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65 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 248—OCT. 31, 1951

"Shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.". SEC. 27. Section 1020 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out "Secretary of Agriculture", where it appears in the first and second paragraphs of such section, and in lieu thereof inserting "Secretary of Commerce", so that the first and second paragraphs will read as follows: "Whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, or of any State or Territory, or whoever, whether a person, association, firm, or corporation, knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report as to the character, quality, quantity, or cost of the material used or to be used, or the quantity or quality of the work performed or to be performed, or the costs thereof in connection with the submission of plans, maps, specifications, contracts, or costs of construction of any highway or related project submitted for approval to the Secretary of Commerce; or "Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report or claim for work or materials for the construction of any highway or related project approved by the Secretary of Commerce; or". SEC. 28. Section 1114 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words "the field service of the Division of Grazing of the Department of the Interior", appearing in such section, and in lieu thereof inserting "the field service of the Bureau of Land Management", so that such section will read as follows: "§ 1114. Protection of officers and employees of the United States "Whoever kills any judge of the United States, any United States Attorney, any Assistant United States Attorney, or any United States marshal or deputy marshal or person employed to assist such marshal or deputy marshal, any officer or employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice, any post-office inspector, any officer or employee of the secret service or of the Bureau of Narcotics, any officer or enlisted man of the Coast Guard, any officer or employee of any United States penal or correctional institution, any officer, employee or agent of the customs or of the internal revenue or any person assisting him in the execution of his duties, any immigrant inspector or any immigration patrol inspector, any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture or of the Department of the Interior designated by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to enforce any Act of Congress for the protection, preservation, or restoration of game and other wild birds and animals, any officer or employee of the National Park Service, any officer or employee of, or assigned to duty in, the field service of the Bureau of Land Management, any employee of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, or any officer or employee of the Indian field service of the United States, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, or on account of the performance of his official duties, shall be punished as provided under sections 1111 and 1112 of this title." SEC. 29. Section 1302 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the semicolon at the end of the opening clause in the text" of such section, and in lieu thereof inserting a colon, so that such clause will read as follows: "Whoever knowingly deposits in the mail, or sends or delivers by mail:". SEC. 30. Section 3113 of Title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out, in the second paragraph of such section, the words "War Department" and in lieu thereof inserting "Department of the Army", so that such section will read as follows:

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