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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2137

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

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.—
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1 (1) CORRECTION OF GARBLED SENTENCE.—

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

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

4 inserting ‘‘fine under this title’’.

5 (2) INSERTION OF MISSING WORDS.—Section

6 981(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended

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

8 and inserting ‘‘proceeds from the sale of such prop9 erty under this section’’.

10 (3) CORRECTION OF INCORRECT WORD.—Sec11 tions 1425 through 1427, 1541 through 1544 and

12 1546(a) of title 18, United States Code, are each

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

14 facilitate’’.

15 (4) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS AMENDATORY

16 LANGUAGE ON EXECUTED AMENDMENT.—Effective

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

18 322, section 60003(a)(13) of such public law is

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

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

21 (5) INSERTION OF MISSING WORD.—Section

22 3286 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by

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

24 (6) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE TO SHORT

25 TITLE OF LAW.—That section 2332d(a) of title 18,
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1 United States Code, which relates to financial trans2 actions is amended by inserting ‘‘of 1979’’ after

3 ‘‘Export Administration Act’’.

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

5 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘term or years’’ and inserting ‘‘term of years’’.

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

8 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘or an escape’’ and inserting ‘‘of an escape’’.

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

11 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘a’’ be12 fore ‘‘minimum’’.

13 (10) MISSPELLING IN SECTION 205.—Section

14 205(d)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is

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

16 ‘‘group’s’’.

17 (11) CONFORMING CHANGE AND INSERTING

18 MISSING WORD IN SECTION 709.—The paragraph in

19 section 709 of title 18, United States Code, that be20 gins with ‘‘A person who’’ is amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘A person who’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘Whoever’’; and

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

24 at the end.
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1 (12) ERROR IN LANGUAGE BEING STRICKEN.—

2 Effective on the date of its enactment, section

3 726(2) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death

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

5 amended—

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

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

8 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘re9 lating to’’ the first place it appears.

10 (b) MARGINS, PUNCTUATION, AND SIMILAR ER11 RORS.—

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

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

14 margins of subparagraph (B) and each of its

15 clauses, are moved 2 ems to the left.

16 (2) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN LAN17 GUAGE TO BE STRICKEN.—Effective on the date of

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

19 Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘ter20 ritory’’ and inserting ‘‘Territory’’.

21 (3) CORRECTING PARAGRAPHING.—The mate22 rial added to section 521(a) of title 18, United

23 States Code, by section 607(q) of the Economic Es24 pionage Act of 1996 is amended to appear as a

25 paragraph indented 2 ems from the left margin.
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1 (4) SUBSECTION PLACEMENT CORRECTION.—

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

3 amended by transferring subsection (d) so that it

4 appears following subsection (c).

5 (5) INSERTION OF PARENTHETICAL DESCRIP6 TIONS.—Section 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of title 18,

7 United States Code, is amended—

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

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

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

11 trains)’’ after ‘‘1992’’; and

12 (C) by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.

13 (6) CORRECTION TO ALLOW FOR INSERTION OF

14 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH AND CORRECTION OF ERRO15 NEOUS INDENTATION.—Section 1956(c)(7) of title

16 18, United States Code, is amended—

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

18 margin 2 ems to the right;

19 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara20 graph (D);

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

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

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

24 ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’.
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1 (7) CORRECTION OF CONFUSING SUBDIVISION

2 DESIGNATION.—Section 1716 of title 18, United

3 States Code, is amended—

4 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

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

6 (B) in the second undesignated

7 paragraph—

8 (i) by striking ‘‘not more than

9 $10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’;

10 and

11 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ at the begin12 ning of that paragraph;

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

14 the third undesignated paragraph; and

15 (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub16 section (k).

17 (8) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

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

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

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

21 (9) PUNCTUATION CORRECTION IN SECTION

22 2311.—Section 2311 of title 18, United States Code,

23 is amended by striking the period after ‘‘carcasses

24 thereof’’ the second place that term appears and in25 serting a semicolon.
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1 (10) SYNTAX CORRECTION.—Section 115(b)(2)

2 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kid4 nap of a person’’ and inserting ‘‘or attempted kid5 napping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person’’.

6 (11) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN SECTION

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

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

9 ‘‘court’’.

10 (12) PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS IN SECTION

11 1029.—Section 1029 of title 18, United States Code,

12 is amended—

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

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

15 (B) in subsection (e), by adding a semi16 colon at the end of paragraph (8).

17 (13) CORRECTIONS OF CONNECTORS AND

18 PUNCTUATION IN SECTION 1030.—Section 1030 of

19 title 18, United States Code, is amended—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub21 section (c)(2)(A);

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub23 section (c)(2)(B)(iii);

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

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

3 and

4 (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub5 section (e)(7).

6 (14) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC7 TION 1032.—Section 1032(1) of title 18, United

8 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘13,’’ and in9 serting ‘‘13’’.

10 (15) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC11 TION 1345.—Section 1345(a)(1) of title 18, United

12 States Code, is amended.—

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

14 or’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

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

16 period and inserting a semicolon.

17 (16) CORRECTION OF PUNCTUATION IN SEC18 TION 3612.—Section 3612(f)(2)(B) of title 18,

19 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pre20 ceding.’’ and inserting ‘‘preceding’’.

21 (17) CORRECTION OF INDENTATION IN CON22 TROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Section 402(c)(2) of

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

24 is amended by moving the margin of subparagraph

25 (C) 2 ems to the left.
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1 (c) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANCIES.—

2 (1) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT PROVI3 SION.—Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States

4 Code, is amended—

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

6 and

7 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para8 graph (o).

9 (2) ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE AMEND10 MENTS.—Effective on the date of its enactment,

11 paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 601(b), para12 graph (2) of section 601(d), paragraph (2) of section

13 601(f), paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 601(j),

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

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

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

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

18 1996 are repealed.

19 (3) ELIMINATION OF EXTRA COMMA.—Section

20 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is

21 amended—

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

23 ‘‘Code,’’; and

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

25 ‘‘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) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS OCCA6 SIONED BY ENACTMENT OF INTERVENING LAW.—

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

8 title 18, United States Code, is amended by

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

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

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

12 (19) of section 3563(b)’’.

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

14 title 18, United States Code, is amended by

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

16 (b)(12)’’.

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

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

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

20 (d)(5)’’.

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

22 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

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

24 (4) CORRECTING ERRONEOUS CROSS REF25 ERENCE IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Sec-
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1 tion 511(a)(10) of the Controlled Substances Act

2 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)(10)) is amended by striking

3 ‘‘1822 of the Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Con4 trol Act’’ and inserting ‘‘422’’.

5 (5) CORRECTION TO REFLECT CROSS REF6 ERENCE CHANGE MADE BY OTHER LAW.—Effective

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

8 the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by

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

10 (6) TYPOGRAPHICAL AND TYPEFACE ERROR IN

11 TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The item relating to chapter

12 123 in the table of chapters at the beginning of part

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

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

15 ‘‘2721’’; and

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

17 type.

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

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

20 3653 of this title and rule 32(f) of’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘section 3565 of this title and the applicable provi22 sions of’’.

23 (8) ERROR IN AMENDATORY LANGUAGE.—Ef24 fective on the date of its enactment, section 583 of

25 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-
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1 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (111 Stat.

2 2436) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 2401’’ and

3 inserting ‘‘Section 2441’’.

4 (9) ERROR IN CROSS REFERENCE TO COURT

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

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

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

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

9 United States Code, is amended—

10 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘this sec11 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; and

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

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

14 (11) CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS CITE IN

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

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

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

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

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

20 (12) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED CITE IN SEC21 TION 2339A.—Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United

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

23 (13) CORRECTION OF REFERENCES IN AMEND24 ATORY LANGUAGE.—Effective the date of its enact-
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1 ment, section 115(a)(8)(B) of Public Law 105–119

2 is amended.—

3 (A) in clause (i)—

4 (i) by striking ‘‘at the end of’’ and in5 serting ‘‘following’’; and

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ the sec7 ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub8 section’’; and

9 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subpara10 graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’.

11 (f) TABLES OF SECTIONS CORRECTIONS.—

12 (1) CONFORMING TABLE OF SECTIONS TO

13 HEADING OF SECTION.—The item relating to section

14 1837 in the table of sections at the beginning of

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

16 amended by striking ‘‘Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Ap17 plicability to conduct’’.

18 (2) CONFORMING HEADING TO TABLE OF SEC19 TIONS ENTRY.—The heading of section 1920 of title

20 18, United States Code, is amended by striking

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

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