Whoever knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by trick, scheme, or device, any material fact in any application for assistance submitted pursuant to this chapter or in any records required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to prosecution under the provisions of section 1001 of title 18.
(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1102, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1219.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 3795a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to this section were contained in former section 3792 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–157.
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