[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 2137 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2137


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2001

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make clerical and other technical amendments to title 18, United 
 States Code, and other laws relating to crime and criminal procedure.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Criminal Law Technical Amendments 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE.

    (a) Missing and Incorrect Words.--
            (1) Correction of garbled sentence.--Section 510(c) of 
        title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``fine of 
        under this title'' and inserting ``fine under this title''.
            (2) Insertion of missing words.--Section 981(d) of title 
        18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``proceeds from 
        the sale of this section'' and inserting ``proceeds from the 
        sale of such property under this section''.
            (3)  Correction of incorrect word.--Sections 1425 through 
        1427, 1541 through 1544 and 1546(a) of title 18, United States 
        Code, are each amended by striking ``to facility'' and 
        inserting ``to facilitate''.
            (4) Correcting erroneous amendatory language on executed 
        amendment.--Effective on the date of the enactment of Public 
        Law 103-322, section 60003(a)(13) of such public law is amended 
        by striking ``$1,000,000 or imprisonment'' and inserting 
        ``$1,000,000 and imprisonment''.
            (5) Insertion of missing word.--Section 3286 of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting ``section'' before 
        ``2332b''.
            (6) Correction of reference to short title of law.--That 
        section 2332d(a) of title 18, United States Code, which relates 
        to financial transactions is amended by inserting ``of 1979'' 
        after ``Export Administration Act''.
            (7) Elimination of typo.--Section 1992(b) of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended by striking ``term or years'' 
        and inserting ``term of years''.
            (8) Spelling correction.--Section 2339A(a) of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended by striking ``or an escape'' and 
        inserting ``of an escape''.
            (9) Section 3553.--Section 3553(e) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended by inserting ``a'' before ``minimum''.
            (10) Misspelling in section 205.--Section 205(d)(1)(B) of 
        title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
        ``groups's'' and inserting ``group's''.
            (11) Conforming change and inserting missing word in 
        section 709.--The paragraph in section 709 of title 18, United 
        States Code, that begins with ``A person who'' is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``A person who'' and inserting 
                ``Whoever''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon at the 
                end.
            (12) Error in language being stricken.--Effective on the 
        date of its enactment, section 726(2) of the Antiterrorism and 
        Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subparagraphs (C) and (E), by striking 
                ``section'' the first place it appears; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``relating 
                to'' the first place it appears.
    (b) Margins, Punctuation, and Similar Errors.--
            (1) Margin error.--Section 1030(c)(2) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended so that the margins of subparagraph (B) 
        and each of its clauses, are moved 2 ems to the left.
            (2) Correcting capitalization in language to be stricken.--
        Effective on the date of its enactment, section 607(g)(2) of 
        the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by striking 
        ``territory'' and inserting ``Territory''.
            (3) Correcting paragraphing.--The material added to section 
        521(a) of title 18, United States Code, by section 607(q) of 
        the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is amended to appear as a 
        paragraph indented 2 ems from the left margin.
            (4) Subsection placement correction.--Section 1513 of title 
        18, United States Code, is amended by transferring subsection 
        (d) so that it appears following subsection (c).
            (5) Insertion of parenthetical descriptions.--Section 
        2332b(g)(5)(B)(i) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(relating to certain killings in 
                Federal facilities)'' after ``930(c)'';
                    (B) by inserting ``(relating to wrecking trains)'' 
                after ``1992''; and
                    (C) by striking ``2332c,''.
            (6) Correction to allow for insertion of new subparagraph 
        and correction of erroneous indentation.--Section 1956(c)(7) of 
        title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by moving the margin 2 
                ems to the right;
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (D);
                    (C) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (E) and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``Any'' and 
                inserting ``any''.
            (7) Correction of confusing subdivision designation.--
        Section 1716 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by 
                inserting ``(j)(1)'' before ``Whoever'';
                    (B) in the second undesignated paragraph--
                            (i) by striking ``not more than $10,000'' 
                        and inserting ``under this title''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``(2)'' at the beginning 
                        of that paragraph;
                    (C) by inserting ``(3)'' at the beginning of the 
                third undesignated paragraph; and
                    (D) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 
                (k).
            (8) Punctuation correction in section 1091.--Section 
        1091(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking ``subsection (a)(1),'' and inserting ``subsection 
        (a)(1)''.
            (9) Punctuation correction in section 2311.--Section 2311 
        of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
        period after ``carcasses thereof'' the second place that term 
        appears and inserting a semicolon.
            (10) Syntax correction.--Section 115(b)(2) of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended by striking ``, attempted 
        kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap of a person'' and inserting 
        ``or attempted kidnapping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a 
        person''.
            (11) Correcting capitalization in section 982.--Section 
        982(a)(8) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking ``Court'' and inserting ``court''.
            (12) Punctuation corrections in section 1029.--Section 1029 
        of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii), by striking 
                ``(9),'' and inserting ``(9)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e), by adding a semicolon at the 
                end of paragraph (8).
            (13) Corrections of connectors and punctuation in section 
        1030.--Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subsection 
                (c)(2)(A);
                    (B) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subsection 
                (c)(2)(B)(iii);
                    (C) by striking ``; and'' at the end of subsection 
                (c)(3)(B) and inserting a period;
                    (D) by striking the period at the end of subsection 
                (e)(4)(I) and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (E) by striking ``and'' at the end of subsection 
                (e)(7).
            (14) Correction of punctuation in section 1032.--Section 
        1032(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
        ``13,'' and inserting ``13''.
            (15) Correction of punctuation in section 1345.--Section 
        1345(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, or'' and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and 
                inserting a semicolon.
            (16) Correction of punctuation in section 3612.--Section 
        3612(f)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking ``preceding.'' and inserting ``preceding''.
            (17) Correction of indentation in controlled substances 
        act.--Section 402(c)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
        U.S.C. 842(c)(2)) is amended by moving the margin of 
        subparagraph (C) 2 ems to the left.
    (c) Elimination of Redundancies.--
            (1) Elimination of redundant provision.--Section 2516(1) of 
        title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking the first paragraph (p); and
                    (B) by inserting ``or'' at the end of paragraph 
                (o).
            (2) Elimination of duplicate amendments.--Effective on the 
        date of its enactment, paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 
        601(b), paragraph (2) of section 601(d), paragraph (2) of 
        section 601(f), paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 601(j), 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 601(k), subsection (d) of 
        section 602, paragraph (4) of section 604(b), subsection (r) of 
        section 605, and paragraph (2) of section 607(j) of the 
        Economic Espionage Act of 1996 are repealed.
            (3) Elimination of extra comma.--Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of 
        title 18, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Code,,'' and inserting ``Code,''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``services),,'' and inserting 
                ``services),''.
            (4) Repeal of section granting duplicative authority.--
                    (A) Section 3503 of title 18, United States Code, 
                is repealed.
                    (B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
                chapter 223 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
                by striking the item relating to section 3503.
            (5) Elimination of outmoded reference to parole.--Section 
        929(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
        the last sentence.
    (d) Correction of Outmoded Fine Amounts.--
            (1) In title 18, united states code.--
                    (A) In section 492.--Section 492 of title 18, 
                United States Code, is amended by striking ``not more 
                than $100'' and inserting ``under this title''.
                    (B) In section 665.--Section 665(c) of title 18, 
                United States Code, is amended by striking ``a fine of 
                not more than $5,000'' and inserting ``a fine under 
                this title''.
                    (C) In sections 1924, 2075, 2113(b), and 2236.--
                            (i) Section 1924(a) of title 18, United 
                        States Code, is amended by striking ``not more 
                        than $1,000,'' and inserting ``under this 
                        title''.
                            (ii) Sections 2075 and 2113(b) of title 18, 
                        United States Code, are each amended by 
                        striking ``not more than $1,000'' and inserting 
                        ``under this title''.
                            (iii) Section 2236 of title 18, United 
                        States Code, is amended by inserting ``under 
                        this title'' after ``warrant, shall be fined'', 
                        and by striking ``not more than $1,000''.
                    (D) In section 372 and 752.--Sections 372 and 
                752(a) of title 18, United States Code, are each 
                amended by striking ``not more than $5,000'' and 
                inserting ``under this title''.
                    (E) In section 924(e)(1).--Section 924(e)(1) of 
                title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
                ``not more than $25,000'' and inserting ``under this 
                title''.
            (2) In the controlled substances act.--
                    (A) In section 401.--Section 401(d) of the 
                Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(d)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and 
                        shall be fined not more than $10,000'' and 
                        inserting ``or fined under title 18, United 
                        States Code, or both''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and 
                        shall be fined not more than $20,000'' and 
                        inserting ``or fined under title 18, United 
                        States Code, or both''.
                    (B) In section 402.--Section 402(c)(2) of the 
                Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 842(c)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``of 
                        not more than $25,000'' and inserting ``under 
                        title 18, United States Code''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``of 
                        $50,000'' and inserting ``under title 18, 
                        United States Code''.
                    (C) In section 403.--Section 403(d) of the 
                Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843(d)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) by striking ``of not more than 
                        $30,000'' each place that term appears and 
                        inserting ``under title 18, United States 
                        Code''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``of not more than 
                        $60,000'' each place it appears and inserting 
                        ``under title 18, United States Code''.
    (e) Cross Reference Corrections.--
            (1) Section 3664.--Section 3664(o)(1)(C) of title 18, 
        United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 
        3664(d)(3)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(5)''.
            (2) Chapter 228.--Section 3592(c)(1) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking ``section 36'' and 
        inserting ``section 37''.
            (3) Correcting erroneous cross reference in controlled 
        substances act.--Section 511(a)(10) of the Controlled 
        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 881(a)(10)) is amended by striking 
        ``1822 of the Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Control Act'' and 
        inserting ``422''.
            (4) Correction to reflect cross reference change made by 
        other law.--Effective on the date of its enactment, section 
        601(c)(3) of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 is amended by 
        striking ``247(d)'' and inserting ``247(e)''.
            (5) Typographical and typeface error in table of 
        chapters.--The item relating to chapter 123 in the table of 
        chapters at the beginning of part I of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``2271'' and inserting ``2721''; 
                and
                    (B) so that the item appears in bold face type.
            (6) Section 4104.--Section 4104(d) of title 18, United 
        States Code, is amended by striking ``section 3653 of this 
        title and rule 32(f) of'' and inserting ``section 3565 of this 
        title and the applicable provisions of''.
            (7) Error in amendatory language.--Effective on the date of 
        its enactment, section 583 of the Foreign Operations, Export 
        Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (111 
        Stat. 2436) is amended by striking ``Section 2401'' and 
        inserting ``Section 2441''.
            (8) Error in cross reference to court rules.--The first 
        sentence of section 3593(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``rule 32(c)'' and inserting ``rule 32''.
            (9) Section 1836.--Section 1836 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``this section'' 
                and inserting ``this chapter''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``this 
                subsection'' and inserting ``this section''.
            (10) Correction of erroneous cite in chapter 119.--Section 
        2510(10) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking ``shall have'' and all that follows through ``United 
        States Code;'' and inserting ``has the meaning given that term 
        in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934;''.
            (11) Elimination of outmoded cite in section 2339a.--
        Section 2339A(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking ``2332c,''.
            (12) Correction of references in amendatory language.--
        Effective the date of its enactment, section 115(a)(8)(B) of 
        Public Law 105-119 is amended--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``at the end of'' and 
                        inserting ``following''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``paragraph'' the second 
                        place it appears and inserting ``subsection''; 
                        and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``subparagraph 
                (A)'' and inserting ``clause (i)''.
    (f) Tables of Sections Corrections.--
            (1) Conforming table of sections to heading of section.--
        The item relating to section 1837 in the table of sections at 
        the beginning of chapter 90 of title 18, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``Conduct'' and inserting ``Applicability 
        to conduct''.
            (2) Conforming heading to table of sections entry.--The 
        heading of section 1920 of title 18, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``employee's'' and inserting 
        ``employees'''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TECHNICALS.

    Title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 922(t)(1)(C), by striking ``1028(d)(1)'' and 
        inserting ``1028(d)'';
            (2) in section 1005--
                    (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by 
                striking ``Act,,'' and inserting ``Act,''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or'' at the end of the third 
                undesignated paragraph;
            (3) in section 1071, by striking ``fine of under this 
        title'' and inserting ``fine under this title'';
            (4) in section 1368(a), by inserting ``to'' after ``serious 
        bodily injury'';
            (5) in section 1956(c)(7)(B)(ii), by inserting ``or'' at 
        the end thereof;
            (6) in section 1956(c)(7)(B)(iii), by inserting a closing 
        parenthesis after ``1978'';
            (7) in subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 2252A, by 
        striking ``paragraphs'' and inserting ``paragraph''; and
            (8) in section 2254(a)(3), by striking the comma before the 
        period at the end.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF OUTMODED PROVISIONS.

    (a) Section 14 of title 18, United States Code, and the item 
relating thereto in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1 
of title 18, United States Code, are repealed.
    (b) Section 1261 of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) The Secretary'' and inserting ``The 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
    (c) Section 1821 of such title is amended by striking ``, the Canal 
Zone''.
    (d) Section 3183 of such title is amended by striking ``or the 
Panama Canal Zone,''.
    (e) Section 3241 of such title is amended by striking ``United 
States District Court for the Canal Zone and the''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.