62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 645 -JUNE 25, 1948 § 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 pur- chase 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, pur- chase or repurchase agreements, extensions, or renewals thereof, or acceptances, releases or substitutions of security therefor or other con- tracts or agreements made or entered into under the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Fed- eral 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 Administra- tion Act of 1946, the Bankhead-Jones 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. § 434. INTERESTED PERSONS ACTING AS GOVERNMENT AGENTS Whoever, being an officer, agent or member of, or directly or indi- rectly interested in the pecuniary profits or contracts of any corpora- tion, joint-stock company, or association, or of any firm or partner- ship, or other business entity, is employed or acts as an officer or agent of the United States for the transaction of business with such business entity, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. § 435. CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States, know- ingly contracts for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement, to pay a larger amount than the specific sum appropriated for such purpose, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. § 436. CONVICT LABOR CONTRACTS Whoever, being an officer, employee, or agent of the United States or any department or agency thereof, contracts with any person or corporation, or permits any warden, agent, or official of any penal or correctional institution, to hire out the labor of any prisoners confined for violation of any laws of the United States, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. § 437. INDIAN CONTRACTS FOR GOODS AND SUPPLIES Whoever, being an officer, employee or agent of the United States or any department or agency thereof, has any interest, direct or indi- rect, in any contract made or under negotiation, with the Government or with the Indians, for the purchase or transportation or delivery of goods or supplies for the Indians, or for the removal of the Indians, or colludes with any person attempting to obtain such contract, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and removed from office. § 438. INDIAN CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES GENERALLY Whoever receives money contrary to sections 81 and 82 of Title 25, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and also forfeit the money so received. 703 Ante, p. 702. 47 Stat. 5; 48 Stat. 31, 41, 344, 257, 128; 39 Stat. 360; 60 Stat. 1062; 50 Stat. 622. 15U..C. §601- 617; Supp. I, § 601 et seq.; 7U.S.C. 8601 note, 1000; Supp. I, 602et se.;12U.S.C. §§ 347, 639, 641 notes, 1461-1468; Supp. I, § 963a, 1462 -1464 . Ante, pp. 261, 634; post, pp . 1101, 1209, 1239,1247.
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