{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2265A","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2265A.","heading":"Repeat offenders","status":null,"guid":"idbdb36822-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 115, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2988; amended Pub. L. 113–4, title IX, § 906(c), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 125.)","seq_in_title":822,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch110A","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/ch110A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 110A—","heading":"DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING","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=\"id75038e8e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2265A\"><num value=\"2265A\">§ 2265A.</num><heading> Repeat offenders</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id75038e8f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2265A/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Maximum Term of Imprisonment</inline>.—</heading><content>The maximum term of imprisonment for a violation of this chapter after a prior domestic violence or stalking offense shall be twice the term otherwise provided under this chapter.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id75038e90-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2265A/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Definition</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>For purposes of this section—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id75038e91-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2265A/b/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><chapeau> the term “prior domestic violence or stalking offense” means a conviction for an offense—</chapeau><subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id75038e92-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2265A/b/1/A\"><num value=\"A\">(A)</num><content> under section 2261, 2261A, or 2262 of this chapter; or</content>\n</subparagraph>\n<subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id75038e93-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2265A/b/1/B\"><num value=\"B\">(B)</num><content> under State or tribal law for an offense consisting of conduct that would have been an offense under a section referred to in subparagraph (A) if the conduct had occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or in interstate or foreign commerce; and</content>\n</subparagraph>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id75038e94-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2265A/b/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id75038e95-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/109/162/tI/s115\">Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 115</ref>, <date date=\"2006-01-05\">Jan. 5, 2006</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/119/2988\">119 Stat. 2988</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/113/4/tIX/s906/c\">Pub. L. 113–4, title IX, § 906(c)</ref>, <date date=\"2013-03-07\">Mar. 7, 2013</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/127/125\">127 Stat. 125</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id75038e96-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id75038e97-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id75038e98-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2013—Subsec. (b)(1)(B). <ref href=\"/us/pl/113/4\">Pub. L. 113–4</ref> inserted “or tribal” after “State”.</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}