Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 37 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 37 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60021(a), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1979; amended Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Secs. 721(g),
723(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1299, 1300; Pub. L. 104-294,
title VI, Secs. 601(q), 607(o), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3502,
3512.)
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(1), inserted "or
conspires" after "attempts" in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 721(g), inserted subpar.
(A) designation and added subpar. (B).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-294 inserted heading and inserted ", and
the term 'State' means a State of the United States, the District
of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States" before period at end.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 60021(c) of Pub. L. 103-322 provided that: "The amendment
made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect on
the later of -
"(1) the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 13, 1994]; or
"(2) the date on which the Protocol for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil
Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at
Montreal on 23 September 1971, has come into force and the United
States has become a party to the Protocol." [Protocol came into
force and United States became a party to the Protocol Nov. 18,
1994, Treaty Doc. 100-19.]
(!1) So in original. Probably should be section "13(c)".