107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2137

AN ACT

To make clerical and other technical amendments

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

107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2137

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Law Tech3 nical Amendments Act of 2001’’.

4 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CRIMINAL

5 LAW AND PROCEDURE.

6 (a) MISSING AND INCORRECT WORDS.—

7 (1) CORRECTION OF GARBLED SENTENCE.—

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

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

10 inserting ‘‘fine under this title’’.

11 (2) INSERTION OF MISSING WORDS.—Section

12 981(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended

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

14 and inserting ‘‘proceeds from the sale of such prop15 erty under this section’’.

16 (3) CORRECTION OF INCORRECT WORD.—Sec17 tions 1425 through 1427, 1541 through 1544 and

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

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

20 facilitate’’.

21 (4) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS AMENDATORY

22 LANGUAGE ON EXECUTED AMENDMENT.—Effective

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

24 322, section 60003(a)(13) of such public law is

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

26 and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 and imprisonment’’.
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1 (5) INSERTION OF MISSING WORD.—Section

2 3286 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by

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

4 (6) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE TO SHORT

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

6 United States Code, which relates to financial trans7 actions is amended by inserting ‘‘of 1979’’ after

8 ‘‘Export Administration Act’’.

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

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

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

13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik14 ing ‘‘or an escape’’ and inserting ‘‘of an escape’’.

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

16 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘a’’ be17 fore ‘‘minimum’’.

18 (10) MISSPELLING IN SECTION 205.—Section

19 205(d)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is

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

21 ‘‘group’s’’.

22 (11) CONFORMING CHANGE AND INSERTING

23 MISSING WORD IN SECTION 709.—The paragraph in

24 section 709 of title 18, United States Code, that be25 gins with ‘‘A person who’’ is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘A person who’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘Whoever’’; and

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

4 at the end.

5 (12) ERROR IN LANGUAGE BEING STRICKEN.—

6 Effective on the date of its enactment, section

7 726(2) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death

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

9 amended—

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

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

12 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘re13 lating to’’ the first place it appears.

14 (b) MARGINS, PUNCTUATION, AND SIMILAR ER15 RORS.—

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

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

18 margins of subparagraph (B) and each of its

19 clauses, are moved 2 ems to the left.

20 (2) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN LAN21 GUAGE TO BE STRICKEN.—Effective on the date of

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

23 Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘ter24 ritory’’ and inserting ‘‘Territory’’.
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1 (3) CORRECTING PARAGRAPHING.—The mate2 rial added to section 521(a) of title 18, United

3 States Code, by section 607(q) of the Economic Es4 pionage Act of 1996 is amended to appear as a

5 paragraph indented 2 ems from the left margin.

6 (4) SUBSECTION PLACEMENT CORRECTION.—

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

8 amended by transferring subsection (d) so that it

9 appears following subsection (c).

10 (5) INSERTION OF PARENTHETICAL DESCRIP11 TIONS.—Section 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of title 18,

12 United States Code, is amended—

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

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

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

16 trains)’’ after ‘‘1992’’; and

17 (C) by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.

18 (6) CORRECTION TO ALLOW FOR INSERTION OF

19 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH AND CORRECTION OF ERRO20 NEOUS INDENTATION.—Section 1956(c)(7) of title

21 18, United States Code, is amended—

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

23 margin 2 ems to the right;

24 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara25 graph (D);
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1 (C) by striking the period at the end of

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

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

4 ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’.

5 (7) CORRECTION OF CONFUSING SUBDIVISION

6 DESIGNATION.—Section 1716 of title 18, United

7 States Code, is amended—

8 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

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

10 (B) in the second undesignated

11 paragraph—

12 (i) by striking ‘‘not more than

13 $10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’;

14 and

15 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ at the begin16 ning of that paragraph;

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

18 the third undesignated paragraph; and

19 (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub20 section (k).

21 (8) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

22 1091.—Section 1091(b)(1) of title 18, United States

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

24 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’.
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1 (9) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

2 2311.—Section 2311 of title 18, United States Code,

3 is amended by striking the period after ‘‘carcasses

4 thereof’’ the second place that term appears and in5 serting a semicolon.

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

7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kid9 nap of a person’’ and inserting ‘‘or attempted kid10 napping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person’’.

11 (11) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN SECTION

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

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

14 ‘‘court’’.

15 (12) PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS IN SECTION

16 1029.—Section 1029 of title 18, United States Code,

17 is amended—

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

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

20 (B) in subsection (e), by adding a semi21 colon at the end of paragraph (8).

22 (13) CORRECTIONS OF CONNECTORS AND

23 PUNCTUATION IN SECTION 1030.—Section 1030 of

24 title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub2 section (c)(2)(A);

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub4 section (c)(2)(B)(iii);

5 (C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub6 section (c)(3)(B) and inserting a period;

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

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

9 and

10 (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub11 section (e)(7).

12 (14) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC13 TION 1032.—Section 1032(1) of title 18, United

14 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘13,’’ and in15 serting ‘‘13’’.

16 (15) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC17 TION 1345.—Section 1345(a)(1) of title 18, United

18 States Code, is amended—

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

20 or’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

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

22 period and inserting a semicolon.

23 (16) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC24 TION 3612.—Section 3612(f)(2)(B) of title 18,
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1 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pre2 ceding.’’ and inserting ‘‘preceding’’.

3 (17) CORRECTION OF INDENTATION IN CON4 TROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Section 402(c)(2) of

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

6 is amended by moving the margin of subparagraph

7 (C) 2 ems to the left.

8 (c) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANCIES.—

9 (1) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT PROVI10 SION.—Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States

11 Code, is amended—

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

13 and

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para15 graph (o).

16 (2) ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE AMEND17 MENTS.—Effective on the date of its enactment,

18 paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 601(b), para19 graph (2) of section 601(d), paragraph (2) of section

20 601(f), paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 601(j),

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

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

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

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

25 1996 are repealed.
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1 (3) ELIMINATION OF EXTRA COMMA.—Section

2 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is

3 amended—

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

5 ‘‘Code,’’; and

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

7 ‘‘services),’’.

8 (4) REPEAL OF SECTION GRANTING DUPLICA9 TIVE AUTHORITY.—

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

11 Code, is repealed.

12 (B) The table of sections at the beginning

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

14 is amended by striking the item relating to sec15 tion 3503.

16 (5) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED REFERENCE

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

18 States Code, is amended by striking the last sen19 tence.

20 (d) CORRECTION OF OUTMODED FINE AMOUNTS.—

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

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

23 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

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

25 this title’’.
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1 (B) IN SECTION 665.—Section 665(c) of

2 title 18, United States Code, is amended by

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

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

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

6 2236.—

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

8 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘not

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

10 this title’’.

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

12 18, United States Code, are each amended

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

14 inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

15 (iii) Section 2236 of title 18, United

16 States Code, is amended by inserting

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

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

19 $1,000’’.

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

21 372 and 752(a) of title 18, United States Code,

22 are each amended by striking ‘‘not more than

23 $5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

24 (E) IN SECTION 924(e)(1).—Section

25 924(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘not more than $25,000’’

2 and inserting ‘‘under this title’’.

3 (2) IN THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—

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

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

6 841(d)) is amended—

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

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

9 inserting ‘‘or fined under title 18, United

10 States Code, or both’’; and

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

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

13 inserting ‘‘or fined under title 18, United

14 States Code, or both’’.

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

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

17 842(c)) is amended—

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

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

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

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

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

23 18, United States Code’’.
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1 (C) IN SECTION 403.—Section 403(d) of

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

3 843(d)) is amended—

4 (i) by striking ‘‘of not more than

5 $30,000’’ each place that term appears

6 and inserting ‘‘under title 18, United

7 States Code’’; and

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘of not more than

9 $60,000’’ each place it appears and insert10 ing ‘‘under title 18, United States Code’’.

11 (e) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS.—

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

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

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

15 (d)(5)’’.

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

17 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

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

19 (3) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS CROSS REF20 ERENCE IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Sec21 tion 511(a)(10) of the Controlled Substances Act

22 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)(10)) is amended by striking

23 ‘‘1822 of the Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Con24 trol Act’’ and inserting ‘‘422’’.
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1 (4) CORRECTION TO REFLECT CROSS REF2 ERENCE CHANGE MADE BY OTHER LAW.—Effective

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

4 the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by

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

6 (5) TYPOGRAPHICAL AND TYPEFACE ERROR IN

7 TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The item relating to chapter

8 123 in the table of chapters at the beginning of part

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

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

11 ‘‘2721’’; and

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

13 type.

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

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

16 3653 of this title and rule 32(f) of’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘section 3565 of this title and the applicable provi18 sions of’’.

19 (7) ERROR IN AMENDATORY LANGUAGE.—Ef20 fective on the date of its enactment, section 583 of

21 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re22 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (111 Stat.

23 2436) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 2401’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘Section 2441’’.
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1 (8) ERROR IN CROSS REFERENCE TO COURT

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

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

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

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

6 United States Code, is amended—

7 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘this sec8 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; and

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

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

11 (10) CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS CITE IN

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

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

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

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

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

17 (11) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED CITE IN SEC18 TION 2339A.—Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United

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

20 (12) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES IN AMEND21 ATORY LANGUAGE.—Effective the date of its enact22 ment, section 115(a)(8)(B) of Public Law 105–119

23 is amended—

24 (A) in clause (i)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘at the end of’’ and in2 serting ‘‘following’’; and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ the sec4 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub5 section’’; and

6 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subpara7 graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’.

8 (f) TABLES OF SECTIONS CORRECTIONS.—

9 (1) CONFORMING TABLE OF SECTIONS TO

10 HEADING OF SECTION.—The item relating to section

11 1837 in the table of sections at the beginning of

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

13 amended by striking ‘‘Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Ap14 plicability to conduct’’.

15 (2) CONFORMING HEADING TO TABLE OF SEC16 TIONS ENTRY.—The heading of section 1920 of title

17 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

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

19 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TECHNICALS.

20 Title 18, United States Code, is amended—

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

22 ‘‘1028(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘1028(d)’’;

23 (2) in section 1005—

24 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

25 striking ‘‘Act,,’’ and inserting ‘‘Act,’’; and
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of the

2 third undesignated paragraph;

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

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

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

6 ‘‘serious bodily injury’’;

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

8 ‘‘or’’ at the end thereof;

9 (6) in section 1956(c)(7)(B)(iii), by inserting a

10 closing parenthesis after ‘‘1978’’;

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

12 2252A, by striking ‘‘paragraphs’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘paragraph’’; and

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

15 comma before the period at the end.

16 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF OUTMODED PROVISIONS.

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

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

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

20 are repealed.

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

22 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘The Secretary’’; and

24 (2) by striking subsection (b).
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1 (c) Section 1821 of such title is amended by striking

2 ‘‘, the Canal Zone’’.

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

4 ‘‘or the Panama Canal Zone,’’.

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

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

7 the’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2001.

Attest:

Clerk.