§ 1863. Trespass on national forest lands

Statutory text

Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon any national-forest land while it is closed to the public pursuant to lawful regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture, 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.

1949
Pub. L. 81–139 § 43 · 63 Stat. 89
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1863
Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 43, 63 Stat. 95
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 43, 63 Stat. 95
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 43. Title 18, United States Code, is further amended by inserting, 62 Stat. 789. immediately following section 1862 of such title, a new section, to 18 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 1862. be designated as section 1863, as follows: “§ 1863. Trespass on national forest lands “Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon any national-forest land while it is closed to the public pursuant to lawful regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”.
1994
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. § 1863
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

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

This section [section 43] incorporates in revised title 18, U.S.C., as section 1863 thereof, and with changes in phraseology, the provisions of act of February 10, 1948 (ch. 51, 62 Stat. 19), which was not incorporated in title 18 when the revision was enacted. The phrase “without hard labor” is omitted from the punishment clause as unnecessary, in conformity with the uniform style of such title. (See reviser’s note to sec. 1 of such revised title, appearing in H. Rept. No. 304, April 24, 1947, to accompany H.R. 3190, 80th Cong. (pp. A2, A4 of such report).) The concluding proviso that “nothing herein shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under other law to otherwise provide for regulating the occupancy and use of national-forest lands and lands administered by the Forest Service”, is omitted as surplusage.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

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

Credits

1949–1994 · 2 acts

1949Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 43, 63 Stat. 95
1994amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.

Show as published

(Added May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 43, 63 Stat. 95; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)