June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 704Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 20(a)65 Stat. 717Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII108 Stat. 2142(, ; , ; , §§ 330004(17), 330016(2)(F), , , 2148.)
Historical and Revision Notes
July 1, 1944, ch. 358, § 19(a)58 Stat. 667Based on section 119, first and second paragraphs, of title 41 U.S.C., 1940 ed., Public Contracts (, ).
Section was rewritten with changes of phraseology to conform to the style adopted in the revision.
The definition of “records” was omitted as surplusage in order to avoid any inference that “records” as used in other sections was intended to have a different or more limited connotation than the broad and commonly understood meaning popularly assigned to the term.
section 103 of Title 41The last paragraph was added to obviate any possibility of doubt as to meaning of terms defined in , Public Contracts.
section 2 of this titleReference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in .
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 103 of Title 41act July 1, 1944, ch. 35858 Stat. 650Pub. L. 111–350, § 7(b)124 Stat. 3855section 101 of Title 41, referred to in text, probably means section 3 of , , which was classified to section 103 of former Title 41, Public Contracts, prior to repeal by , , . For disposition of sections of former Title 41, see Disposition Table preceding .
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–3221994—, in concluding provisions of first par., struck out “or (3) five years after 12 o’clock noon of ,” after “of such war contract,” and substituted “shall be fined under this title” for “shall, if a corporation, be fined not more than $50,000, and, if a natural person, be fined not more than $10,000”.
1951—Act , substituted “12 o’clock noon of ” for “the termination of hostilities in the present war as proclaimed by the President or by a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress”, and, in penultimate paragraph, substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Director of Contract Settlement”.