Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 3486 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 3486 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 104-191, title II, Sec. 248(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110
Stat. 2018; amended Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(b) [title I,
Sec. 122], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-50, 2681-72; Pub. L. 105-
314, title VI, Sec. 606(a)(1), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2984; Pub.
L. 106-544, Sec. 5(a), (b)(1), (c), Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2716,
2718; Pub. L. 108-21, title V, Sec. 509, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat.
684.)
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 3486, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 833;
Aug. 20, 1954, ch. 769, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 745; Aug. 28, 1965, Pub.
L. 89-141, Sec. 2, 79 Stat. 581, set forth procedure for granting
of immunity to witnesses compelled to testify or produce evidence
in course of any Congressional investigation, or case or proceeding
before any grand jury or court of the United States, involving
interference with or endangering of national security or defense of
the United States, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91-452, title II,
Sec. 228(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 930, effective on sixtieth day
following Oct. 15, 1970. See section 6001 et seq. of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2003 - Subsec. (a)(1)(C)(i). Pub. L. 108-21 substituted "the
information specified in section 2703(c)(2)" for "the name,
address, local and long distance telephone toll billing records,
telephone number or other subscriber number or identity, and length
of service of a subscriber to or customer of such service and the
types of services the subscriber or customer utilized".
2000 - Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 5(b)(1), struck out "in Federal
health care investigations" after "subpoenas" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 5(a)(1), amended par. (1)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "In any
investigation relating to any act or activity involving a Federal
health care offense, or any act or activity involving a Federal
offense relating to the sexual exploitation or other abuse of
children, the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee
may issue in writing and cause to be served a subpoena -
"(A) requiring the production of any records (including any
books, papers, documents, electronic media, or other objects or
tangible things), which may be relevant to an authorized law
enforcement inquiry, that a person or legal entity may possess or
have care, custody, or control; or
"(B) requiring a custodian of records to give testimony
concerning the production and authentication of such records."
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 5(a)(2), inserted "relating
to a Federal health care offense" after "production of records" and
inserted at end "The production of things in any other case may be
required from any place within the United States or subject to the
laws or jurisdiction of the United States."
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 5(c)(1), substituted
"subpoenaed" for "summoned".
Subsec. (a)(5) to (10). Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 5(a)(3), added
pars. (5) to (10).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-544, Sec. 5(c)(2), substituted
"subpoena" for "summons" in two places.
1998 - Pub. L. 105-314 substituted "Administrative subpoenas in
Federal health care investigations" for "Authorized investigative
demand procedures" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-277 inserted "or any act or activity
involving a Federal offense relating to the sexual exploitation or
other abuse of children," after "health care offense," in
introductory provisions.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations
of the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
section 542 of Title 6.
(!1) So in original. Probably should be section "3056(a),".
(!2) So in original.