§924 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Makes it a crime to lie, use fake papers, or cheat to get money, property, or approval from the United States or its officers. People who are covered by these rules can be punished for such acts. It includes knowingly filing a false claim or asking for payment on a false claim; using or making false documents, swearing to untrue statements, or using forged signatures to get approval or payment; giving less government money or property than a receipt says when you handle it; and signing or giving papers that say the government received property when you do not know that is true and intend to cheat.

Title 10, §924

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Any person subject to this chapter—

(1)who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent—

(A)makes any claim against the United States or any officer thereof; or

(B)presents to any person in the civil or military service thereof, for approval or payment, any claim against the United States or any officer thereof;

(2)who, for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof—

(A)makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements;

(B)makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing the oath to be false; or

(C)forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses any such signature knowing it to be forged or counterfeited;

(3)who, having charge, possession, custody or control of any money, or other property of the United States, furnished or intended for the armed forces thereof, knowingly delivers to any person having authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives a certificate or receipt; or

(4)who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States furnished or intended for the armed forces thereof, makes or delivers to any person such writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the United States;

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 93250:726.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 132), 64 Stat. 142. The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same” throughout the revised section.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 924 was renumbered section 928a of this title.

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 932 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2016 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing

Regulations

and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

§924 Art. 124. Frauds against the United States