§ 712. Misuse of names, words, emblems, or insignia

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. 1959

   Pub. L. 86–291 § 1 · 73 Stat. 568

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 712

   Added Pub. L. 86–291, § 1, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 570

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 86–291, § 1, Sept. 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 570

2. 1973

   Pub. L. 93–147 § 1(a) · 87 Stat. 554

   1. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 712

      Pub. L. 93–147 substituted “Misuse of names, words, emblems, or insignia” for “Misuse of names by collecting agencies or private detective agencies to indicate Federal agency” in section catchline

   2. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 712

      Pub. L. 93–147 substituted “in the course” and “such communication is from a department” for “being engaged in the business” and “such business is a department” respectively

   3. Struck · 18 U.S.C. § 712

      Pub. L. 93–147 struck out “as part of the firm name of such business,” after “detective services, uses”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 93–147 substituted “Misuse of names, words, emblems, or insignia” for “Misuse of names by collecting agencies or private detective agencies to indicate Federal agency” in section catchline and substituted “in the course” and “such communication is from a department” for “being engaged in the business” and “such business is a department” respectively, and struck out “as part of the firm name of such business,” after “detective services, uses”.

3. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

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

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 712

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (H) in sections 81, 210, 211, 215, 217, 242, 245, 291, 292, 439, 442, 480, 483, 484, 490, 491, 494, 495, 503, 507, 510, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 604, 605, 641, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 665, 712, 751, 752, 756, 795, 796, 797, 836, 844, 871, 875, 876, 877, 879, 911, 912, 913, 924, 957, 959, 961, 1003, 1012, 1021, 1025, 1026, 1071, 1112, 1163, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1361, 1363, 1384, 1504, 1508, 1509, 1657, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1711, 1715, 1716, 1733, 1738, 1761, 1762, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2382, and 2389 by striking “not more than $1,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

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