42 U.S.C. § 3795a : The Public Health And Welfare — Justice System Improvement — Criminal Penalties — Falsification Or Concealment Of Facts

Whoever knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by trick, scheme, or device, any material fact in any application for assistance submitted pursuant to this chapter or in any records required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to prosecution under the provisions of section 1001 of title 18.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1102, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1219.)


Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in former section 3792 of this title prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–157.