circumstances shall not be affected thereby, and nothing contained in this chapter is intended, nor shall be construed, to modify or repeal any of the provisions of sections 291 and 292 of this title [Title 7, U.S. Code]. (July 2, 1926, c. 725, § 7, 44 Stat. 803.)

Title 18.-Crimes and Criminal Procedure

The following extracts from Title 18 include only those sections which originated in whole or in part in earlier statutory provisions specifically applicable to the Farm Credit Administration, units under its supervision, or personnel thereof. They do not include other sections of Title 18 of general application which also apply to such administration, units, or personnel but did not have such an origin.

18 U.S. C., § 218

Acceptance of loan or gratuity by bank examiner.-Whoever, being an examiner or assistant examiner of member banks of the Federal Reserve System or banks the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or a farm credit examiner or examiner of National Agricultural Credit Corporations accepts a loan or gratuity from any bank, corporation, association or organization examined by him or from any person connected therewith, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and may be fined a further sum equal to the money so loaned or gratuity given, and shall be disqualified from holding office as such examiner. (Derived from Act July 17, 1916, c. 245, §§ 31, 211 (d), 39 Stat. 382; Mar. 4, 1923, c. 252, § 2, 42 Stat. 1459; Aug. 19, 1937, c. 704, § 20, 50 Stat. 70; June 3, 1935, c. 164, § 21, 49 Stat. 319; 12 U.S. C. 981 and 1124.)

18 U.S. C., § 220

Receipt of commissions or gifts for procuring loans.-Whoever, being an officer, director, employee, agent, or attorney of a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, of a Federal intermediate credit bank, or of a National Agricultural Credit Corporation, except as provided by law, stipulates for or receives or consents or agrees to receive any fee, commission, gift, or thing of value, from any person, firm, or corporation, for procuring or endeavoring to procure for such person, firm, or corporation, or for any other person, firm, or corporation, from any such bank or corporation, any loan or extension or renewal of loan or substitution of security, or the purchase or discount or acceptance of any paper, note, draft, check, or bill of exchange by any such bank or corporation, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (Derived from Act July 17, 1916, c. 245, § 211 (e); Mar. 4, 1923, c. 252, § 2, 42 Stat. 1459; 12 U.S. C. 1125.)

18 U. S. C., § 221

Receipt or charge of commissions or gifts for farm loan or land bank transactions.-Whoever, being an officer, director, attorney, or employee of a national farm loan association, a Federal land bank, or a joint-stock land bank, organized or acting under authority of any

law of the United States, is a beneficiary of or receives, directly or indirectly, any fee, commission, gift, or other consideration for or in connection with any transaction or business of such association or bank, other than the usual salary or director's fee paid to such officer, director, or employee thereof, and a reasonable fee paid by such association or bank to such officer, director, attorney, or employee for services rendered, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Whoever causes or procures any Federal land bank, joint-stock land bank or national farm loan association, organized under any Act of Congress, to charge or receive any fee, commission, bonus, gift, or other consideration not specifically authorized, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (Derived from Act July 17, 1916, c. 245, § 31, 39 Stat. 382; 12 U. S. C. 983.)

18 U. S. C., § 371

Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States. If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor. (Derived from Act June 16, 1933, c. 98, § 64 (f), 48 Stat. 269; 12 U. S. C. 1138d (f).)

18 U.S. C., § 431

Contracts by Member of Congress; exceptions.-Whoever, being a Member of or Delegate to Congress, or a Resident Commissioner, either before or after he has qualified, directly or indirectly, himself, or by any other person in trust for him, or for his use or benefit, or on his account, undertakes, executes, holds, or enjoys, in whole or in part, any contract or agreement, made or entered into in behalf of the United States or any agency thereof, by any officer or person authorized to make contracts on its behalf, shall be fined not more than $3,000.

All contracts or agreements made in violation of this section shall be void; and whenever any sum of money is advanced by the United States or any agency thereof, in consideration of any such contract or agreement, it shall forthwith be repaid; and in case of failure or refusal to repay the same when demanded by the proper officer of the department or agency under whose authority such contract or agreement shall have been made or entered into, suit shall at once be brought against the person so failing or refusing and his sureties for the recovery of the money so advanced. (Derived from Act June 16, 1933, c. 98, § 64 (e), 48 Stat. 268; Jan. 31, 1934, c. 7, § 13, 48 Stat. 347; 12 U. S. C. 1138d (e).)

18 U.S. C., § 432

Officer or employee contracting with Member of Congress.Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States, on behalf of the United States or any agency thereof, directly or indirectly makes or enters into any contract, bargain, or agreement, with any Member of or Delegate to Congress, or any Resident Commissioner, either before or after he has qualified, shall be fined not more than $3,000. (Derived from Act June 16, 1933, c. 98, § 64 (e), 48 Stat. 268; Jan. 31, 1934, c. 7, § 13, 48 Stat. 347; 12 U. S. C. 1138d (e).)

18 U. S. C., § 433

Exemptions with respect to certain contracts.-Sections 431 and 432 of this title shall not extend to any contract or agreement made or entered into, or accepted by any incorporated company for the general benefit of such corporation; nor to the purchase or sale of bills of exchange or other property where the same are ready for delivery and payment therefor is made at the time of making or entering into the contract or agreement. Nor shall the provisions of such sections apply to advances, loans, discounts, purchase or repurchase agreements, extensions, or renewals thereof, or acceptances, releases or substitutions of security therefor or other contracts or agreements made or entered into under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act, the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, the Farm Credit Act of 1933, or the Home Owners Loan Act of 1933, the Farmers' Home Administration Act of 1946, the BankheadJones Farm Tenant Act, or to crop insurance agreements or contracts or agreements of a kind which the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into with farmers.

Any exemption permitted by this section shall be made a matter of public record. (Derived from Act June 16, 1933, c. 98, § 64 (e), 48 Stat. 268; Jan. 31, 1934, c. 7, § 13, 48 Stat. 347; 12 U. S. C. 1138d (e).)

18 U. S. C., § 493

Bonds and obligations of certain lending agencies.-Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits or alters any note, bond, debenture, coupon, obligation, instrument, or writing in imitation or purporting to be in imitation of, a note, bond, debenture, coupon, obligation, instrument or writing, issued by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, Federal Housing Administration, Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation or any land bank, intermediate credit bank, bank for cooperatives or any lending, mortgage, insurance, credit or savings and loan corporation or association authorized or acting under the laws of the United States shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Whoever passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter or publish any note, bond, debenture, coupon, obligation, instrument or document knowing the same to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited or altered, contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or

both. (Derived from Act July 17, 1916, c. 245, §§ 31, 211 (f), 39 Stat. 382; Mar. 4, 1923, c. 252, § 2, 42 Stat. 1459; June 16, 1933, c. 98, § 64 (b), 48 Stat. 268; Jan. 31, 1934, c. 7, § 13, 48 Stat. 347; 12 U. S. C. 982, 1126, and 1138d (b).)

18 U. S. C., § 657

Lending, credit and insurance institutions.-Whoever, being an officer, agent or employee of or connected in any capacity with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Home Owners' Loan Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, Federal Housing Administration, Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Farmers' Home Corporation or any land bank, intermediate credit bank, bank for cooperatives or any lending, mortgage, insurance, credit or savings and loan corporation or association authorized or acting under the laws of the United States, and whoever, being a receiver of any such institution, or agent or employee of the receiver, embezzles, abstracts, purloins or willfully misapplies any moneys, funds, credits, securities or other things of value belonging to such institution, or pledged or otherwise intrusted to its care, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the amount or value embezzled, abstracted, purloined or misapplied does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (Derived from Act July 17, 1916, c. 245, §§ 31, 211 (a), 39 Stat. 382; Mar. 4, 1923, c. 252, § 2, 42 Stat. 1459; Mar. 27, 1933. Ex. Or. 6084; June 16, 1933, c. 98, § 64 (c), 48 Stat. 268; Jan. 31, 1934, c 7, § 13, 48 Stat. 347; 12 U. S. C. 984, 1121, and 1138d (c).)

18 U. S. C., § 658

Property mortgaged or pledged to farm credit agencies.-Whoever, with intent to defraud, knowingly conceals, removes, disposes of, or converts, to his own use or to that of another, any property mortgaged or pledged to, or held by, the Farm Credit Administration, any Federal intermediate credit bank, or the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Farmers' Home Corporation, or any production credit corporation or corporation in which a production credit corporation holds stock, any regional agricultural credit corporation, or any bank for cooperatives, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (Derived from Act June 16, 1933, c. 98, § 64 (d), 48 Stat. 268; Jan. 31, 1934, c. 7, § 13, 48 Stat. 347; 12 Ú. S. C. 1138d (d).)

18 U.S. C., § 709

False advertising or misuse of names to indicate Federal agency. Whoever, except as permitted by the laws of the United States use the words "national", "Federal", "United States", "reserve", or "Deposit Insurance" as part of the business or firm name of a person, corporation, partnership, business trust, association or other business entity engaged in the banking, loan, building and loan, brokerage, factorage, insurance, indemnity, savings or trust business; or

Whoever falsely advertises or represents, or publishes or displays any sign, symbol or advertisement reasonably calculated to convey the impression that a nonmember bank, banking association, firm or partnership is a member of the Federal reserve system; or

Whoever uses the words "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation" or a combination of any three of these four words, as the name or a part thereof under which he or it does business, or advertises or otherwise represents falsely by any device whatsoever that deposit liabilities are insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or by the United States, or any instrumentality thereof, or falsely advertises or otherwise represents the extent or manner in which such deposit liabilities are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; or

Whoever, not being organized under chapter 7 of Title 12, advertises or represents that it makes Federal Farm loans or advertises or offers for sale as Federal Farm loan bonds any bond not issued under chapter 7 of Title 12, or uses the word "Federal" or the words "United States" or any other words implying Government ownership, obligation or supervision in advertising or offering for sale any bond, note, mortgage or other security not issued by the Government of the United States under the provisions of said chapter 7 or some other Act of Congress; or

Whoever uses the words "Federal Home Loan Bank" or any combination or variation of these words alone or with other words as a business name or part of a business name, or falsely publishes, advertises or represents by any device or symbol or other means reasonably calculated to convey the impression that he or it is a Federal Home Loan Bank or member of or subscriber for the stock of a Federal Home Loan Bank; or

Whoever uses the words "National Agricultural Credit Corporation" as part of the business or firm name of a person, corporation, partnership, business trust, association or other business entity not organized under the laws of the United States as a National Agricultural Credit Corporation; or

Whoever uses the words "Federal intermediate credit bank" as part of the business or firm name for any person, corporation, partnership, business trust, association or other business entity not organized as an intermediate credit bank under the laws of the United States; or Whoever uses as a firm or business name the words "Federal Housing", "National Housing" or "United States Housing Authority" or any combination or variation of those words alone or with other words reasonably calculated to convey the false impression that such name or business has some connection with, or authorization from the Federal Housing Administration, the Government of the United States or any agency thereof, which does not in fact exist, or falsely advertises by any device whatsoever that any project, business or product has been in any way indorsed, authorized or approved by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government of the United States or any agency thereof; or

Whoever uses as a firm or business name the words "Reconstruction Finance Corporation" or any combination or variation of these words

Shall be punished as follows: a corporation, partnership, business trust, association, or other business entity, by a fine of not more than