{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1587","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1587.","heading":"Possession of slaves aboard vessel","status":null,"guid":"idbd0bdd71-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 115–392, § 11(1)(B), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5255.)","seq_in_title":580,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch77","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch77","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 77—","heading":"PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74bc2545-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1587\"><num value=\"1587\">§ 1587.</num><heading> Possession of slaves aboard vessel</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever, being the captain, master, or commander of any vessel found in any river, port, bay, harbor, or on the high seas within the jurisdiction of the United States, or hovering off the coast thereof, and having on board any person for the purpose of selling such person as a slave, or with intent to land such person for such purpose, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74bc2546-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/773\">62 Stat. 773</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/L\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/115/392/s11/1/B\">Pub. L. 115–392, § 11(1)(B)</ref>, <date date=\"2018-12-21\">Dec. 21, 2018</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/132/5255\">132 Stat. 5255</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74bc2547-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id74bc2548-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 426 (<ref href=\"/us/act/1909-03-04/ch321/s251\">Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 251</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/35/1139\">35 Stat. 1139</ref>).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Mandatory-punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Minor change was made in phraseology.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74bc2549-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74bc254a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2018—<ref href=\"/us/pl/115/392\">Pub. L. 115–392</ref> substituted “10 years” for “four years”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}