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Union Calendar No. 71

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2137

[Report No. 107–126]

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

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 12, 2001

Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. CONYERS, and

Mr. SCOTT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JULY 10, 2001

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

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’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CRIMINAL

2 LAW AND PROCEDURE.

3 (a) MISSING AND INCORRECT WORDS.—

4 (1) CORRECTION OF GARBLED SENTENCE.—

5 Section 510(c) of title 18, United States Code, is

6 amended by striking ‘‘fine of under this title’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘fine under this title’’.

8 (2) INSERTION OF MISSING WORDS.—Section

9 981(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended

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

11 and inserting ‘‘proceeds from the sale of such prop12 erty under this section’’.

13 (3) CORRECTION OF INCORRECT WORD.—Sec14 tions 1425 through 1427, 1541 through 1544 and

15 1546(a) of title 18, United States Code, are each

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

17 facilitate’’.

18 (4) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS AMENDATORY

19 LANGUAGE ON EXECUTED AMENDMENT.—Effective

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

21 322, section 60003(a)(13) of such public law is

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

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

24 (5) INSERTION OF MISSING WORD.—Section

25 3286 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by

26 inserting ‘‘section’’ before ‘‘2332b’’.
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1 (6) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE TO SHORT

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

3 United States Code, which relates to financial trans4 actions is amended by inserting ‘‘of 1979’’ after

5 ‘‘Export Administration Act’’.

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

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

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

10 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘or an escape’’ and inserting ‘‘of an escape’’.

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

13 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘a’’ be14 fore ‘‘minimum’’.

15 (10) MISSPELLING IN SECTION 205.—Section

16 205(d)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is

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

18 ‘‘group’s’’.

19 (11) CONFORMING CHANGE AND INSERTING

20 MISSING WORD IN SECTION 709.—The paragraph in

21 section 709 of title 18, United States Code, that be22 gins with ‘‘A person who’’ is amended—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘A person who’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘Whoever’’; and
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon

2 at the end.

3 (12) ERROR IN LANGUAGE BEING STRICKEN.—

4 Effective on the date of its enactment, section

5 726(2) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death

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

7 amended—

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

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

10 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘re11 lating to’’ the first place it appears.

12 (b) MARGINS, PUNCTUATION, AND SIMILAR ER13 RORS.—

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

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

16 margins of subparagraph (B) and each of its

17 clauses, are moved 2 ems to the left.

18 (2) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN LAN19 GUAGE TO BE STRICKEN.—Effective on the date of

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

21 Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘ter22 ritory’’ and inserting ‘‘Territory’’.

23 (3) CORRECTING PARAGRAPHING.—The mate24 rial added to section 521(a) of title 18, United

25 States Code, by section 607(q) of the Economic Es-
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1 pionage Act of 1996 is amended to appear as a

2 paragraph indented 2 ems from the left margin.

3 (4) SUBSECTION PLACEMENT CORRECTION.—

4 Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is

5 amended by transferring subsection (d) so that it

6 appears following subsection (c).

7 (5) INSERTION OF PARENTHETICAL DESCRIP8 TIONS.—Section 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of title 18,

9 United States Code, is amended—

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

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

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

13 trains)’’ after ‘‘1992’’; and

14 (C) by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.

15 (6) CORRECTION TO ALLOW FOR INSERTION OF

16 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH AND CORRECTION OF ERRO17 NEOUS INDENTATION.—Section 1956(c)(7) of title

18 18, United States Code, is amended—

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

20 margin 2 ems to the right;

21 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara22 graph (D);

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

24 subparagraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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1 (D) in subparagraph (F), by striking

2 ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’.

3 (7) CORRECTION OF CONFUSING SUBDIVISION

4 DESIGNATION.—Section 1716 of title 18, United

5 States Code, is amended—

6 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

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

8 (B) in the second undesignated

9 paragraph—

10 (i) by striking ‘‘not more than

11 $10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’;

12 and

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ at the begin14 ning of that paragraph;

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

16 the third undesignated paragraph; and

17 (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub18 section (k).

19 (8) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

20 1091.—Section 1091(b)(1) of title 18, United States

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

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

23 (9) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

24 2311.—Section 2311 of title 18, United States Code,

25 is amended by striking the period after ‘‘carcasses
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1 thereof’’ the second place that term appears and in2 serting a semicolon.

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

4 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kid6 nap of a person’’ and inserting ‘‘or attempted kid7 napping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person’’.

8 (11) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN SECTION

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

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

11 ‘‘court’’.

12 (12) PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS IN SECTION

13 1029.—Section 1029 of title 18, United States Code,

14 is amended—

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

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

17 (B) in subsection (e), by adding a semi18 colon at the end of paragraph (8).

19 (13) CORRECTIONS OF CONNECTORS AND

20 PUNCTUATION IN SECTION 1030.—Section 1030 of

21 title 18, United States Code, is amended—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub23 section (c)(2)(A);

24 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub25 section (c)(2)(B)(iii);
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub2 section (c)(3)(B) and inserting a period;

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

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

5 and

6 (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub7 section (e)(7).

8 (14) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC9 TION 1032.—Section 1032(1) of title 18, United

10 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘13,’’ and in11 serting ‘‘13’’.

12 (15) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC13 TION 1345.—Section 1345(a)(1) of title 18, United

14 States Code, is amended.—

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

16 or’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

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

18 period and inserting a semicolon.

19 (16) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC20 TION 3612.—Section 3612(f)(2)(B) of title 18,

21 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pre22 ceding.’’ and inserting ‘‘preceding’’.

23 (17) CORRECTION OF INDENTATION IN CON24 TROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Section 402(c)(2) of

25 the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 842(c)(2))
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1 is amended by moving the margin of subparagraph

2 (C) 2 ems to the left.

3 (c) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANCIES.—

4 (1) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT PROVI5 SION.—Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States

6 Code, is amended—

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

8 and

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para10 graph (o).

11 (2) ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE AMEND12 MENTS.—Effective on the date of its enactment,

13 paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 601(b), para14 graph (2) of section 601(d), paragraph (2) of section

15 601(f), paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 601(j),

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

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

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

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

20 1996 are repealed.

21 (3) ELIMINATION OF EXTRA COMMA.—Section

22 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is

23 amended—

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

25 ‘‘Code,’’; and
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘services),,’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘services),’’.

3 (4) REPEAL OF SECTION GRANTING DUPLICA4 TIVE AUTHORITY.—

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

6 Code, is repealed.

7 (B) The table of sections at the beginning

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

9 is amended by striking the item relating to sec10 tion 3503.

11 (5) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED REFERENCE

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

13 States Code, is amended by striking the last sen14 tence.

15 (d) CORRECTION OF OUTMODED FINE AMOUNTS.—

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

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

18 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

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

20 this title’’

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

22 title 18, United States Code, is amended by

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

24 inserting ‘‘a fine under this title’’.
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1 (C) IN SECTIONS 1924, 2075, 2113(b), AND

2 2236.—

3 (i) Section 1924(a) of title 18, United

4 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘not

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

6 this title’’.

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

8 18, United States Code, are each amended

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

10 inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

11 (iii) Section 2236 of title 18, United

12 States Code, is amended by inserting

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

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

15 $1,000’’

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

17 372 and 752(a) of title 18, United States Code,

18 are each amended by striking ‘‘not more than

19 $5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

20 (E) IN SECTION 924(e)(1).—Section

21 924(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is

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

23 and inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

24 (2) IN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—
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1 (A) IN SECTION 401.—Section 401(d) of

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

3 841(d)) is amended—

4 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and

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

6 inserting ‘‘or fined under title 18, United

7 States Code, or both’’; and

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

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

10 inserting ‘‘or fined under title 18, United

11 States Code, or both’’.

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

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

14 842(c)) is amended—

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

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

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

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

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

20 18, United States Code’’.

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

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

23 843(d)) is amended—

24 (i) by striking ‘‘of not more than

25 $30,000’’ each place that term appears
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1 and inserting ‘‘under title 18, United

2 States Code’’; and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘of not more than

4 $60,000’’ each place it appears and insert5 ing ‘‘under title 18, United States Code’’.

6 (e) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS.—

7 (1) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS OCCA8 SIONED BY ENACTMENT OF INTERVENING LAW.—

9 (A) SECTION 3583.—Section 3583(d) of

10 title 18, United States Code, is amended by

11 striking ‘‘section 3563(b)(1) through (b)(10)

12 and (b)(12) through (b)(20)’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (9) and (11) through

14 (19) of section 3563(b)’’.

15 (B) SECTION 3563.—Section 3563(a)(2) of

16 title 18, United States Code, is amended by

17 striking ‘‘, (b)(3), or (b)(13)’’ and inserting ‘‘or

18 (b)(12)’’.

19 (2) SECTION 3664.—Section 3664(o)(1)(C) of

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

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

22 (d)(5)’’.

23 (3) CHAPTER 228.—Section 3592(c)(1) of title

24 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

25 ‘‘section 36’’ and inserting ‘‘section 37’’.
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1 (4) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS CROSS REF2 ERENCE IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Sec3 tion 511(a)(10) of the Controlled Substances Act

4 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)(10)) is amended by striking

5 ‘‘1822 of the Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Con6 trol Act’’ and inserting ‘‘422’’.

7 (5) CORRECTION TO REFLECT CROSS REF8 ERENCE CHANGE MADE BY OTHER LAW.—Effective

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

10 the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by

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

12 (6) TYPOGRAPHICAL AND TYPEFACE ERROR IN

13 TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The item relating to chapter

14 123 in the table of chapters at the beginning of part

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

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

17 ‘‘2721’’; and

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

19 type.

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

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

22 3653 of this title and rule 32(f) of’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘section 3565 of this title and the applicable provi24 sions of’’.
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1 (8) ERROR IN AMENDATORY LANGUAGE.—Ef2 fective on the date of its enactment, section 583 of

3 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re4 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (111 Stat.

5 2436) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 2401’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘Section 2441’’.

7 (9) ERROR IN CROSS REFERENCE TO COURT

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

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

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

11 (10) SECTION 1836.—Section 1836 of title 18,

12 United States Code, is amended—

13 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘this sec14 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; and

15 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this

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

17 (11) CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS CITE IN

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

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

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

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

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

23 (12) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED CITE IN SEC24 TION 2339A.—Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United

25 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.
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1 (13) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES IN AMEND2 ATORY LANGUAGE.—Effective the date of its enact3 ment, section 115(a)(8)(B) of Public Law 105–119

4 is amended.—

5 (A) in clause (i)—

6 (i) by striking ‘‘at the end of’’ and in7 serting ‘‘following’’; and

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ the sec9 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub10 section’’; and

11 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subpara12 graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’.

13 (f) TABLES OF SECTIONS CORRECTIONS.—

14 (1) CONFORMING TABLE OF SECTIONS TO

15 HEADING OF SECTION.—The item relating to section

16 1837 in the table of sections at the beginning of

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

18 amended by striking ‘‘Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Ap19 plicability to conduct’’.

20 (2) CONFORMING HEADING TO TABLE OF SEC21 TIONS ENTRY.—The heading of section 1920 of title

22 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

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

Union Calendar No. 71

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2137

[Report No. 107–126]

A BILL

To make clerical and other technical amendments

to title 18, United States Code, and other lawsrelating to crime and criminal procedure.

JULY 10, 2001

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed