---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 437"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "437"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 104–178, § 1(a), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1565"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/437"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 23 — Contracts"
---

# [§437. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–178, § 1(a), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1565 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 703; June 17, 1980, Pub. L. 96–277, § 1, 94 Stat. 544; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147, related to Federal employees contracting or trading with Indians.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 104–178, § 1(c), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1565, provided that: “The repeal made by subsection (a) [repealing this section] shall— take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 6, 1996]; and apply with respect to any contract obtained, and any purchase or sale occurring, on or after the date of enactment of this Act.”