Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 879 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 879 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 97-297, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1317;
amended Pub. L. 98-587, Sec. 3(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3111;
Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 2(a), (b)(1), Dec. 19, 2000,
114 Stat. 2715.)
AMENDMENTS
2000 - Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 2(b)(1), struck out "protected by
the Secret Service" after "other persons" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 2(a)(1)-(4), in par. (3),
substituted "a member of the immediate family" for "the spouse",
added par. (4), and, in concluding provisions, struck out "who is
protected by the Secret Service as provided by law," before "shall
be fined" and substituted "5 years" for "three years".
Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 2(a)(5), in introductory
provisions, inserted "and (a)(3)" after "subsection (a)(2)" and
substituted "Vice President-elect, or major candidate for the
office of President or Vice President" for "or Vice President-
elect".
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this
title" for "fined not more than $1,000" in concluding provisions.
1984 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 98-587 substituted "subsection
(a)(7) of section 3056 of this title" for "the first section of the
joint resolution entitled 'Joint resolution to authorize the United
States Secret Service to furnish protection to major Presidential
or Vice Presidential candidates', approved June 6, 1968 (18 U.S.C.
3056 note)".
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations
of the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
section 542 of Title 6.