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[USC02] 18 USC 521: Criminal street gangs
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18 USC 521: Criminal street gangs Text contains those laws in effect on January 18, 2020
From Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDUREPART I-CRIMESCHAPTER 26-CRIMINAL STREET GANGS
§521. Criminal street gangs
"conviction" includes a finding, under State or Federal law, that a person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving a violent or controlled substances felony.
"criminal street gang" means an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of 5 or more persons-
(A) that has as 1 of its primary purposes the commission of 1 or more of the criminal offenses described in subsection (c);
(B) the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past 5 years, in a continuing series of offenses described in subsection (c); and
(C) the activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce.
"State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
(b) Penalty.-The sentence of a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (c) shall be increased by up to 10 years if the offense is committed under the circumstances described in subsection (d).
(c) Offenses.-The offenses described in this section are-
(2) a Federal felony crime of violence that has as an element the use or attempted use of physical force against the person of another;
(3) a Federal offense involving human trafficking, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or transportation for prostitution or any illegal sexual activity; and
(4) a conspiracy to commit an offense described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
(d) Circumstances.-The circumstances described in this section are that the offense described in subsection (c) was committed by a person who-
(3) has been convicted within the past 5 years for-
(B) a State offense-
(i) involving a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) for which the maximum penalty is not less than 5 years' imprisonment; or
(D) a conspiracy to commit an offense described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XV, §150001(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2034 ; amended Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §607(q), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3513 ; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, §4002(b)(3), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1807 ; Pub. L. 115–392, §12, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5255 .)
2018-Subsec. (c)(3), (4). Pub. L. 115–392 added par. (3), redesignated former par. (3) as (4), and in par. (4), substituted "(1), (2), or (3)" for "(1) or (2)".
2002-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 realigned margins of par. defining "State".
1996-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–294 inserted par. defining "State" at end.