Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I · Chapter 115 — Treason, Sedition, and Subversive Activities
§ 2390. Enlistment to serve against United States
Statutory text
Whoever enlists or is engaged within the United States or in any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, with intent to serve in armed hostility against the United States, shall be fined under this title 1 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Footnotes
- 1 See 1994 Amendment note below.
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.
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2390
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 812
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 812Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(B) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 2390
Pub. L. 103–322, which directed the amendment of this section by striking “fined not more than $100” and inserting “fined under this title”, was executed by substituting “fined under this title” for “fined $100”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–322, which directed the amendment of this section by striking “fined not more than $100” and inserting “fined under this title”, was executed by substituting “fined under this title” for “fined $100”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) in sections 333, 489, 754, 1303, 1699, 1701, 1703, 1710, 1723, 1726, 1730, and 2390 by striking “not more than $100” and inserting “under this title”;
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 8 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 8, 35 Stat. 1089).
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, which directed the amendment of this section by striking “fined not more than $100” and inserting “fined under this title”, was executed by substituting “fined under this title” for “fined $100”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Credits
1948–1994 · 2 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 812
- 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B), , 108 Stat. 2146.
Show as published
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 812; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(B), , 108 Stat. 2146.)