§ 710. Cremation urns for military use

Statutory text

Whoever knowingly uses, manufactures, or sells any cremation urn of a design approved by the Secretary of Defense for use to retain the cremated remains of deceased members of the armed forces or an urn which is a colorable imitation of the approved design, except when authorized under regulation made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for 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.

1950
Pub. L. 81–1092 § 1(b) · 64 Stat. 1077
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 710
Added Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1092, § 1(b), 64 Stat. 1077
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1092, § 1(b), 64 Stat. 1077
1994
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(E) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 710
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $250”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $250”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(E) in sections 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 710, 711, 711a, 713, 715, 1164, and 1858 by striking “not more than $250” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $250”.

Credits

1950–1994 · 2 acts

1950Added Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1092, § 1(b), 64 Stat. 1077
1994amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.

Show as published

(Added Sept. 28, 1950, ch. 1092, § 1(b), 64 Stat. 1077; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2146.)