Notes on peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons : US Code - Notes

Sec.
1581. Peonage; obstructing enforcement.
1582. Vessels for slave trade.
1583. Enticement into slavery.
1584. Sale into involuntary servitude.
1585. Seizure, detention, transportation or sale of slaves.
1586. Service on vessels in slave trade.
1587. Possession of slaves aboard vessel.
1588. Transportation of slaves from United States.
1589. Forced labor.
1590. Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery,
involuntary servitude, or forced labor.
1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or
coercion.
1592. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in
furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery,
involuntary servitude, or forced labor.
1593. Mandatory restitution.
1594. General provisions.
1595. Civil remedy.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
It was felt that further revision of this chapter should be
considered at an opportune time for the same reasons stated with
respect to chapter 81, "Piracy and Privateering".

AMENDMENTS
2003 - Pub. L. 108-193, Secs. 4(a)(4)(B), 5(c)(1), Dec. 19, 2003,
117 Stat. 2878, 2879, substituted "PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS" for "PEONAGE AND SLAVERY" as chapter
heading and added item 1595.
2000 - Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(3), Oct. 28, 2000,
114 Stat. 1489, added items 1589 to 1594.
1949 - Act May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 36, 63 Stat. 95,
substituted a semicolon for comma after "Peonage" in item 1581.