Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§831t Offenses; fines and punishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 12A— - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY › § 831t

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal theft and fraud laws cover the Corporation’s money and property and any United States money or property given to the Corporation. If a person, intending to cheat the Corporation or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or of the United States, makes false entries in the Corporation’s books or files false reports, they can be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to five years, or both. If a person takes compensation, rebates, or rewards, or enters into conspiracies, collusion, or any agreement to defraud the Corporation or to wrongfully defeat its purposes, they can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to five years, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §831t

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(a)All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, embezzlement, conversion, or to the improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of public moneys or property of the United States, shall apply to the moneys and property of the Corporation and to moneys and properties of the United States intrusted to the Corporation.

(b)Any person who, with intent to defraud the Corporation, or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or any officer or employee of the United States (1) makes any false entry in any book of the Corporation, or (2) makes any false report or statement for the Corporation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(c)Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or reward, or shall enter into any conspiracy, collusion, or agreement, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Corporation or wrongfully and unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 831t

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73