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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 Com-
mittee 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Law Tech-
nical Amendments Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CRIMINAL
LAW AND PROCEDURE.
(a) MISSING AND INCORRECT WORDS.—
(1) CORRECTION
OF
GARBLED
SENTENCE.—
Section 510(c) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘fine of under this title’’ and
inserting ‘‘fine under this title’’.
(2) INSERTION
OF
MISSING
WORDS.—Section
981(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘proceeds from the sale of this section’’
and inserting ‘‘proceeds from the sale of such prop-
erty under this section’’.
(3) CORRECTION OF INCORRECT WORD.—Sec-
tions 1425 through 1427, 1541 through 1544 and
1546(a) of title 18, United States Code, are each
amended by striking ‘‘to facility’’ and inserting ‘‘to
facilitate’’.
(4) CORRECTING
ERRONEOUS
AMENDATORY
LANGUAGE ON EXECUTED AMENDMENT.—Effective
on the date of the enactment of Public Law 103–
322, section 60003(a)(13) of such public law is
amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 or imprisonment’’
and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 and imprisonment’’.
(5) INSERTION
OF
MISSING
WORD.—Section
3286 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ‘‘section’’ before ‘‘2332b’’.
(6) CORRECTION
OF
REFERENCE
TO
SHORT
TITLE OF LAW.—That section 2332d(a) of title 18,
United States Code, which relates to financial trans-
actions is amended by inserting ‘‘of 1979’’ after
‘‘Export Administration Act’’.
(7) ELIMINATION OF TYPO.—Section 1992(b)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘term or years’’ and inserting ‘‘term of years’’.
(8) SPELLING CORRECTION.—Section 2339A(a)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or an escape’’ and inserting ‘‘of an escape’’.
(9) SECTION 3553.—Section 3553(e) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘a’’ be-
fore ‘‘minimum’’.
(10) MISSPELLING
IN
SECTION
205.—Section
205(d)(1)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘groups’s’’ and inserting
‘‘group’s’’.
(11) CONFORMING
CHANGE
AND
INSERTING
MISSING WORD IN SECTION 709.—The paragraph in
section 709 of title 18, United States Code, that be-
gins with ‘‘A person who’’ is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘A person who’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Whoever’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon
at the end.
(12) ERROR IN LANGUAGE BEING STRICKEN.—
Effective on the date of its enactment, section
726(2) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–132) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraphs (C) and (E), by
striking ‘‘section’’ the first place it appears; and
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘re-
lating to’’ the first place it appears.
(b) MARGINS, PUNCTUATION, AND SIMILAR ER-
RORS.—
(1) MARGIN
ERROR.—Section 1030(c)(2) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended so that the
margins of subparagraph (B) and each of its
clauses, are moved 2 ems to the left.
(2) CORRECTING
CAPITALIZATION
IN
LAN-
GUAGE TO BE STRICKEN.—Effective on the date of
its enactment, section 607(g)(2) of the Economic
Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by striking ‘‘ter-
ritory’’ and inserting ‘‘Territory’’.
(3) CORRECTING
PARAGRAPHING.—The mate-
rial added to section 521(a) of title 18, United
States Code, by section 607(q) of the Economic Es-
pionage Act of 1996 is amended to appear as a
paragraph indented 2 ems from the left margin.
(4) SUBSECTION
PLACEMENT
CORRECTION.—
Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by transferring subsection (d) so that it
appears following subsection (c).
(5) INSERTION OF PARENTHETICAL DESCRIP-
TIONS.—Section 2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(relating to certain
killings in Federal facilities)’’ after ‘‘930(c)’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘(relating to wrecking
trains)’’ after ‘‘1992’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.
(6) CORRECTION TO ALLOW FOR INSERTION OF
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH AND CORRECTION OF ERRO-
NEOUS INDENTATION.—Section 1956(c)(7) of title
18, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by moving the
margin 2 ems to the right;
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D);
(C) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (F), by striking
‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘any’’.
(7) CORRECTION OF CONFUSING SUBDIVISION
DESIGNATION.—Section 1716 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended—
(A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by
inserting ‘‘(j)(1)’’ before ‘‘Whoever’’;
(B) 
in 
the 
second 
undesignated
paragraph—
(i) by striking ‘‘not more than
$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’;
and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(2)’’ at the begin-
ning of that paragraph;
(C) by inserting ‘‘(3)’’ at the beginning of
the third undesignated paragraph; and
(D) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k).
(8) PUNCTUATION
CORRECTION
IN
SECTION
1091.—Section 1091(b)(1) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1),’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’.
(9) PUNCTUATION
CORRECTION
IN
SECTION
2311.—Section 2311 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking the period after ‘‘carcasses
thereof’’ the second place that term appears and in-
serting a semicolon.
(10) SYNTAX CORRECTION.—Section 115(b)(2)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kid-
nap of a person’’ and inserting ‘‘or attempted kid-
napping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person’’.
(11) CORRECTING CAPITALIZATION IN SECTION
982.—Section 982(a)(8) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Court’’ and inserting
‘‘court’’.
(12) PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS IN SECTION
1029.—Section 1029 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii), by striking
‘‘(9),’’ and inserting ‘‘(9)’’; and
(B) in subsection (e), by adding a semi-
colon at the end of paragraph (8).
(13) CORRECTIONS
OF
CONNECTORS
AND
PUNCTUATION IN SECTION 1030.—Section 1030 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
section (c)(2)(A);
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
section (c)(2)(B)(iii);
(C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub-
section (c)(3)(B) and inserting a period;
(D) by striking the period at the end of
subsection (e)(4)(I) and inserting a semicolon;
and
(E) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
section (e)(7).
(14) CORRECTION
OF
PUNCTUATION
IN
SEC-
TION
1032.—Section 1032(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘13,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘13’’.
(15) CORRECTION
OF
PUNCTUATION
IN
SEC-
TION 1345.—Section 1345(a)(1) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended.—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘,
or’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period and inserting a semicolon.
(16) CORRECTION
OF
PUNCTUATION
IN
SEC-
TION
3612.—Section 3612(f)(2)(B) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘pre-
ceding.’’ and inserting ‘‘preceding’’.
(17) CORRECTION
OF
INDENTATION
IN
CON-
TROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.—Section 402(c)(2) of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 842(c)(2))
is amended by moving the margin of subparagraph
(C) 2 ems to the left.
(c) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANCIES.—
(1) ELIMINATION
OF
REDUNDANT
PROVI-
SION.—Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking the first paragraph (p);
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (o).
(2) ELIMINATION
OF
DUPLICATE
AMEND-
MENTS.—Effective on the date of its enactment,
paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 601(b), para-
graph (2) of section 601(d), paragraph (2) of section
601(f), paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 601(j),
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 601(k), subsection
(d) of section 602, paragraph (4) of section 604(b),
subsection (r) of section 605, and paragraph (2) of
section 607(j) of the Economic Espionage Act of
1996 are repealed.
(3) ELIMINATION OF EXTRA COMMA.—Section
1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Code,,’’ and inserting
‘‘Code,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘services),,’’ and inserting
‘‘services),’’.
(4) REPEAL OF SECTION GRANTING DUPLICA-
TIVE AUTHORITY.—
(A) Section 3503 of title 18, United States
Code, is repealed.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 223 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 3503.
(5) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED REFERENCE
TO
PAROLE.—Section 929(b) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking the last sen-
tence.
(d) CORRECTION OF OUTMODED FINE AMOUNTS.—
(1) IN TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE.—
(A) IN SECTION 492.—Section 492 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘not more than $100’’ and inserting ‘‘under
this title’’
(B) IN SECTION 665.—Section 665(c) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘a fine of not more than $5,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘a fine under this title’’.
and inserting ‘‘under title 18, United
States Code’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘of not more than
$60,000’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘under title 18, United States Code’’.
(e) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS.—
(1) CROSS
REFERENCE
CORRECTIONS
OCCA-
SIONED BY ENACTMENT OF INTERVENING LAW.—
(A) SECTION
3583.—Section 3583(d) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘section 3563(b)(1) through (b)(10)
and (b)(12) through (b)(20)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraphs (1) through (9) and (11) through
(19) of section 3563(b)’’.
(B) SECTION 3563.—Section 3563(a)(2) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘, (b)(3), or (b)(13)’’ and inserting ‘‘or
(b)(12)’’.
(2) SECTION
3664.—Section 3664(o)(1)(C) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘section 3664(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(d)(5)’’.
(3) CHAPTER 228.—Section 3592(c)(1) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘section 36’’ and inserting ‘‘section 37’’.
(8) ERROR IN AMENDATORY LANGUAGE.—Ef-
fective on the date of its enactment, section 583 of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (111 Stat.
2436) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 2401’’ and
inserting ‘‘Section 2441’’.
(9) ERROR IN CROSS REFERENCE TO COURT
RULES.—The first sentence of section 3593(c) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘rule 32(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘rule 32’’.
(10) SECTION 1836.—Section 1836 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘this chapter’’; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’.
(11) CORRECTION
OF
ERRONEOUS
CITE
IN
CHAPTER 119.—Section 2510(10) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall have’’
and all that follows through ‘‘United States Code;’’
and inserting ‘‘has the meaning given that term in
section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934;’’.
(12) ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED CITE IN SEC-
TION 2339A.—Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2332c,’’.