of sections 480, 500, 513-519, and 521 of this title, and Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, as should, in his opinion, be set aside for the protection of game animals, birds, or fish; and, except under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time prescribe, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, catch, trap, willfully disturb or kill any kind of game animal, game or nongame bird, or fish, or take the eggs of any such bird on any lands so set aside, or in or on the waters thereof. (Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 476, amended June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 10, 62 Stat. 860, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)

1948 Amendment.-Act June 25, 1948, cited to text, amended section by omitting penal provisions which are covered by section 41 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and by inserting provision relating to the unlawfulness in hunting, catching, etc. game animals, etc., under rules and regulations of Secretary of Agriculture.

§ 685. Same; hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game unlawful. When such areas have been designated as provided in section 684 of this title, hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of game animals upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said areas shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture.

When such areas have been designated as provided for in section 684 of this title, hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of game animals and birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said areas shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time, by the Secretary of the Interior. (Jan. 24, 1905, ch. 137, § 2, 33 Stat. 614; June 29, 1906, ch. 3593, § 2, 34 Stat. 607; Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §§ 8, 9, 62 Stat. 860, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)

Codification. - Words "in the Witchita National Forest and in the Grand Canyon National Forest" were inserted, and "Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture, respectively" was substituted for "Secretary of Agriculture" because of Reorg. Plan No. II, cited to text, which transferred the Bureau of Biological Survey from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior. The Wichita National Forest, which was then administered by that Bureau, was affected by the transfer. However, the Grand Canyon National Forest was administered by the Forest Service and was consequently not affected.

1948 Amendment.-Act June 25, 1948, §§ 8, 9, cited to text, amended section by omitting the penal provisions which are now covered by section 41 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and by omitting reference to the Secretary of Agriculture.

§ 688. Sequoia National Game Preserve. - All parts of township 17 south, ranges 31 and 32 east, and township 18 south, range 31 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, which are north of the hydrographic divide passing through Farewell Gap, and which are not added to and made part of the Sequoia National Park by the provisions of sections 688-689d of this title, are hereby designated as the Sequoia National Game Refuge, and the hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of birds and game or other wild animals upon the lands of the United States within the limits of the said area shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That it is the purpose of this section to protect from trespass the public lands of the United States and the game animals which may be thereon, and not to interfere with the operation of the local game laws as affecting private or State lands: Provided further, That the lands included in said game refuge shall continue to be parts of the Sequoia National Forest and nothing contained in this section shall prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from permitting other uses of said lands under and in conformity with the laws and rules and regulations applicable thereto so far as may be consistent with the purposes for which said game refuge is established. (July 3, 1926, ch. 744, § 6, 44 Stat. 821, amended June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 13, 62 Stat. 861, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)

1948 Amendment.-Act June 25, 1948, cited to text, amended section by omitting penal provisions which are covered by section 41 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

§ 689b. Same; hunting, pursuing, capturing, unlawful. On lands within the game preserve established in section 689a of this title, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any wild animals or birds for any purpose whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said game preserve shall be unlawful except as hereinafter provided. (As amended June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 14, 62 Stat. 861, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)

1948 Amendment.-Act June 25, 1948, cited to text, amended section by omitting the penal provisions which are now covered by section 41 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

§ 692a. Same; hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., unlawful. When such game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 692 of this title, the hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any game animals or birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of such game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to time prescribe. (As amended June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 15, 62 Stat. 861, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)

1948 Amendment. - Act June 25, 1948, cited to text, amended section by omitting the penal provisions which are now covered by section 41 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and by inserting the reference to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture.

§ 694a. Same; hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., unlawful. When such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 694 of this title, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, angling for, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, angle for, kill, or capture any wild animals or fish for any purpose whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except as hereinafter provided. (As amended June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 16, 62 Stat. 861, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)

1948 Amendment.-Act June 25, 1948, cited to text, amended section by omitting the penal provisions which are covered by section 41 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

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TITLE 17.- COPYRIGHTS

Chapter 1.-REGISTRATION OF COPYRIGHTS

§ 8. Copyright not to subsist in works in public domain, or published prior to July 1, 1909, and not already copyrighted, or government publications; publication by government of copyrighted material. No copyright shall subsist in the original text of any work which is in the public domain, or in any work which was published in this country or any foreign country prior to July 1, 1909, and has not been already copyrighted in the United States, or in any publication of the United States Government, or any reprint, in whole or in part, thereof: Provided, That copyright may be secured by the Postmaster General on behalf of the United States in the whole or any part of the publications authorized by section 1 of the Act of June 27, 1938 (39 U.S.C. 371).

The publication or republication by the Government, either separately or in a public document, of any material in which copyright is subsisting shall not be taken to cause any abridgment or annulment of the copyright or to authorize any use or appropriation of such copyright material without the consent of the copyright proprietor. (July 30, 1947, ch. 391, § 1, 61 Stat. 652.).

TITLE 18.- CRIMINAL CODE AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled "Crimes and Criminal Procedure," is hereby revised, codified, and enacted into positive law, and may be cited as "Title 18, U.S.C., § -," as follows:

Chapter 1.- GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 4. Misprision of felony. - Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

§ 13. Laws of States adopted for areas within Federal jurisdiction. -Whoever within or upon any of the places now existing or hereafter reserved or acquired as provided in section 7 of this title, is guilty of any act or omission which, although not made punishable by any enactment of Congress, would be punishable if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State, Territory, Possession, or District in which such place is situated, by the laws thereof in force at the time of such act or omission, shall be guilty of a like offense and subject to a like punishment.

Chapter 2.-ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH

§ 41. Hunting, fishing, trapping; disturbance or injury on wildlife refuges. Whoever, except in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by authority of law, hunts, traps, captures, willfully disturbs or kills any bird, fish, or wild animal of any kind whatever, or takes or destroys the eggs or nest of any such bird or fish, on any lands or waters which are set apart or reserved as sanctuaries, refuges or breeding grounds for such birds, fish, or animals under any law of the United States or willfully injures, molests, or destroys any property of the United States on any such lands or waters, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

Chapter 7.-ASSAULT

§ 111. Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees. Whoever forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Whoever, in the commission of any such acts uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

Chapter 11.-BRIBERY AND GRAFT

§ 201. Offer to officer or other person. - Whoever promises, offers, or gives any money or thing of value, or makes or tenders any check, order, contract, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, to any officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department or agency thereof, in any official function, under or by authority of any such department or agency or to any officer or person acting for or on behalf of either House of Congress, or of any committee of either House, or both Houses thereof, with intent to influence his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit, or with intent to influence him to commit or aid in committing, or to collude in, or allow, any fraud, or make opportunity for the commission of any fraud, on the United States, or to induce him to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duty, shall be fined not more than three times the amount of such money or value of such thing or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

This section shall not apply to violations of section 212 of this title. § 202. Acceptance or solicitation by officer or other person. - Whoever, being an officer or employee of, or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, in any official capacity, under or by virtue of the authority of any department or agency thereof, or an officer or person acting for or on behalf of either House of Congress, or of any committee of either House, or both Houses thereof, asks, accepts, or receives any money, or any check, order, contract, promise, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, with intent to have his decision or action on any question, matter, cause, or proceeding which may at any time be pending, or which may by law be brought before him in his official capacity, or in his place of trust or profit, influenced thereby, shall be fined not more than three times the amount of such money or value of such thing or imprisoned not more than three years, or both, and shall forfeit his office or place and be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

This section shall not apply to violations of section 213 of this title. § 206. Offer to judge or judicial officer. -Whoever, directly or indirectly, gives or offers any money or thing of value, or any promise or agreement therefor, or any other bribe, to any judge, juror, referee, arbitrator, appraiser, assessor, auditor, master, trustee, receiver, United States Commissioner, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause, proceeding, or controversy, because of or with intent to influence his action, vote, opinion, or decision thereon, shall be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both; and shall be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

§ 208. Acceptance or solicitation by judicial officer. - Whoever, be