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§5306 Criminal Activities Involving Grants, Contracts, Etc.; Penalties

Title 25 › CHAPTER 46 — INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE › § 5306

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Anyone connected to a recipient of awards under this chapter or the Act of April 16, 1934 who steals, embezzles, or obtains by fraud any money or property faces up to a $10,000 fine and two years' prison, or both. If the amount is $100 or less, the penalty is up to a $1,000 fine and one year in jail.

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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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References in Text

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.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 5306

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102