Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2261 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2261 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, Sec. 40221(a), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1926; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec.
1069(b)(1), (2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2656; Pub. L. 106-386,
div. B, title I, Sec. 1107(a), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1497; Pub.
L. 109-162, title I, Secs. 114(b), 116(a), 117(a), Jan. 5, 2006,
119 Stat. 2988, 2989.)
AMENDMENTS
2006 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109-162, Sec. 117(a), inserted "or
within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the
United States" after "Indian country".
Pub. L. 109-162, Sec. 116(a)(1), which directed substitution of
", intimate partner, or dating partner" for "or intimate partner",
was executed by making the substitution in two places to reflect
the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109-162, Sec. 116(a)(2), which directed
substitution of ", intimate partner, or dating partner" for "or
intimate partner", was executed by making the substitution in two
places to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 109-162, Sec. 114(b), added par. (6).
2000 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-386 added subsec. (a) and struck
out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows:
"(1) Crossing a state line. - A person who travels across a State
line or enters or leaves Indian country with the intent to injure,
harass, or intimidate that person's spouse or intimate partner, and
who, in the course of or as a result of such travel, intentionally
commits a crime of violence and thereby causes bodily injury to
such spouse or intimate partner, shall be punished as provided in
subsection (b).
"(2) Causing the crossing of a state line. - A person who causes
a spouse or intimate partner to cross a State line or to enter or
leave Indian country by force, coercion, duress, or fraud and, in
the course or as a result of that conduct, intentionally commits a
crime of violence and thereby causes bodily injury to the person's
spouse or intimate partner, shall be punished as provided in
subsection (b)."
1996 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-201 inserted "or section 2261A"
after "this section" in introductory provisions and substituted
"victim" for "offender's spouse or intimate partner" in pars. (1)
to (3).