Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2701 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2701 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 99-508, title II, Sec. 201[(a)], Oct. 21, 1986, 100
Stat. 1860; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec.
330016(1)(K), (U), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 2148; Pub. L.
104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(a)(3), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498;
Pub. L. 107-296, title II, Sec. 225(j)(2), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat.
2158.)
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 107-296, Sec. 225(j)(2)(A), in
introductory provisions, inserted ", or in furtherance of any
criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws
of the United States or any State" after "commercial gain".
Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 107-296, Sec. 225(j)(2)(B),
substituted "5 years" for "one year".
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 107-296, Sec. 225(j)(2)(C),
substituted "10 years" for "two years".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107-296, Sec. 225(j)(2)(D), added par.
(2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "a fine
under this title or imprisonment for not more than six months, or
both, in any other case."
1996 - Subsec. (b)(1)(A), (2). Pub. L. 104-294 substituted "fine
under this title" for "fine of under this title".
1994 - Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(U),
substituted "under this title" for "not more than $250,000".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(K), substituted
"under this title" for "not more than $5,000".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 107-296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25,
2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107-296, set out as an Effective
Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 202 of title II of Pub. L. 99-508 provided that: "This
title and the amendments made by this title [enacting this chapter]
shall take effect ninety days after the date of the enactment of
this Act [Oct. 21, 1986] and shall, in the case of conduct pursuant
to a court order or extension, apply only with respect to court
orders or extensions made after this title takes effect."
SHORT TITLE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 100-618, Sec. 1, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3195, provided
that: "This Act [enacting section 2710 of this title and
renumbering former section 2710 as 2711 of this title] may be cited
as the 'Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988'."