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18 USC Sec. 3147 01/05/2009
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 207 - RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
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Sec. 3147. Penalty for an offense committed while on release
STATUTE
A person convicted of an offense committed while released under
this chapter shall be sentenced, in addition to the sentence
prescribed for the offense, to -
(1) a term of imprisonment of not more than ten years if the
offense is a felony; or
(2) a term of imprisonment of not more than one year if the
offense is a misdemeanor.
A term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall be
consecutive to any other sentence of imprisonment.
SOURCE
(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 203(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98
Stat. 1983; amended Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 223(g), Oct. 12,
1984, 98 Stat. 2028; Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 55(g), Nov. 10, 1986, 100
Stat. 3610.)
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 3147, added Pub. L. 89-465, Sec. 3(a), June 22,
1966, 80 Stat. 215, related to appeals from conditions of release,
prior to repeal in the revision of this chapter by section 203(a)
of Pub. L. 98-473.
AMENDMENTS
1986 - Pub. L. 99-646 substituted "under" for "pursuant to" in
two places and "for the offense," for "for the offense".
1984 - Pub. L. 98-473, Sec. 223(g), struck out "not less than two
years and" after "imprisonment of" in par. (1), and "not less than
ninety days and" after "imprisonment of" in par. (2).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-646 effective 30 days after Nov. 10,
1986, see section 55(j) of Pub. L. 99-646, set out as a note under
section 3141 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-473 effective Nov. 1, 1987, and
applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of
such amendment, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as
an Effective Date note under section 3551 of this title.