20 U.S.C. § 1068f
Penalties
United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective
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- 20 U.S.C. § 1068f, Penalties, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/452008
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Whoever, being an officer, director, agent, or employee of, or connected in any capacity with, any recipient of Federal financial assistance or grant pursuant to this subchapter embezzles, willfully misapplies, steals, or obtains by fraud any of the funds which are the subject of such grant or assistance, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Higher Education Amendments of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Higher Education Amendments of 1998