§ 1792. Mutiny and riot prohibited

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. 1948

   Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1792

   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 786

2. 1984

   Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–473 title II § 1109(b) · 98 Stat. 1837

   1. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1792

      Pub. L. 98–473 substituted provisions deleting prohibition on bringing dangerous instrumentalities into prison

   2. Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1792

      Pub. L. 98–473 inserted provision setting forth a maximum $25,000 fine

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–473 substituted provisions deleting prohibition on bringing dangerous instrumentalities into prison and inserted provision setting forth a maximum $25,000 fine.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 1792 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 1792. Mutiny and riot prohibited “Whoever instigates, connives, willfully attempts to cause, assists, or conspires to cause any mutiny or riot, at any Federal penal or correctional facility, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years or fined not more than $25,000, or both.”;

3. 1986

   Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–646 § 53(a) · 100 Stat. 3592

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1792

   Pub. L. 99–646 inserted “, detention,” after “penal”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 99–646 inserted “, detention,” after “penal”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 1792 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by inserting “, detention,” after “penal”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 99–646, § 53(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3607, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect 30 days after the enactment of this Act [Nov. 10, 1986].”

4. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(O) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1792

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $25,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $25,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (O) in sections 32, 114, 753, 1028, 1365, 1512, 1792, and 2118 by striking “not more than $25,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

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