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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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CHAPTER 101 - RECORDS AND REPORTS

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CHAPTER 101 - RECORDS AND REPORTS

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Sec.

2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally.

2072. False crop reports.

2073. False entries and reports of moneys or securities.

2074. False weather reports.

2075. Officer failing to make returns or reports.

2076. Clerk of United States District Court.

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18 USC Sec. 2071 01/06/03

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Sec. 2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

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(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes,

mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with

intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map,

book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any

clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any

public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United

States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than

three years, or both.

(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding,

map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and

unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or

destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned

not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office

and be disqualified from holding any office under the United

States. As used in this subsection, the term ''office'' does not

include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the

Armed Forces of the United States.

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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A,

title V, Sec. 552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566; Pub. L.

103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat.

2147.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 234, 235 (Mar. 4, 1909,

ch. 321, Sec. 128, 129, 35 Stat. 1111, 1112).

Section consolidates sections 234 and 235 of title 18, U.S.C.,

1940 ed.

Reference in subsection (a) to intent to steal was omitted as

covered by section 641 of this title.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for

''fined not more than $2,000'' in subsecs. (a) and (b).

1990 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-510 inserted at end ''As used in

this subsection, the term 'office' does not include the office held

by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the

United States.''

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT

Section 552(b) of Pub. L. 101-510 provided that: ''The amendment

made by subsection (a) (amending this section) shall be effective

as of January 1, 1989.''

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 22 section 3622.

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Sec. 2072. False crop reports

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Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or any

of its agencies, whose duties require the compilation or report of

statistics or information relating to the products of the soil,

knowingly compiles for issuance, or issues, any false statistics or

information as a report of the United States or any of its

agencies, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more

than five years, or both.

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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 103-322, title

XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 215 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.

321, Sec. 124, 35 Stat. 1111).

Words ''or any of its agencies'' were inserted after ''United

States'' so as to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of

section. (See definitive section 6 of this title.)

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for

''fined not more than $5,000''.

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Sec. 2073. False entries and reports of moneys or securities

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Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, or other employee of the

United States or any of its agencies, charged with the duty of

keeping accounts or records of any kind, with intent to deceive,

mislead, injure, or defraud, makes in any such account or record

any false or fictitious entry or record of any matter relating to

or connected with his duties; or

Whoever, being an officer, clerk, agent, or other employee of the

United States or any of its agencies, charged with the duty of

receiving, holding, or paying over moneys or securities to, for, or

on behalf of the United States, or of receiving or holding in trust

for any person any moneys or securities, with like intent, makes a

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Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten

years, or both.

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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 103-322, title

XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 189 (Mar. 4, 1911, ch.

270, 36 Stat. 1355).

Words ''or any of its agencies'' were inserted after ''United

States'' so as to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of

section. (See definitive section 6 of this title.)

References to persons aiding and abetting were omitted. Such

persons are principals under section 2 of this title.

Minor verbal changes were made.

AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for

''fined not more than $5,000'' in last par.

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Sec. 2074. False weather reports

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Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather

forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such

forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather

Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the

Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned

not more than ninety days, or both.

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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 103-322, title

XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 117 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.

321, Sec. 61, 35 Stat. 1100).

Minor verbal changes were made.

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

The United States Signal Service, referred to in text, is now the

Signal Corps which is a branch of the Army, see section 3063 of

Title 10, Armed Forces.

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AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for

''fined not more than $500''.

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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Weather Bureau of Department of Commerce consolidated with Coast

and Geodetic Survey to form a new agency in Department of Commerce

to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration by

Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79

Stat. 1318, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government

Organization and Employees. All functions of Bureau transferred to

Secretary of Commerce by the Plan.

Environmental Science Services Administration abolished by Reorg.

Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat.

2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization

and Employees, which created National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration in Department of Commerce. By Department

Organization Order 25-5A, republished 39 F.R. 27486, Secretary of

Commerce delegated to NOAA his functions relating to Weather

Bureau. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of NOAA, the

organization name of Weather Bureau was changed to National Weather

Service. For further details, see Codification note under section

311 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

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Sec. 2075. Officer failing to make returns or reports

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Every officer who neglects or refuses to make any return or

report which he is required to make at stated times by any Act of

Congress or regulation of the Department of the Treasury, other

than his accounts, within the time prescribed by such Act or

regulation, shall be fined under this title.

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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 107-273, div. B,

title IV, Sec. 4002(d)(1)(C)(ii), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1809.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 188, (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.

321, Sec. 101, 35 Stat. 1107).

AMENDMENTS

2002 - Pub. L. 107-273 substituted ''under this title'' for ''not

more than $1,000''.

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Sec. 2076. Clerk of United States District Court

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Whoever, being a clerk of a district court of the United States,

willfully refuses or neglects to make or forward any report,

certificate, statement, or document as required by law, shall be

fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or

both.

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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI,

Sec. 601(a)(11), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)

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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

Based on section 522 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code

and Judiciary (Feb. 22, 1875, ch. 95, Sec. 6, 18 Stat. 334).

The reference to the offense as a misdemeanor was omitted as

unnecessary in view of the definition of ''misdemeanor'' in section

1 of this title.

The last sentence providing that conviction should not be a

condition precedent to removal from office was omitted as

unnecessary.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

AMENDMENTS

1996 - Pub. L. 104-294 substituted ''fined under this title or

imprisoned not more than one year, or both'' for ''fined not more

than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year'' before period at

end.

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