§5306 — Title 25 Indians | U.S. Code

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Anyone who works for or is connected to an organization that gets contracts or grants under this chapter or the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596) and who steals, misuses, or fraudulently takes the grant money or property faces criminal penalties. If the amount taken is more than $100, the person can be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to two years, or both. If the amount is $100 or less, the fine can be up to $1,000, jail up to one year, or both.

Title 25, §5306

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Whoever, being an officer, director, agent, or employee of, or connected in any capacity with, any recipient of a contract, subcontract, grant, or subgrant pursuant to this chapter or the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended [25 U.S.C. 5342 et seq.], embezzles, willfully misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud any of the money, funds, assets, or property which are the subject of such a grant, subgrant, contract, or subcontract, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both, but if the amount so embezzled, misapplied, stolen, or obtained by fraud does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, known as the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. Act of April 16, 1934, referred to in text, is act Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, 48 Stat. 596, popularly known as the Johnson-O’Malley Act, which is classified generally to section 5342 et seq. of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 450d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§5306 Criminal activities involving grants, contracts, etc.; penalties

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Title 25, §5306

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