Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2244 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2244 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 87(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3622,
and Pub. L. 99-654, Sec. 2, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3661; amended
Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7058(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat.
4403; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13,
1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 105-314, title III, Sec. 302, Oct.
30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2979; Pub. L. 109-162, title XI, Sec.
1177(a)(5), (b)(2), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3125.)
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 99-646 and Pub. L. 99-654 added identical sections 2244.
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-162, Sec. 1177(a)(5), inserted
"or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are
held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or
agreement with the Attorney General" after "in a Federal prison,"
in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 109-162, Sec. 1177(b)(2), substituted
"two years" for "six months".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109-162, Sec. 1177(a)(5), (b)(2), inserted
"or in any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are
held in custody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or
agreement with the Attorney General" after "in a Federal prison,"
and substituted "two years" for "six months".
1998 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-314 added subsec. (c).
1994 - Subsecs. (a)(4), (b). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined
under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000".
1988 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690 substituted "ten years" for
"five years" in par. (1) and "two years" for "one year" in par.
(3).
(!1) So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.