{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2326","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2326.","heading":"Enhanced penalties","status":null,"guid":"idbdd1c56d-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXV, § 250002(a)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2082; amended Pub. L. 105–184, §§ 3, 4, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, § 402(a)(3), Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1214.)","seq_in_title":862,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch113A","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/ch113A","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 113A—","heading":"TELEMARKETING AND EMAIL MARKETING FRAUD","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=\"id750d2c59-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2326\"><num value=\"2326\">§ 2326.</num><heading> Enhanced penalties</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">A person who is convicted of an offense under section 1028, 1029, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, or 1347 or section 1128B of the Social Security Act (<ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b\">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b</ref>), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, in connection with the conduct of telemarketing or email marketing—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id750d2c5a-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2326/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> shall be imprisoned for a term of up to 5 years in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed under any of those sections, respectively; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id750d2c5b-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2326/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><chapeau> in the case of an offense under any of those sections that—</chapeau><subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id750d2c5c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2326/2/A\"><num value=\"A\">(A)</num><content> victimized ten or more persons over the age of 55; or</content>\n</subparagraph>\n<subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id750d2c5d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2326/2/B\"><num value=\"B\">(B)</num><content> targeted persons over the age of 55,</content>\n</subparagraph>\n\n<continuation style=\"-uslm-lc:I17\" class=\"indent1 firstIndent0\">shall be imprisoned for a term of up to 10 years in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed under any of those sections, respectively.</continuation>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id750d2c5e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXV/s250002/a/2\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXV, § 250002(a)(2)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2082\">108 Stat. 2082</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/105/184\">Pub. L. 105–184</ref>, §§ 3, 4, <date date=\"1998-06-23\">June 23, 1998</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/112/520\">112 Stat. 520</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/115/70/tIV/s402/a/3\">Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, § 402(a)(3)</ref>, <date date=\"2017-10-18\">Oct. 18, 2017</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/131/1214\">131 Stat. 1214</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id750d2c5f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id750d2c60-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id750d2c61-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2017—<ref href=\"/us/pl/115/70\">Pub. L. 115–70</ref> substituted “1344, or 1347 or section 1128B of the Social Security Act (<ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s1320a–7b\">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b</ref>)” for “or 1344” and inserted “or email marketing” after “telemarketing” in introductory provisions.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1998—<ref href=\"/us/pl/105/184\">Pub. L. 105–184</ref> inserted “, or a conspiracy to commit such an offense,” after “or 1344” in introductory provisions and substituted “shall” for “may” in two places.</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}