Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 874 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 10 U.S.C. § 874 : US Code - Notes

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 63; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1
[[div. A], title V, Sec. 553(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654,
1654A-125; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title X, Sec. 1048(a)(8), Dec.
28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1223.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at
section Large)
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874(a) 50:661(a). May 5, 1950, ch. 169,
Sec. 1 (Art. 74), 64
Stat. 132.
874(b)
50:661(b).
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In subsections (a) and (b), the words "Secretary concerned" are
substituted for the words "Secretary of the Department".
AMENDMENTS
2001 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-107 inserted "that is adjudged
for an offense committed after October 29, 2000" after "a sentence
of confinement for life without eligibility for parole".
2000 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-398 inserted at end "However, in
the case of a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility
for parole, after the sentence is ordered executed, the authority
of the Secretary concerned under the preceding sentence (1) may not
be delegated, and (2) may be exercised only after the service of a
period of confinement of not less than 20 years."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 553(b)], Oct.
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-125, provided that: "The amendment
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply with
respect to a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility
for parole that is adjudged for an offense committed before the
date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000]."