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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 93— PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES · § 1903

§ 1903. Speculation in stocks or commodities affecting crop insurance

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Whoever, while acting in any official capacity in the administration of any Act of Congress relating to crop insurance or to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation speculates in any agricultural commodity or product thereof, to which such enactments apply, or in contracts relating thereto, or in the stock or membership interests of any association or corporation engaged in handling, processing, or disposing of any such commodity or product, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 790; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 1514(b) of title 7, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Agriculture (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 514(b), 52 Stat. 76).
Words “upon conviction thereof” were omitted as surplusage since punishment can be imposed only after a conviction.
Minor changes were made in phraseology and translations.
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  • June 25, 1948, ch. 645
  • 62 Stat. 790
  • Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)
  • 108 Stat. 2147
  • Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30
  • 52 Stat. 76
  • Pub. L. 103–322
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§ 1903
Speculation in stocks or commodities affecting crop insurance
ActJune 25, 1948, ch. 645
Stat.62 Stat. 790
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)
Stat.108 Stat. 2147
ActFeb. 16, 1938, ch. 30
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