§ 874. Art. 74. Remission and suspension

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 63 · 70A Stat. 63

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 874

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 63

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 63

2. 2000

   Pub. L. 106–398 § 1(dA) · 114 Stat. 1654

   Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 874(a)

   Pub. L. 106–398 inserted at end “However, in the case of a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole, after the sentence is ordered executed, the authority of the Secretary concerned under the preceding sentence (1) may not be delegated, and (2) may be exercised only after the service of a period of confinement of not less than 20 years.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398 inserted at end “However, in the case of a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole, after the sentence is ordered executed, the authority of the Secretary concerned under the preceding sentence (1) may not be delegated, and (2) may be exercised only after the service of a period of confinement of not less than 20 years.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V, § 553(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–125, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply with respect to a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole that is adjudged for an offense committed before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000].”

3. 2001

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002

   Pub. L. 107–107 div. A title X § 1048(a)(8) · 115 Stat. 1012

   Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 874(a)

   Pub. L. 107–107 inserted “that is adjudged for an offense committed after October 29, 2000” after “a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107 inserted “that is adjudged for an offense committed after October 29, 2000” after “a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (8) Section 874(a) is amended by inserting after “a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole” the following: “that is adjudged for an offense committed after October 29, 2000”.

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