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§10271 Misuse of Federal Assistance

Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 101 — JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER X — CRIMINAL PENALTIES › § 10271

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Do not steal, secretly take, knowingly misuse, or get by lying any money, property, or assets given under a grant, contract, or other assistance under this chapter, and do not try to do those things. The rule covers funds from the Office of Justice Programs and its parts (for example, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics), whether received directly or through someone else. Anyone who takes, hides, keeps, or uses such money knowing it was stolen or obtained by fraud can be fined up to $10,000, jailed for up to five years, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §10271

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Whoever embezzles, willfully misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud or endeavors to embezzle, willfully misapply, steal, or obtain by fraud any funds, assets, or property which are the subject of a grant or contract or other form of assistance pursuant to this chapter, whether received directly or indirectly from the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, or whoever receives, conceals, or retains such funds, assets or property with intent to convert such funds, assets or property to his use or gain, knowing such funds, assets, or property has been embezzled, willfully misapplied, stolen or obtained by fraud, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3795 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Another section 1101 of Pub. L. 90–351, title VI, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 236, is classified as a note under section 532 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–473 substituted “Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance” for “Law

Enforcement

Assistance Administration”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 10101 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

34 U.S.C. § 10271

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102