Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1031 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1031 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 100-700, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4631;
amended Pub. L. 101-123, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 759;
Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330002(a), (f), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2140.)
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330002(f), redesignated
second subsec. (g) as (h).
Subsec. (g)(2)(A). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330002(a), substituted
"a Government" for "a government".
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330002(f), redesignated second
subsec. (g) as (h).
1989 - Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-123 added, after subsec. (f),
subsec. (g) relating to payments by the Attorney General.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1989 AMENDMENT
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 101-123 provided that: "The amendment
made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to
contracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act [Oct. 23, 1989]."
SENTENCING GUIDELINES
Section 2(b) of Pub. L. 100-700 provided that: "Pursuant to its
authority under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code and
section 21 of the Sentencing Act of 1987 [section 21 of Pub. L. 100-
182, set out as a note under section 994 of Title 28, Judiciary
and Judicial Procedure], the United States Sentencing Commission
shall promulgate guidelines, or shall amend existing guidelines, to
provide for appropriate penalty enhancements, where conscious or
reckless risk of serious personal injury resulting from the fraud
has occurred. The Commission shall consider the appropriateness of
assigning to such a defendant an offense level under Chapter Two of
the sentencing guidelines that is at least two levels greater than
the level that would have been assigned had conscious or reckless
risk of serious personal injury not resulted from the fraud."