Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 643 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 643 : US Code - Notes

(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".