Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1015 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1015 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 752; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L.
104-208, div. C, title II, Sec. 215, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-
572; Pub. L. 106-395, title II, Sec. 201(d)(2), Oct. 30, 2000, 114
Stat. 1635.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on subsections (a), paragraphs (1), (16), (17), (19), (32),
(b), (d), and (l) of section 746 of title 8, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
Aliens and Nationality (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, Sec. 346(a), pars.
(1), (16), (17), (19), (32), (b), (d), and (l), 45 Stat. 1163,
1165, 1167).
Section consolidates, with minor changes, subsection (a),
paragraphs (1), (16), (17), (19), (32), and subsections (b), (d),
and (l), of section 746 of title 8, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Aliens and
Nationality.
Such changes of arrangement and phraseology were made as were
appropriate and necessary.
AMENDMENTS
2000 - Pub. L. 106-395 inserted at end of concluding provisions
"Subsection (f) does not apply to an alien if each natural parent
of the alien (or, in the case of an adopted alien, each adoptive
parent of the alien) is or was a citizen (whether by birth or
naturalization), the alien permanently resided in the United States
prior to attaining the age of 16, and the alien reasonably believed
at the time of making the false statement or claim that he or she
was a citizen of the United States."
1996 - Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 104-208 added subsecs. (e) and
(f).
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $5,000" in concluding par.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106-395 effective as if included in the
enactment of section 215 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, div. C of Pub. L. 104-208,
and applicable to an alien prosecuted on or after Sept. 30, 1996,
except in the case of an alien whose criminal proceeding (including
judicial review thereof) has been finally concluded before Oct. 30,
2000, see section 201(d)(3) of Pub. L. 106-395, set out as a note
under section 611 of this title.