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    18 USC Sec. 1027                                            01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 47 - FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS

HEAD

    Sec. 1027. False statements and concealment of facts in relation to
      documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
      of 1974

STATUTE

      Whoever, in any document required by title I of the Employee
    Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to
    time) to be published, or kept as part of the records of any
    employee welfare benefit plan or employee pension benefit plan, or
    certified to the administrator of any such plan, makes any false
    statement or representation of fact, knowing it to be false, or
    knowingly conceals, covers up, or fails to disclose any fact the
    disclosure of which is required by such title or is necessary to
    verify, explain, clarify or check for accuracy and completeness any
    report required by such title to be published or any information
    required by such title to be certified, shall be fined under this
    title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

SOURCE

    (Added Pub. L. 87-420, Sec. 17(c), Mar. 20, 1962, 76 Stat. 42;
    amended Pub. L. 93-406, title I, Sec. 111(a)(2)(B)(i), (ii), Sept.
    2, 1974, 88 Stat. 851; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec.
    330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

      The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to
    in text, is Pub. L. 93-406, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 829, as
    amended. Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
    1974 is classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 1001 et seq.) of
    chapter 18 of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this
    Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of
    Title 29 and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

      1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
    "fined not more than $10,000".
      1974 - Pub. L. 93-406 substituted "Employee Retirement Income
    Security Act of 1974" for "Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure
    Act" in section catchline, and "title I of the Employee Retirement
    Income Security Act of 1974" and "title" for "the Welfare and
    Pension Plans Disclosure Act" and "Act", respectively, in text.
                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
      Amendment by Pub. L. 93-406 effective Jan. 1, 1975, except as
    provided in section 1031(b)(2) of Title 29, Labor, see section
    1031(b)(1) of Title 29.
                              EFFECTIVE DATE
      Section effective 90 days after Mar. 20, 1962, see section 19 of
    Pub. L. 87-420, set out as a note under section 664 of this title.
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