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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1420

To make clerical and other technical amendments to title 18, United States

Code, and other laws relating to crime and criminal procedure.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 12, 2001

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To make clerical and other technical amendments to title

18, United States Code, and other laws relating to crime

and criminal procedure.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Law Tech5 nical Amendments Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CRIMINAL

7 LAW AND PROCEDURE.

8 (a) MISSING AND INCORRECT WORDS.—

9 (1) CORRECTION OF GARBLED SENTENCE.—

10 Section 510(c) of title 18, United States Code, is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘fine of under this title’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘fine under this title’’.

3 (2) INSERTION OF MISSING WORDS.—Section

4 981(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended

5 by striking ‘‘proceeds from the sale of this section’’

6 and inserting ‘‘proceeds from the sale of such prop7 erty under this section’’.

8 (3) CORRECTION OF INCORRECT WORD.—Sec9 tions 1425 through 1427, 1541 through 1544 and

10 1546(a) of title 18, United States Code, are each

11 amended by striking ‘‘to facility’’ and inserting ‘‘to

12 facilitate’’.

13 (4) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS AMENDATORY

14 LANGUAGE ON EXECUTED AMENDMENT.—Effective

15 on the date of the enactment of Public Law 103–

16 322, section 60003(a)(13) of such public law is

17 amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 or imprisonment’’

18 and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 and imprisonment’’.

19 (5) INSERTION OF MISSING WORD.—Section

20 3286 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by

21 inserting ‘‘section’’ before ‘‘2332b’’.

22 (6) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE TO SHORT

23 TITLE OF LAW.—That section 2332d(a) of title 18,

24 United States Code, which relates to financial trans-
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1 actions is amended by inserting ‘‘of 1979’’ after

2 ‘‘Export Administration Act’’.

3 (7) ELIMINATION OF TYPO.—Section 1992(b)

4 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘term or years’’ and inserting ‘‘term of years’’.

6 (8) SPELLING CORRECTION.—Section 2339A(a)

7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘or an escape’’ and inserting ‘‘of an escape’’.

9 (9) SECTION 3553.—Section 3553(e) of title 18,

10 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘a’’ be11 fore ‘‘minimum’’.

12 (10) MISSPELLING IN SECTION 205.—Section

13 205(d)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is

14 amended by striking ‘‘groups’s’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘group’s’’.

16 (11) CONFORMING CHANGE AND INSERTING

17 MISSING WORD IN SECTION 709.—The paragraph in

18 section 709 of title 18, United States Code, that be19 gins with ‘‘A person who’’ is amended—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘A person who’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘Whoever’’; and

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon

23 at the end.

24 (12) ERROR IN LANGUAGE BEING STRICKEN.—

25 Effective on the date of its enactment, section
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1 726(2) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death

2 Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–132) is

3 amended—

4 (A) in subparagraphs (C) and (E), by

5 striking ‘‘section’’ the first place it appears; and

6 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘re7 lating to’’ the first place it appears.

8 (b) MARGINS, PUNCTUATION, AND SIMILAR ER9 RORS.—

10 (1) MARGIN ERROR.—Section 1030(c)(2) of

11 title 18, United States Code, is amended so that the

12 margins of subparagraph (B) and each of its

13 clauses, are moved 2 ems to the left.

14 (2) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN LAN15 GUAGE TO BE STRICKEN.—Effective on the date of

16 its enactment, section 607(g)(2) of the Economic

17 Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘ter18 ritory’’ and inserting ‘‘Territory’’.

19 (3) CORRECTING PARAGRAPHING.—The mate20 rial added to section 521(a) of title 18, United

21 States Code, by section 607(q) of the Economic Es22 pionage Act of 1996 is amended to appear as a

23 paragraph indented 2 ems from the left margin.

24 (4) SUBSECTION PLACEMENT CORRECTION.—

25 Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is
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1 amended by transferring subsection (d) so that it

2 appears following subsection (c).

3 (5) INSERTION OF PARENTHETICAL DESCRIP4 TIONS.—Section 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of title 18,

5 United States Code, is amended—

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘(relating to certain

7 killings in Federal facilities)’’ after ‘‘930(c)’’;

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘(relating to wrecking

9 trains)’’ after ‘‘1992’’; and

10 (C) by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.

11 (6) CORRECTION TO ALLOW FOR INSERTION OF

12 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH AND CORRECTION OF ERRO13 NEOUS INDENTATION.—Section 1956(c)(7) of title

14 18, United States Code, is amended—

15 (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by moving the

16 margin 2 ems to the right;

17 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara18 graph (D);

19 (C) by striking the period at the end of

20 subparagraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

21 (D) in subparagraph (F), by striking

22 ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’.

23 (7) CORRECTION OF CONFUSING SUBDIVISION

24 DESIGNATION.—Section 1716 of title 18, United

25 States Code, is amended—
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1 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

2 inserting ‘‘(j)(1)’’ before ‘‘Whoever’’;

3 (B) in the second undesignated

4 paragraph—

5 (i) by striking ‘‘not more than

6 $10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’;

7 and

8 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ at the begin9 ning of that paragraph;

10 (C) by inserting ‘‘(3)’’ at the beginning of

11 the third undesignated paragraph; and

12 (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub13 section (k).

14 (8) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

15 1091.—Section 1091(b)(1) of title 18, United States

16 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1),’’

17 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’.

18 (9) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

19 2311.—Section 2311 of title 18, United States Code,

20 is amended by striking the period after ‘‘carcasses

21 thereof’’ the second place that term appears and in22 serting a semicolon.

23 (10) SYNTAX CORRECTION.—Section 115(b)(2)

24 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik25 ing ‘‘, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kid-
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1 nap of a person’’ and inserting ‘‘or attempted kid2 napping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person’’.

3 (11) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN SECTION

4 982.—Section 982(a)(8) of title 18, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Court’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘court’’.

7 (12) PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS IN SECTION

8 1029.—Section 1029 of title 18, United States Code,

9 is amended—

10 (A) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii), by striking

11 ‘‘(9),’’ and inserting ‘‘(9)’’; and

12 (B) in subsection (e), by adding a semi13 colon at the end of paragraph (8).

14 (13) CORRECTIONS OF CONNECTORS AND

15 PUNCTUATION IN SECTION 1030.—Section 1030 of

16 title 18, United States Code, is amended—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub18 section (c)(2)(A);

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub20 section (c)(2)(B)(iii);

21 (C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub22 section (c)(3)(B) and inserting a period;

23 (D) by striking the period at the end of

24 subsection (e)(4)(I) and inserting a semicolon;

25 and
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1 (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub2 section (e)(7).

3 (14) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC4 TION 1032.—Section 1032(1) of title 18, United

5 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘13,’’ and in6 serting ‘‘13’’.

7 (15) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC8 TION 1345.—Section 1345(a)(1) of title 18, United

9 States Code, is amended—

10 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘,

11 or’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

12 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the

13 period and inserting a semicolon.

14 (16) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC15 TION 3612.—Section 3612(f)(2)(B) of title 18,

16 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pre17 ceding.’’ and inserting ‘‘preceding’’.

18 (17) CORRECTION OF INDENTATION IN CON19 TROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Section 402(c)(2) of

20 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 842(c)(2))

21 is amended by moving the margin of subparagraph

22 (C) 2 ems to the left.

23 (c) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANCIES.—
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1 (1) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT PROVI2 SION.—Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States

3 Code, is amended—

4 (A) by striking the first paragraph (p);

5 and

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para7 graph (o).

8 (2) ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE AMEND9 MENTS.—Effective on the date of its enactment,

10 paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 601(b), para11 graph (2) of section 601(d), paragraph (2) of section

12 601(f), paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 601(j),

13 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 601(k), subsection

14 (d) of section 602, paragraph (4) of section 604(b),

15 subsection (r) of section 605, and paragraph (2) of

16 section 607(j) of the Economic Espionage Act of

17 1996 are repealed.

18 (3) ELIMINATION OF EXTRA COMMA.—Section

19 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is

20 amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Code,,’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘Code,’’; and

23 (B) by striking ‘‘services),,’’ and inserting

24 ‘‘services),’’.
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1 (4) REPEAL OF SECTION GRANTING DUPLICA2 TIVE AUTHORITY.—

3 (A) Section 3503 of title 18, United States

4 Code, is repealed.

5 (B) The table of sections at the beginning

6 of chapter 223 of title 18, United States Code,

7 is amended by striking the item relating to sec8 tion 3503.

9 (5) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED REFERENCE

10 TO PAROLE.—Section 929(b) of title 18, United

11 States Code, is amended by striking the last sen12 tence.

13 (d) CORRECTION OF OUTMODED FINE AMOUNTS.—

14 (1) IN TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—

15 (A) IN SECTION 492.—Section 492 of title

16 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

17 ‘‘not more than $100’’ and inserting ‘‘under

18 this title’’.

19 (B) IN SECTION 665.—Section 665(c) of

20 title 18, United States Code, is amended by

21 striking ‘‘a fine of not more than $5,000’’ and

22 inserting ‘‘a fine under this title’’.

23 (C) IN SECTIONS 1924, 2075, 2113(b), AND

24 2236.—
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1 (i) Section 1924(a) of title 18, United

2 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘not

3 more than $1,000,’’ and inserting ‘‘under

4 this title’’.

5 (ii) Sections 2075 and 2113(b) of title

6 18, United States Code, are each amended

7 by striking ‘‘not more than $1,000’’ and

8 inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

9 (iii) Section 2236 of title 18, United

10 States Code, is amended by inserting

11 ‘‘under this title’’ after ‘‘warrant, shall be

12 fined’’, and by striking ‘‘not more than

13 $1,000’’.

14 (D) IN SECTION 372 AND 752.—Sections

15 372 and 752(a) of title 18, United States Code,

16 are each amended by striking ‘‘not more than

17 $5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

18 (E) IN SECTION 924(e)(1).—Section

19 924(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is

20 amended by striking ‘‘not more than $25,000’’

21 and inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

22 (2) IN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—

23 (A) IN SECTION 401.—Section 401(d) of

24 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.

25 841(d)) is amended—
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1 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and

2 shall be fined not more than $10,000’’ and

3 inserting ‘‘or fined under title 18, United

4 States Code, or both’’; and

5 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and

6 shall be fined not more than $20,000’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘or fined under title 18, United

8 States Code, or both’’.

9 (B) IN SECTION 402.—Section 402(c)(2) of

10 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.

11 842(c)) is amended—

12 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking

13 ‘‘of not more than $25,000’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘under title 18, United States Code’’; and

15 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking

16 ‘‘of $50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under title

17 18, United States Code’’.

18 (C) IN SECTION 403.—Section 403(d) of

19 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.

20 843(d)) is amended—

21 (i) by striking ‘‘of not more than

22 $30,000’’ each place that term appears

23 and inserting ‘‘under title 18, United

24 States Code’’; and
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘of not more than

2 $60,000’’ each place it appears and insert3 ing ‘‘under title 18, United States Code’’.

4 (e) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS.—

5 (1) SECTION 3664.—Section 3664(o)(1)(C) of

6 title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

7 ‘‘section 3664(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

8 (d)(5)’’.

9 (2) CHAPTER 228.—Section 3592(c)(1) of title

10 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

11 ‘‘section 36’’ and inserting ‘‘section 37’’.

12 (3) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS CROSS REF13 ERENCE IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Sec14 tion 511(a)(10) of the Controlled Substances Act

15 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)(10)) is amended by striking

16 ‘‘1822 of the Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Con17 trol Act’’ and inserting ‘‘422’’.

18 (4) CORRECTION TO REFLECT CROSS REF19 ERENCE CHANGE MADE BY OTHER LAW.—Effective

20 on the date of its enactment, section 601(c)(3) of

21 the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by

22 striking ‘‘247(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘247(e)’’.

23 (5) TYPOGRAPHICAL AND TYPEFACE ERROR IN

24 TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The item relating to chapter
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1 123 in the table of chapters at the beginning of part

2 I of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

3 (A) by striking ‘‘2271’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘2721’’; and

5 (B) so that the item appears in bold face

6 type.

7 (6) SECTION 4104.—Section 4104(d) of title 18,

8 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section

9 3653 of this title and rule 32(f) of’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘section 3565 of this title and the applicable provi11 sions of’’.

12 (7) ERROR IN AMENDATORY LANGUAGE.—Ef13 fective on the date of its enactment, section 583 of

14 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re15 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (111 Stat.

16 2436) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 2401’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘Section 2441’’.

18 (8) ERROR IN CROSS REFERENCE TO COURT

19 RULES.—The first sentence of section 3593(c) of

20 title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

21 ‘‘rule 32(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘rule 32’’.

22 (9) SECTION 1836.—Section 1836 of title 18,

23 United States Code, is amended—

24 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘this sec25 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; and
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1 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this

2 subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’.

3 (10) CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS CITE IN

4 CHAPTER 119.—Section 2510(10) of title 18, United

5 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall have’’

6 and all that follows through ‘‘United States Code;’’

7 and inserting ‘‘has the meaning given that term in

8 section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934;’’.

9 (11) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED CITE IN SEC10 TION 2339A.—Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United

11 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.

12 (12) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES IN AMEND13 ATORY LANGUAGE.—Effective the date of its enact14 ment, section 115(a)(8)(B) of Public Law 105–119

15 is amended—

16 (A) in clause (i)—

17 (i) by striking ‘‘at the end of’’ and in18 serting ‘‘following’’; and

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ the sec20 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub21 section’’; and

22 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subpara23 graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’.

24 (f) TABLES OF SECTIONS CORRECTIONS.—
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1 (1) CONFORMING TABLE OF SECTIONS TO

2 HEADING OF SECTION.—The item relating to section

3 1837 in the table of sections at the beginning of

4 chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, is

5 amended by striking ‘‘Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Ap6 plicability to conduct’’.

7 (2) CONFORMING HEADING TO TABLE OF SEC8 TIONS ENTRY.—The heading of section 1920 of title

9 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

10 ‘‘employee’s’’ and inserting ‘‘employees’’’.

11 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TECHNICALS.

12 Title 18, United States Code, is amended—

13 (1) in section 922(t)(1)(C), by striking

14 ‘‘1028(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘1028(d)’’;

15 (2) in section 1005—

16 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

17 striking ‘‘Act,,’’ and inserting ‘‘Act,’’; and

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of the

19 third undesignated paragraph;

20 (3) in section 1071, by striking ‘‘fine of under

21 this title’’ and inserting ‘‘fine under this title’’;

22 (4) in section 1368(a), by inserting ‘‘to’’ after

23 ‘‘serious bodily injury’’;

24 (5) in section 1956(c)(7)(B)(ii), by inserting

25 ‘‘or’’ at the end thereof;
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1 (6) in section 1956(c)(7)(B)(iii), by inserting a

2 closing parenthesis after ‘‘1978’’;

3 (7) in subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section

4 2252A, by striking ‘‘paragraphs’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘paragraph’’; and

6 (8) in section 2254(a)(3), by striking the

7 comma before the period at the end.

8 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF OUTMODED PROVISIONS.

9 (a) Section 14 of title 18, United States Code, and

10 the item relating thereto in the table of sections at the

11 beginning of chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code,

12 are repealed.

13 (b) Section 1261 of such title is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘The Secretary’’; and

16 (2) by striking subsection (b).

17 (c) Section 1821 of such title is amended by striking

18 ‘‘, the Canal Zone’’.

19 (d) Section 3183 of such title is amended by striking

20 ‘‘or the Panama Canal Zone,’’.

21 (e) Section 3241 of such title is amended by striking

22 ‘‘United States District Court for the Canal Zone and

23 the’’.

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