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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§8507 False Statements and Misrepresentations

Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart G— Insurance and Annuities › Chapter 85— UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › Subchapter I— EMPLOYEES GENERALLY › § 8507

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

A State agency, the Secretary of Labor, or a court that has authority can make someone pay back money if it finds the person knowingly lied or had someone else lie, or knowingly hid or had someone else hide an important fact, and because of that got money as compensation under this subchapter that they were not entitled to. If the money is paid back to a State agency, the agency must put it into the same fund the payment came from. If it is paid back to the Secretary of Labor, the money must go to the U.S. Treasury and be credited to the same appropriation, fund, or account used to make the original payment.

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 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60