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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 87 — Prisons

§ 1793. Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land

Statutory text

Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon a reservation, land, or a facility of the Bureau of Prisons shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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. Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–646 § 64(a) · 100 Stat. 3592

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1793

    Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 64(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3614

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 64(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3614

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 87 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1792 the following new section: “§ 1793. Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land “Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon a reservation, land, or a facility of the Bureau of Prisons shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”

  2. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

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

    Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1793

    Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (G) in sections 4, 41, 42, 46, 47, 112, 154, 244, 288, 290, 336, 475, 501, 502, 755, 872, 875, 876, 877, 917, 1013, 1018, 1024, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1382, 1541, 1700, 1703, 1704, 1707, 1712, 1713, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1729, 1731, 1734, 1752, 1793, 1856, 1857, 1863, 1912, 1913, 1922, 2074, 2195, and 2511 by striking “not more than $500” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.

Credits

1986–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 64(a), , 100 Stat. 3614
  2. 1994amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), , 108 Stat. 2147.
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(Added Pub. L. 99–646, § 64(a), , 100 Stat. 3614; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), , 108 Stat. 2147.)

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