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BILL TO REVISE TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, AND OTHER PURPOSES - 95TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, H R 13959, AUGUST 17, 1978

NCJ Number
53529
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1978
Length
548 pages
Annotation
AN OUTLINE IS PROVIDED FOR THE PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL REVISION OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, WHICH DEALS WITH CRIME (I.E., WHAT IS AND IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW), CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, AND CORRECTIONS.
Abstract
THIS VOLUME SETS FORTH THE SUGGESTED TEXTUAL ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND OTHER CHANGES TO THE CODE AS CITED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1978. PROPOSED REVISIONS OF CRIME, SENTENCING, AND CORRECTIONS STATUTES ARE NOTED, ALONG WITH CHANGES IN MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. A FULL RANGE OF CRIME, FROM ASSAULT AND EMBEZZLEMENT TO KIDNAPPING, POSTAL OFFENSES, AND TREASON, ARE CONSIDERED, IN ADDITION TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE STATUTES REGARDING CONTEMPT OF COURT, EXTRADITION, SEARCH AND SEIZURE, AND SPEEDY TRIALS. THE SENTENCING PROVISIONS RELATE TO PROBATION, FINES, INCARCERATION, AND JUVENILE, YOUTHFUL, AND NARCOTIC OFFENDERS, WHILE THE CORRECTIONS MATERIAL COVERS THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, INMATES COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER, DISCHARGE AND RELEASE PAYMENTS, PAROLE, EMPLOYMENT, AND GOOD-TIME ALLOWANCES. BRACKETS INDICATE PROVISIONS EITHER MOVED OR DELETED. SECTION NUMBERS OF SOURCE PROVISIONS IN EXISTING LAW ARE ALSO PROVIDED. (KBL)