Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 648 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 648 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 727; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXV,
Sec. 2597(d), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4909; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), (2)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147,
2148; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110
Stat. 3511.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 175 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 89, 35 Stat. 1105).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
The smaller punishment for an offense involving $100 or less was
inserted. (See reviser's notes under sections 641 and 645 of this
title.)
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978, referred
to in text, is classified to section 3101 of Title 12, Banks and
Banking.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-294 substituted "$1,000" for "$100".
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(2)(G), substituted "shall be
fined under this title or in a sum equal to the amount of money so
embezzled, whichever is greater, or imprisoned" for "shall be fined
in a sum equal to the amount of money so embezzled or imprisoned".
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(H), substituted "fined under this
title" for "fined not more than $1,000" after "he shall be".
1990 - Pub. L. 101-647 inserted ", including any branch or agency
of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and
(3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978),"
after "or deposits in any bank".