18 U.S.C. § 1025 — False pretenses on high seas and other

Page 309 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1026 (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 85 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 35, 35 Stat. 1095; Oct. 23, 1918, ch. 194, 40 Stat. 1015; June 18, 1934, ch. 587, 48 Stat. 996; Apr. 4, 1938, ch. 69, 52 Stat. 197). Word ‘‘agency’’ was substituted for ‘‘department’’ so as to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of section. (See definitions of ‘‘department’’ and ‘‘agency’’ in section 6 of this title.) Reference to persons causing or procuring was omit- ted as unnecessary in view of definition of ‘‘principal’’ in section 2 of this title. Minor changes were made in phraseology. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $10,000’’. § 1024. Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veteran’s facilities property Whoever purchases, or receives in pledge from any person any arms, equipment, ammunition, clothing, military stores, or other property fur- nished by the United States under a clothing al- lowance or otherwise, to any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the Na- tional Guard or Naval Militia, or to any person accompanying, serving, or retained with the land or naval forces and subject to military or naval law, or to any former member of such Armed Forces at or by any hospital, home, or fa- cility maintained by the United States, having knowledge or reason to believe that the prop- erty has been taken from the possession of or furnished by the United States under such al- lowance, or otherwise, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 86 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 35, 35 Stat. 1095; Oct. 23, 1918, ch. 194, 40 Stat. 1015; June 18, 1934, ch. 587, 48 Stat. 996; Apr. 4, 1938, ch. 69, 52 Stat. 197; Apr. 30, 1940, ch. 164, 54 Stat. 171). Minor changes were made in phraseology. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $500’’. § 1025. False pretenses on high seas and other waters Whoever, upon any waters or vessel within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, by any fraud, or false pre- tense, obtains from any person anything of value, or procures the execution and delivery of any instrument of writing or conveyance of real or personal property, or the signature of any person, as maker, endorser, or guarantor, to or upon any bond, bill, receipt, promissory note, draft, or check, or any other evidence of indebt- edness, or fraudulently sells, barters, or disposes of any bond, bill, receipt, promissory note, draft, or check, or other evidence of indebtedness, for value, knowing the same to be worthless, or knowing the signature of the maker, endorser, or guarantor thereof to have been obtained by any false pretenses, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the amount, value or the face value of anything so obtained does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 22, 63 Stat. 92; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3511.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1948 ACT Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 467a (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 288A, as added Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 434, 53 Stat. 1205). Words ‘‘upon any waters or vessel within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States’’ were substituted for ‘‘upon the high seas or on any waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdic- tion of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, or within the admiralty and mar- itime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State on board any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, or District thereof’’, near beginning of sec- tion. The deleted words are not necessary in view of de- finitive section 7 of this title. Words ‘‘whatsoever with intent to defraud’’ were omitted as being included in the preceding term ‘‘false pretenses’’. The punishment provision was revised to include a misdemeanor punishment (not more than $1,000 or one year, or both) where the offense involves $100 or less. (See reviser’s notes under sections 641 and 645 of this title.) 1949 ACT This section [section 22] corrects a typographical error in section 1025 of title 18, U.S.C. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1996—Pub. L. 104–294 substituted ‘‘$1,000’’ for ‘‘$100’’. 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $5,000’’ after ‘‘pretenses, shall be’’ and for ‘‘fined not more than $1,000’’ after ‘‘he shall be’’. 1949—Act May 24, 1949, corrected spelling of ‘‘pre- tense’’. § 1026. Compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of farm indebtedness Whoever knowingly makes any false state- ment for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Secretary of Agriculture, or of any person acting under his authority, in con- nection with any compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of any farm indebtedness as pro- vided by sections 1150, 1150a, and 1150b of Title 12, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)