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[USC02] 42 USC 1307: Penalty for fraud
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42 USC 1307: Penalty for fraud Text contains those laws in effect on June 1, 2020
§1307. Penalty for fraud
(a) Whoever, with the intent to defraud any person, shall make or cause to be made any false representation concerning the requirements of this chapter, of chapter 2, 21, or 23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or of any provision of subtitle F of such Code which corresponds (within the meaning of section 7852(b) of such Code) to a provision contained in subchapter E of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, or of any rules or regulations issued thereunder, knowing such representations to be false, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both.
(b) Whoever, with the intent to elicit information as to the social security account number, date of birth, employment, wages, or benefits of any individual (1) falsely represents to the Commissioner of Social Security or the Secretary that he is such individual, or the wife, husband, widow, widower, divorced wife, divorced husband, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced husband, surviving divorced mother, surviving divorced father, child, or parent of such individual, or the duly authorized agent of such individual, or of the wife, husband, widow, widower, divorced wife, divorced husband, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced husband, surviving divorced mother, surviving divorced father, child, or parent of such individual, or (2) falsely represents to any person that he is an employee or agent of the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000 for each occurrence of a violation, or by imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both.
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, §1107, as added Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 666, title VIII, §802, 53 Stat. 1398 ; amended Aug. 28, 1950, ch. 809, title IV, §403(e), (f), 64 Stat. 560 ; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, §2663(e)(2)(A), (3), (j)(2)(D)(iii), (l)(1), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1168 , 1170, 1171; Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095 ; Pub. L. 103–296, title I, §108(b)(6), title III, §313(b), Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1482 , 1530.)
Subchapter E of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, referred to in subsec. (a), was comprised of sections 1631 to 1636 of the 1939 Code, and was repealed (subject to certain exceptions) by section 7851(a)(1)(A), (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, Title 26. The Internal Revenue Code of 1954 was redesignated the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095 . For table of comparisons of the 1939 Code to the 1986 Code, see Table I preceding section 1 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code. See also section 7852(b) of Title 26 for provision that references in any other law to a provision of the 1939 Code, unless expressly incompatible with the intent thereof, shall be deemed a reference to the corresponding provision of the 1986 Code.
1994-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–296, §313(b), inserted "social security account number," after "information as to the" and substituted "felony" for "misdemeanor", "$10,000 for each occurrence of a violation" for "$1,000", and "5 years" for "one year".
Pub. L. 103–296, §108(b)(6), which directed that subsec. (b) be amended by substituting "the Commissioner of Social Security or the Secretary" for "the Secretary of Health and Human Services", was executed by making the substitution for "the Secretary" to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1984-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–369, §2663(e)(2)(A), substituted "of chapter 2, 21, or 23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or of any provision of subtitle F of such Code which corresponds (within the meaning of section 7852(b) of such Code) to a provision contained in subchapter E of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939," for "subchapter E of chapter 1 or subchapter A, C, or E of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code [of 1939]".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–369, §2663(l)(1), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator".
Pub. L. 98–369, §2663(j)(2)(D)(iii), which directed the substitution of "Health and Human Services" for "Health, Education, and Welfare" could not be executed because "Health, Education, and Welfare" did not appear in text.
Pub. L. 98–369, §2663(e)(3), substituted "divorced wife, divorced husband, surviving divorced wife, surviving divorced husband, surviving divorced mother, surviving divorced father," for "former wife divorced," in two places.
1950-Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 28, 1950, §403(e), substituted "subchapter E of chapter 1 or subchapter A, C, or E of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939," for "the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or the Federal Unemployment Tax Act,".
Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 28, 1950, §403(f), substituted "Administrator" for "Board" and "wife, husband, widow, widower, former wife divorced, child, or parent" for "wife, parent, or child" wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VI, §2663(e)(2)(B), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1168 , provided that: "The amendment made by subparagraph (A) [amending this section] shall not apply to returns filed or representations made on or before the date of the enactment of this Act [July 18, 1984]."