[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 103 (Monday, July 23, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H4392-H4395]
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             CRIMINAL LAW TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2001

  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and 
pass the bill (H.R. 2137) to make clerical and other technical 
amendments to title 18, United States Code, and other laws relating to 
crime and criminal procedure, as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 2137

       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

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     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.--

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     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''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) and the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. 
Jackson-Lee) each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. 
Sensenbrenner).


                             General Leave

  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all 
Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend 
their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 2137, as amended.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Wisconsin?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, during the last half of the 20th century, Congress has 
expanded the criminal code almost exponentially. According to a study 
conducted by the Task Force on Federalization of Criminal Law of the 
Criminal Section of the American Bar Association, more than 40 percent 
of the Federal criminal provisions enacted since the Civil War have 
been enacted since 1970. In addition to the increased responsibility 
placed on Federal law enforcement agencies, this explosion of lawmaking 
has resulted in the enactment of numerous technical mistakes which 
litter the criminal code. This legislation corrects those mistakes.
  Specifically, H.R. 2137 makes over 60 separate technical changes to 
various criminal statutes by correcting missing and incorrect words, 
margins, punctuation, redundancies, outmoded fine amounts, cross 
references, and other technical and clerical errors.
  Madam Speaker, this is not a glamorous bill. No one will issue a 
press release about its passage or will make it a plank in one's 
reelection. But it is important work. Correcting mistakes in the 
criminal code is important to the thousands of Assistant U.S. Attorneys 
and Federal law enforcement officials throughout the Nation who rely on 
the accuracy of the criminal code on a daily basis. No longer will they 
have to rely on an editor's footnote to guess Congress' true 
intentions. Furthermore, the placement of a comma is not always 
trivial. The Supreme Court has reviewed cases because of confusion over 
Congress' grammatical mistakes, including the mistake in placement of a 
comma.
  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the three cosponsors of this 
legislation: the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), the ranking 
minority member of the committee; the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith), 
the chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime; and the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott), the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee 
on Crime.
  I would also like to recognize the staff of the Office of Legislative 
Counsel and Law Revision Counsel who, along with majority and minority 
staff, spent hours going through each minor change.
  I urge Members to support this bill.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in favor of the bill, H.R. 2137, the Criminal 
Law Technical Amendments Act of 2001. I am satisfied that the Criminal 
Law Technical Amendments Act of 2001 is simply what its name implies, a 
bill involving purely technical amendments to the Federal criminal 
code.
  The bill is cosponsored by the chairman of the Committee on the 
Judiciary, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner); the 
ranking member, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers); the chairman 
of the Subcommittee on Crime, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith); and 
the ranking member, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott). We thank 
them for their work.
  Committee staff for both sides of the aisle have thoroughly reviewed 
the provisions of the bill in consultation with government and outside 
organizations concerned about the Federal criminal code. All agree that 
these are purely technical amendments which correct mistakes or 
omissions in the originally enacted language to ensure the smooth 
process of the criminal justice system. The amendments give the 
provisions their intended language, therefore clarifying the importance 
of the distinction needed to ensure justice, thus avoiding possible 
confusion and misinterpretation.
  Accordingly, I support the bill, and I urge my colleagues to do the 
same.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2137 , as amended.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of 
those present have voted in the affirmative.
  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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