Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 248 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 248 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 103-259, Sec. 3, May 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 694;
amended Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330023(a)(2), (3),
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2150.)
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330023(a)(2), amended section
catchline generally. Prior to amendment, catchline read as follows:
"Sec. 248 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances."
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330023(a)(3), in concluding
provisions, inserted ", notwithstanding section 3571," before "be
not more than $25,000".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Section 330023(b) of Pub. L. 103-322 provided that: "The
amendments made by this subsection (a) [amending this section]
shall take effect on the date of enactment of the Freedom of Access
to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994 [May 26, 1994]."
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 6 of Pub. L. 103-259 provided that: "This Act [see Short
Title note below] takes effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act [May 26, 1994], and shall apply only with respect to conduct
occurring on or after such date."
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 103-259 provided that: "This Act [enacting
this section and provisions set out as notes under this section]
may be cited as the 'Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of
1994'."
SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS
Section 5 of Pub. L. 103-259 provided that: "If any provision of
this Act [see Short Title note above], an amendment made by this
Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any
person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the
remainder of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and the
application of the provisions of such to any other person or
circumstance shall not be affected thereby."
CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Section 2 of Pub. L. 103-259 provided that: "Pursuant to the
affirmative power of Congress to enact this legislation under
section 8 of article I of the Constitution, as well as under
section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, it is
the purpose of this Act [see Short Title note above] to protect and
promote the public safety and health and activities affecting
interstate commerce by establishing Federal criminal penalties and
civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and
destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate or
interfere with persons seeking to obtain or provide reproductive
health services."