Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1721 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 1721 : US Code - Notes

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 783; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 818, 70
Stat. 784; Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(29), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat.
780; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13,
1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on section 331 of title 18 and section 364 of title 39, The
Postal Service, both U.S.C., 1940 ed. (R.S. Sec. 3920; Mar. 4,
1909, ch. 321, Sec. 208, 35 Stat. 1128).
Said sections were consolidated with only minor changes in
phraseology.
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as
unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
"fined not more than $500".
1970 - Pub. L. 91-375 substituted "Postal Service officer or
employee" for "postmaster or postal service employee", "Postal
Service" for "Post Office Department" in two places, "officer or
employee" for "postmaster or other person", and "any such officer
or employee" for "the postmaster or any employee of a post office
or station or branch thereof", respectively.
1956 - Act Aug. 1, 1956, broadened the class of postal employees
subject to penalties prescribed by this section and broadened the
prohibition to include the inflation of receipts by means other
than the disposing of stamps, stamped envelopes, or postal cards.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-375 effective within 1 year after Aug.
12, 1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of
United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal
Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an
Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal
Service.