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    18 USC Sec. 643                                             01/05/2009

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    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 31 - EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT

HEAD

    Sec. 643. Accounting generally for public money

STATUTE

      Whoever, being an officer, employee or agent of the United States
    or of any department or agency thereof, having received public
    money which he is not authorized to retain as salary, pay, or
    emolument, fails to render his accounts for the same as provided by
    law is guilty of embezzlement, and shall be fined under this title
    or in a sum equal to the amount of the money embezzled, whichever
    is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; but if
    the amount embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined
    under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

SOURCE

    (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 726; Pub. L. 103-322, title
    XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), (2)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147,
    2148; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110
    Stat. 3511.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES

      Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 176 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
    321, Sec. 90, 35 Stat. 1105).
      Word "employee" was inserted to avoid ambiguity as to scope of
    section.
      Words "or of any department or agency thereof" were added after
    the words "United States". (See definitions of the terms
    "department" and "agency" in section 6 of this title.)
      Mandatory punishment provisions phrased in alternative.
      The smaller punishment for an offense involving $100 or less was
    added. (See reviser's notes under sections 641 and 645 of this
    title.)
                                AMENDMENTS
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-294 substituted "$1,000" for "$100".
      1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(2)(G), substituted "and shall
    be fined under this title or in a sum equal to the amount of the
    money embezzled, whichever is greater, or imprisoned" for "and
    shall be fined in a sum equal to the amount of the money embezzled
    or imprisoned".
      Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(H), substituted "fined under this
    title" for "fined not more than $1,000" after "he shall be".