Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2441 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2441 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 104-192, Sec. 2(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2104,
Sec. 2401; renumbered Sec. 2441, Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec.
605(p)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3510; amended Pub. L. 105-118,
title V, Sec. 583, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2436; Pub. L. 107-273,
div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(e)(7), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1810.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to
in subsec. (b), is classified to section 1101 of Title 8, Aliens
and Nationality.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 107-273 made technical
correction to directory language of Pub. L. 105-118, Sec. 583. See
1997 Amendment notes below.
1997 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-118, Sec. 583(1), as amended by
Pub. L. 107-273, substituted "war crime" for "grave breach of the
Geneva Conventions".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-118, Sec. 583(2), as amended by Pub. L.
107-273, substituted "war crime" for "breach" in two places.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-118, Sec. 583(3), as amended by Pub. L.
107-273, amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec.
(c) read as follows:
"(c) Definitions. - As used in this section, the term 'grave
breach of the Geneva Conventions' means conduct defined as a grave
breach in any of the international conventions relating to the laws
of warfare signed at Geneva 12 August 1949 or any protocol to any
such convention, to which the United States is a party."
1996 - Pub. L. 104-294 renumbered section 2401 of this title as
this section.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(e)(7), Nov. 2, 2002,
116 Stat. 1810, provided that the amendment made by section
4002(e)(7) is effective Nov. 26, 1997.
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 104-192 provided that: "This Act [enacting
this chapter] may be cited as the 'War Crimes Act of 1996'."