-time or contractual basis to perform an audit or a quality assurance inspection for or on behalf of the United States; and
(2) the term “in any 1 year period” has the meaning given to the term “in any one-year period” in section 666.
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**(a)** Whoever, with intent to deceive or defraud the United States, endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede a Federal auditor in the performance of official duties relating to a person, entity, or program receiving in excess of $100,000, directly or indirectly, from the United States in any 1 year period under a contract or subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement, or relating to any property that is security for a mortgage note that is insured, guaranteed, acquired, or held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to any Act administered by the Secretary, or relating to any property that is security for a loan that is made or guaranteed under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
**(b)** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “Federal auditor” means any person employed on a full- or part-time or contractual basis to perform an audit or a quality assurance inspection for or on behalf of the United States; and
(2) the term “in any 1 year period” has the meaning given to the term “in any one-year period” in section 666.
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The Congress declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people require housing production and related community development sufficient to remedy the serious housing shortage, the elimination of substandard and other inadequate housing through the clearance of slums and blighted areas, and the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family, thus contributing to the development and redevelopment of communities and to the advancement of the growth, wealth, and security of the Nation. The Congress further declares that such production is necessary to enable the housing industry to make its full contribution toward an economy of maximum employment, production, and purchasing power. The policy to be followed in attaining the national housing objective established shall be: (1) private enterprise shall be encouraged to serve as large a part of the total need as it can; (2) governmental assistance shall be utilized where feasible to enable private enterprise to serve more of the total need; (3) appropriate local public bodies shall be encouraged and assisted to undertake positive programs of encouraging and assisting the development of well-planned, integrated residential neighborhoods, the development and redevelopment of communities, and the production, at lower costs, of housing of sound standards of design, construction, livability, and size for adequate family life; (4) governmental assistance to eliminate substandard and other inadequate housing through the clearance of slums and blighted areas, to facilitate community development and redevelopment, and to provide adequate housing for urban and rural nonfarm families with incomes so low th
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**(a)** Whoever within or upon any of the places now existing or hereafter reserved or acquired as provided in [section 7 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section7&num=0&edition=prelim), or on, above, or below any portion of the territorial sea of the United States not within the jurisdiction of any State, Commonwealth, territory, possession, or district is guilty of any act or omission which, although not made punishable by any enactment of Congress, would be punishable if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State, Territory, Possession, or District in which such place is situated, by the laws thereof in force at the time of such act or omission, shall be guilty of a like offense and subject to a like punishment.
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and for purposes of subsection (a) of this section, that which may or shall be imposed through judicial or administrative action under the law of a State, territory, possession, or district, for a conviction for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a drug or alcohol, shall be considered to be a punishment provided by that law. Any limitation on the right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle imposed under this subsection shall apply only to the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
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(A) In addition to any term of imprisonment provided for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a drug or alcohol imposed under the law of a State, territory, possession, or district, the punishment for such an offense under this section shall include an additional term of imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or if serious bodily injury of a minor is caused, not more than 5 years, or if death of a minor is caused, no
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This chapter may be cited as the “National Housing Act.”
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Authority** — If a mortgagee approved under the 11 So in original. Probably should be “this”. chapter, a lender holding a contract of insurance under subchapter I, or a principal, officer, or employee of such mortgagee or lender, or other person or entity participating in either an insured mortgage or subchapter I loan transaction under this chapter or providing assistance to the borrower in connection with any such loan, including sellers of the real estate involved, borrowers, closing agents, title companies, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, appraisers, loan correspondents and dealers, knowingly and materially violates any applicable provision of subsection (b), the Secretary may impose a civil money penalty on the mortgagee or lender, or such other person or entity, in accordance with this section. The penalty under this paragraph shall be in addition to any other available civil remedy or any available criminal penalty, and may be imposed whether or not the Secretary imposes other administrative sanctions. The penalty shall be in addition to any other available civil remedy or any available criminal penalty, and may be imposed whether or not the Secretary imposes other administrative sanctions.
(2) **Amount of penalty** — The amount of the penalty, as determined by the Secretary, may not exceed $5,000 for each violation, except that the maximum penalty for all violations by any particular mortgagee or lender or such other person or entity during any 1-year period shall not exceed $1,000,000. Each violation of a 22 So in original. The word “a” probably should not appear. the provisions of subsection (b)(1) shall constitute a separate violation with respect to each mortgage or loan application. In the case of a continuing violation, as
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1516
personally or by influencing another, including
making a false or misleading statement, or
withholding, concealing, altering, or destroying
a document or other information.
(c) This chapter does not prohibit or punish
the providing of lawful, bona fide, legal rep-
resentation services in connection with or an-
ticipation of an official proceeding.
(Added Pub. L. 97–291, § 4(a), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat.
1252; amended Pub. L. 99–646, § 50(b), Nov. 10, 1986,
100 Stat. 3605; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7029(b),
(d), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4398; Pub. L. 101–650,
title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L.
102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat.
4516; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320604(a),
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2118; Pub. L. 104–292, § 3,
Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3460; Pub. L. 104–294, title
VI, § 604(b)(39), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3509.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 104–294 struck out
‘‘or’’ after semicolon at end.
Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104–292 added subsec. (b) and
redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).
1994—Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 103–322 added subpar.
(D).
1992—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 102–572 substituted
‘‘United States Court of Federal Claims’’ for ‘‘United
States Claims Court’’.
1988—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7029(b), in-
serted ‘‘a judge of the United States Tax Court, a spe-
cial trial judge of the Tax Court, a judge of the United
States Claims Court,’’ after ‘‘bankruptcy judge,’’.
Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7029(d), added par. (6).
1986—Pub. L. 99–646 inserted ‘‘; general provision’’ in
section catchline, designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).
Statut
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