Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 501 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 501 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 91-375, Sec.
6(j)(6), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 91-448, Sec. 1(a),
Oct. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 920; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec.
330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 348 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 219, 35 Stat. 1132).
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as
unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of
this title.
Minor changes of phraseology were made.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $500" in last par.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-448 inserted references to the Postal Service
and to postage meter stamps. Pub. L. 91-448, Sec. 1(b), repealed
section 6(j)(6) of the Postal Reorganization Act, Pub. L. 91-375,
Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 719, by which the references to the Postal
Service had been inserted earlier.
Pub. L. 91-375 inserted "or by the Postal Service," after "Post
Office Department," and substituted "the Department or Postal
Service" for "said department" in fourth par. and struck out the
comma after "stamped envelope" and "to defraud" and inserted "or
the Postal Service" after "Post Office Department" in fifth par.
CHANGE OF NAME
Post Office Department redesignated United States Postal Service
pursuant to Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(o), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 733,
set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal
Service.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-375 effective within 1 year after Aug.
12, 1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of
United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal
Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an
Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal
Service.