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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

HEAD

    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.
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