Whoever knowingly and willfully makes, or presents any false, fictitious or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate, voucher, endorsement, or paper or writing purporting to be such, concerning any claim for pension or payment thereof, or pertaining to any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or knowingly or willfully makes or presents any paper required as a voucher in drawing a pension, which paper bears a date subsequent to that upon which it was actually signed or acknowledged by the pensioner; or
Whoever knowingly and falsely certifies that the declarant, affiant, or witness named in such declaration, affidavit, voucher, endorsement, or other paper or writing personally appeared before him and was sworn thereto, or acknowledged the execution thereof—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
June 25, 1948, ch. 645 62 Stat. 699 Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(f)(1)105 Stat. 275 Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)108 Stat. 2147 (, ; , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
section 81 of title 18section 126 of title 38section 787 of title 43July 7, 1898, ch. 578 30 Stat. 718 Aug. 17, 1912, ch. 301, § 1 37 Stat. 312 July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 2 46 Stat. 1016 Based on , , Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans’ Relief, and , Public Lands, all of U.S.C., 1940 ed. (R.S. § 4746; , ; , ; , ).
section 2 of this titleReference to persons aiding or assisting or causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in .
section 290 of this titleWords “or bounty land”, before “prosecution of any claim for pension”, were omitted as obsolete. (See reviser’s note under .)
Upon authority of 1930 enactment words “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs” were substituted for “Commissioner of Pensions or of the Secretary of the Interior”, which appeared in 1898 enactment.
section 287 of this titleThe fine was changed from “$500” for “$10,000” to conform with punishment provision of .
Minor changes in phraseology were also made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–3221994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.
Pub. L. 102–541991— substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”.