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16 U.S.C. 1859: Criminal offenses

Created in 1976 by Public Law 94-265. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 16 U.S.C. 1826g, 16 U.S.C. 3606, 16 U.S.C. 5106, 16 U.S.C. 7407, 46 U.S.C. 53707.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–627, §115(a), amended par. (1) generally, substituting "(I), or (L)" for "or (I)". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 101–627, §115(b), substituted "$100,000" for "$50,000", substituted "$200,000" for "$100,000" in two places, and inserted "any observer described in section 1857(1)(L) of this title or" after "injury to" and "observer or" before "officer in fear". · (b)

    1987

    • Pub. L. 100–66 substituted "(I)" for "(J)". · (a)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–659 substituted "(H), or (J)" for "or (H)". · (a)

    1983

    • Pub. L. 97–453 struck out ", or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both" after "subsection (a)(2) is punishable by a fine of not more than $100,000". · (b)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.