Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73
§8507 False statements and misrepresentations
Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart G— - Insurance and Annuities › Chapter CHAPTER 85— - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - EMPLOYEES GENERALLY › § 8507
Summary
A State agency, Secretary, or court can require repayment when someone knowingly lies or hides facts and gets payments under this law they shouldn't have. If repaid to a State agency, money returns to that fund; if repaid to the Secretary, it goes to the Treasury and is credited to the same appropriation.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §8507
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)If a State agency, the Secretary of Labor, or a court of competent jurisdiction finds that an individual—
(1)knowingly has made, or caused to be made by another, a false statement or representation of a material fact, or knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to disclose a material fact; and
(2)as a result of that action has received an amount as compensation under this subchapter to which he was not entitled;
(b)An amount repaid under subsection (a) of this section shall be—
(1)deposited in the fund from which payment was made, if the repayment was to a State agency; or
(2)returned to the Treasury of the United States and credited to the current applicable appropriation, fund, or account from which payment was made, if the repayment was to the Secretary.
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Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 42 U.S.C. 1368(b).Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1212, § 4(a), “Sec. 1508(b)”, 68 Stat. 1135. In subsection (a), the words “as the case may be”, “be liable to”, and “of any amount” are omitted as unnecessary. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.
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5 U.S.C. § 8507
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73