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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 75 — Passports and Visas

§ 1547. Alternative imprisonment maximum for certain offenses

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for an offense under this chapter (other than an offense under section 1545)—

(1)

if committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in 929(a)) is 15 years; and

(2)

if committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in section 2331) is 20 years.

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. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–322 title XIII § 130009(a)(6) · 108 Stat. 1796

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1547

    (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XIII, § 130009(a)(6), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2030.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XIII, § 130009(a)(6), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2030.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (6) by adding at the end the following new section: “§1547. Alternative imprisonment maximum for certain offenses “Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed for an offense under this chapter (other than an offense under section 1545)— “(1) if committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in 929(a)) is 15 years; and “(2) if committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in section 2331) is 20 years.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XIII, § 130009(a)(6), , 108 Stat. 2030.)

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