§ 1511. Obstruction of State or local law enforcement

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. 1970

   Organized Time Control Act of 1970

   Pub. L. 91–452 title VIII § 802(a) · 84 Stat. 922

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1511

   Added Pub. L. 91–452, title VIII, § 802(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 936

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 91–452, title VIII, § 802(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 936

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Chapter 73, title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 1511. Obstruction of State or local law enforcement “(a) It shall be unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to obstruct the enforcement of the criminal laws of a State or political subdivision thereof, with the intent to facilitate an illegal gambling business if— “(1) one or more of such persons does any act to effect the object of such a conspiracy; “(2) one or more of such persons is an official or employee, elected, appointed, or otherwise, of such State or political subdivision; and “(3) one or more of such persons conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns all or part of an illegal gambling business. “(b) As used in this section— “(1) ‘illegal gambling business’ means a gambling business which— “(i) is a violation of the law of a State or political subdivision in which it is conducted; “(ii) involves five or more persons who conduct, finance, manage, supervise, direct, or own all or part of such business; and “(iii) has been or remains in substantially continuous operation for a period in excess of thirty days or has a gross revenue of $2,000 in any single day. “(2) ‘gambling’ includes but is not limited to pool-selling, bookmaking, maintaining slot machines, roulette wheels, or dice tables, and conducting lotteries, policy, bolita or numbers games, or selling chances therein. “(3) ‘State’ means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States. “(c) This section shall not apply to any bingo game, lottery, or similar game of chance conducted by an organization exempt from tax under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, if no part of the gross 68A Stat. 163. 26 USC 501. receipts derived from such activity inures to the benefit of any private shareholder, member, or employee of such organization, except as compensation for actual expenses incurred by him in the conduct of such activity. “(d) Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of Penalty. not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than’ five years, or both.”

2. 1986

   Tax Reform Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–514 § 2 · 100 Stat. 2085

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1511(c)

   Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986. (a) Redesignation of 1954 Code.— The Internal Revenue Title enacted August 16, 1954, as heretofore, hereby, or hereafter amended, may be cited as the “Internal Revenue Code of 1986”. (b) References in Laws, Etc.— Except when inappropriate, any reference in any law, Executive order, or other document— (1) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 shall include a reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and (2) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall include a reference to the provisions of law formerly known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

3. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(2)(C) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1511(d)

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fine under this title” for “fine of not more than $20,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fine under this title” for “fine of not more than $20,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (C) in sections 115, 513, 709, 831, 1366, 1511 and 1959 by striking “of not more than” through the immediately following dollar amount each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

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