Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2254 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2254 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 98-292, Sec. 6, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 205; amended
Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(m) [title II, Sec. 201(a), (c)], Oct. 18,
1986, 100 Stat. 1783-308, 1783-314, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(m)
[title II, Sec. 201(a), (c)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-308,
3341-314; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7522(c), Nov. 18, 1988,
102 Stat. 4498; Pub. L. 101-647, title XX, Sec. 2003, title XXXV,
Sec. 3565, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4855, 4928; Pub. L. 103-322,
title XXXIII, Sec. 330011(m)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2145;
Pub. L. 105-314, title VI, Sec. 603, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2982;
Pub. L. 106-185, Sec. 2(c)(4), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 211; Pub.
L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4003(a)(6), Nov. 2, 2002, 116
Stat. 1811.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims,
referred to in subsec. (b), are set out as part of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure.
The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, referred to in subsec.
(b), are set out in the Appendix to this title.
The customs laws, referred to in subsec. (d), are classified
generally to Title 19, Customs Duties.
Section 616 of the Tariff Act of 1930, referred to in subsec.
(f)(1), is classified to section 1616a of Title 19.
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 107-273 struck out comma before
period at end.
2000 - Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 106-185 struck out before
period at end ", except that no property shall be forfeited under
this paragraph, to the extent of the interest of an owner, by
reason of any act or omission established by that owner to have
been committed or omitted without the knowledge or consent of that
owner".
1998 - Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105-314, Sec. 603(1), substituted
"2252, 2252A, or 2260 of this chapter, or used or intended to be
used to commit or to promote the commission of an offense under
section 2421, 2422, or 2423 of chapter 117," for "or 2252 of this
chapter".
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105-314, Sec. 603(2), substituted "2252,
2252A, or 2260 of this chapter, or obtained from a violation of
section 2421, 2422, or 2423 of chapter 117," for "or 2252 of this
chapter".
1994 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330011(m)(2), amended
directory language of Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3565(3)(A). See 1990
Amendment note below.
1990 - Subsec. (a)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3565(1),
substituted "section 2251" for "sections 2251".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3565(2), inserted heading.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3565(3)(A), as amended by Pub.
L. 103-322, Sec. 330011(m)(2), substituted "section" for
"subchapter" after "forfeited under this" in two places in
concluding provisions.
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3565(3)(B), substituted
"under section 616 of the Tariff Act of 1930" for "pursuant to
section 1616 of title 19".
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 2003, inserted ", by public
sale or any other commercially feasible means," after "sell".
1988 - Pub. L. 100-690 amended section generally, substituting
subsecs. (a) to (i) for former subsecs. (a) to (d).
1986 - Pub. L. 99-500 and Pub. L. 99-591 amended section
identically, inserting ", and any property, real or personal,
tangible or intangible, which was used or intended to be used, in
any manner or part, to facilitate a violation of this chapter" in
subsec. (a)(1), substituting "Attorney General or the Postal
Service" for "Attorney General" in subsec. (b), and adding subsecs.
(c) and (d).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106-185 applicable to any forfeiture
proceeding commenced on or after the date that is 120 days after
Apr. 25, 2000, see section 21 of Pub. L. 106-185, set out as a note
under section 1324 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Section 330011(m) of Pub. L. 103-322 provided that the amendment
made by that section is effective as of Nov. 29, 1990.
(!1) So in original.