Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 3559 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 3559 : US Code - Notes

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98
Stat. 1991; amended Pub. L. 100-185, Sec. 5, Dec. 11, 1987, 101
Stat. 1279; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7041, Nov. 18, 1988,
102 Stat. 4399; Pub. L. 103-322, title VII, Sec. 70001, Sept. 13,
1994, 108 Stat. 1982; Pub. L. 105-314, title V, Sec. 501, Oct. 30,
1998, 112 Stat. 2980; Pub. L. 105-386, Sec. 1(b), Nov. 13, 1998,
112 Stat. 3470; Pub. L. 108-21, title I, Sec. 106(a), Apr. 30,
2003, 117 Stat. 654; Pub. L. 108-482, title II, Sec. 204(a), Dec.
23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3917.)
AMENDMENTS
2004 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 108-482 added subsec. (f).
2003 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108-21 added subsec. (e).
1998 - Subsec. (c)(2)(F)(i). Pub. L. 105-386 inserted "firearms
possession (as described in section 924(c));" after "firearms
use;".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-314 added subsec. (d).
1994 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 70001(1), substituted
"Except as provided in subsection (c), an" for "An".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 70001(2), added subsec. (c).
1988 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7041(a)(1), substituted
"classified if the maximum term of imprisonment authorized is - "
for "classified -
"(1) if the maximum term of imprisonment authorized is - ".
Subsec. (a)(1) to (9). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7041(a)(2), (b),
redesignated subpars. (A) to (I) as pars. (1) to (9), respectively,
and substituted "twenty-five" for "twenty" in pars. (2) and (3).
1987 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-185 substituted ", except that
the maximum term of imprisonment is the term authorized by the law
describing the offense." for "except that:
"(1) the maximum fine that may be imposed is the fine
authorized by the statute describing the offense, or by this
chapter, whichever is the greater; and
"(2) the maximum term of imprisonment is the term authorized by
the statute describing the offense."
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses
committed after the taking effect of this section, see section
235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as a note under section 3551
of this title.
(!1) So in original. Probably should be "in".