436 - Convict Labor Contracts.

Chapter 23 — 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 under this title¹ or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

¹ See 1994 Amendment note below.

( June 25, 1948 ,ch. 645, 62 Stat. 703; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, §330016(1 )(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

AMENDMENTS

1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, which directed the amendment of this section by substituting "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000", was executed by making the substitution for "fined not more than $1,000", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.