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 PUBLIC LAWS--H. 358 -JULY 1, 1944 certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to be false, fraud- ulent, or fictitious or knowing the same to contain or to be based on any false, fraudulent, or fictitious statement or entry, or who shall cover up or conceal any material fact, or who shall use or engage in any other fraudulent trick, scheme, or device, for the purpose of secur- ing or obtaining, or aiding to secure or obtain, for any person any benefit, payment, compensation, allowance, loan, advance, or emolu- ment from the United States or any Government agency in connection with the termination, cancelation, settlement, payment, negotiation, renegotiation, performance, procurement, or award of a contract with the United States or with any other person, and every person who enters into an agreement, combination, or conspiracy so to do, (1) shall pay to the United States an amount equal to 25 per centum of any amount thereby sought to be wrongfully secured or obtained but not actually received, and (2) shall forfeit and refund any such benefit, payment, compensation, allowance, loan, advance, and emolu- ment received as a result thereof and (3) shall in addition pay to the United States the sum of $2,000 for each such act, and double the amount of any damage which the United States may have sustained by reason thereof, together with the costs of suit. jirisdictonofoa (2) The several district courts of the United States, the District of Columbia, the several district courts of the Territories of the United States, within whose jurisdictional limits the person, or persons, doing or committing such act, or any one of them, resides or shall be found, shall, wheresoever such act may have been done or committed, have full power and jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine such suit, and such person or persons as are not inhabitants of or found within the district in which suit is brought may be brought in by order of the court to be served personally or by publication or in such other rea- sonable manner as the court may direct. Presenting false (d) The provisions of section 35-A of the Criminal Code (18 2a stt. 7. U. S . C., sec. 80) shall apply to any statement, representation, bill, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, or deposition made or used or caused to be made or used for any purpose under this Act or under any regulations pursuant to this Act. Government em- (e) It shall be unlawful for any person employed in any Gov- Restritlon on right ernment agency, including commissioned officers assigned to duty in tproeute ,s such agency, during the period such person is engaged in such employment or service, to prosecute, or to act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting, any claim against the United States, or for any such person within two years after the time when such employment or service has ceased, to prosecute, or to act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting, any claim against the United States involving any subject matter directly connected with which such person was so Penry. employed or performed duty. Any person violating any provision of this subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. GENERAL PROVISIONS uthoriy of SEC. 20. (a) Each contracting agency shall have authority, notwith- standing any provisions of law other than contained in this Act, (1) to make any contract necessary and appropriate to carry out the provi- sions of this Act; (2) to amend by agreement any existing contract, either before or after notice of its termination, on such terms and to such extent as it deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act; and (3) in settling any termination claim, to agree to assume, or indemnify the war contractor against, any claims by any person in connection with such termination claims or settlement. [58 STAT.

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