Whoever receives, conceals, stores, barters, buys, sells, or disposes of any livestock, moving in or constituting a part of interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 807Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 111498 Stat. 2149Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)108 Stat. 2147(, ; , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 36655 Stat. 632Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 419c, 419d (, §§ 4, 5, ).
section 419a of title 18Definitions of “cattle” and “interstate or foreign commerce”, contained in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in sections 10 and 2311 of this title.
section 419d of title 18section 3237 of this titleVenue provision of said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as completely covered by .
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–3221994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.
Pub. L. 98–4731984— substituted “livestock” for “cattle” in section catchline and text.