{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1516","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1516.","heading":"Obstruction of Federal audit","text":"\u00a7\u202f1516.\nObstruction of Federal audit\n(a) Whoever, with intent to deceive or defraud the United States, endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede a Federal auditor in the performance of official duties relating to a person, entity, or program receiving in excess of $100,000, directly or indirectly, from the United States in any 1 year period under a contract or subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement, or relating to any property that is security for a mortgage note that is insured, guaranteed, acquired, or held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to any Act administered by the Secretary, or relating to any property that is security for a loan that is made or guaranteed under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.\n(b) For purposes of this section\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cFederal auditor\u201d means any person employed on a full- or part-time or contractual basis to perform an audit or a quality assurance inspection for or on behalf of the United States; and\n(2) the term \u201cin any 1 year period\u201d has the meaning given to the term \u201cin any one-year period\u201d in section 666.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s1516.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s1516","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1516."},{"t":"heading","text":"Obstruction of Federal audit"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s1516/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Whoever, with intent to deceive or defraud the United States, endeavors to influence, obstruct, or impede a Federal auditor in the performance of official duties relating to a person, entity, or program receiving in excess of $100,000, directly or indirectly, from the United States in any 1 year period under a contract or subcontract, grant, or cooperative agreement, or relating to any property that is security for a mortgage note that is insured, guaranteed, acquired, or held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to any Act administered by the Secretary, or relating to any property that is security for a loan that is made or guaranteed under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s1516/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" For purposes of this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s1516/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cFederal auditor\u201d means any person employed on a full- or part-time or contractual basis to perform an audit or a quality assurance inspection for or on behalf of the United States; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s1516/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cin any 1 year period\u201d has the meaning given to the term \u201cin any one-year period\u201d in section 666.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}