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Title 18, United States Code, Chapter 31, contains several rarely used theft of government property statutes. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 643-654. These sections are somewhat narrower in their application than 18 U.S.C. § 641 and cover two specific situations.
[cited in USAM 9-66.300]