False declarations before grand jury or court

Whoever under oath (or in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28 , United States Code) in any proceeding before or ancillary to any court or grand jury of the United States knowingly makes any false material declaration or makes or uses any other information, including any book, paper, document, record, recording, or other material, knowing the same to contain any false material declaration, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years or, if such proceedings are before or ancillary to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review established by section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1803 ), imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 91–452, title IV, § 401(a) , Oct. 15, 1970 , 84 Stat. 932 ; amended Pub. L. 94–550, § 6 , Oct. 18, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2535 ; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L) , Sept. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2147 ; Pub. L. 118–49, § 13(d) , Apr. 20, 2024 , 138 Stat. 882 .)