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1934-05-18
govinfo, United States Statutes at Large, vol. 48
Act of 18 May 1934, ch. 304, 48 Stat. 783: the federal bank robbery act
The May 1934 act making robbery of a national bank or a Federal Reserve member bank a federal crime, with higher penalties for assault, use of a dangerous weapon, and killing or kidnaping in the course of the robbery.
- Date
- 1934-05-18
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- case-file
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- An Act of Congress printed in the United States Statutes at Large. A United States government work, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The page is served by govinfo.
Page 783 prints chapter 304 (S. 2841, Public No. 235), approved May 18, 1934: “An Act to provide punishment for certain offenses committed against banks organized or operating under laws of the United States or any member of the Federal Reserve System.” Robbery of such a bank by force or fear is punishable by up to twenty years; assault or the use of a dangerous weapon in the robbery by up to twenty-five years; and killing a person, or kidnaping a person to avoid apprehension, by not less than ten years or by death if the jury so directs. The page also ends chapter 303, on smuggling firearms or tools into federal penal institutions.
The Identification Orders filed here for Dillinger in March 1934 and for Parker and Barrow in May 1934 cite the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act as the federal charge. This page is the statute only.
