Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 951 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 951 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 743; Pub. L. 97-462, Sec. 6, Jan.
12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2530; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1209, Oct.
12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2164; Pub. L. 99-569, title VII, Sec. 703, Oct.
27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3205; Pub. L. 103-199, title II, Sec. 202, Dec.
17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2321; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec.
330016(1)(R), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on section 601 of title 22, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Foreign
Relations and Intercourse (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VIII, Sec.
3, 40 Stat. 226; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, Sec. 6, 54 Stat. 80).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Minor changes in phraseology were made.
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 11 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, referred to
in subsec. (e)(2)(B), is classified to section 2410 of Title 50,
Appendix, War and National Defense.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this
title" for "fined not more than $75,000".
1993 - Subsec. (e)(2)(A). Pub. L. 103-199 substituted "Cuba or
any other country that the President determines (and so reports to
the Congress) poses a threat to the national security interest of
the United States for purposes of this section" for "the Soviet
Union, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Czechoslovakia,
Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, or Cuba".
1986 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99-569 added subsec. (e).
1984 - Pub. L. 98-473 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), substituted "Attorney General if required in subsection (b)"
for "Secretary of State", and added subsecs. (b) to (d).
1983 - Pub. L. 97-462 increased limitation on fines to $75,000
from $5,000.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-462 effective 45 days after Jan. 12,
1983, see section 4 of Pub. L. 97-462, set out as a note under
section 2071 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.