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[CITE: 18USC3147]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
     CHAPTER 207--RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
 
Sec. 3147. Penalty for an offense committed while on release

    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.

(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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3156 of this title; title 8 
section 1535; title 28 section 994.