§ 16. Crime of violence defined

Statutory text

The term “crime of violence” means—

an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or

any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.

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.

1984
Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–473 title II § 1001(a) · 98 Stat. 1837
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 16
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1001(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2136.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1001(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2136.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Chapter 1 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding a new section 16 as follows: “§ 16. Crime of violence defined “The term ‘crime of violence’ means— “(a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or “(b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Constitutionality

For information regarding the constitutionality of this section, as added by section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, see the Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court on the Constitution Annotated website, constitution.congress.gov.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1001(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2136.)