{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3172","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3172.","heading":"Definitions","status":null,"guid":"idbe88e127-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 93–619, title I, § 101, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2085; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 223(i), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2029; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)","seq_in_title":1052,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch208","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII","level":"part","num":"PART II—","heading":"CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch208","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 208—","heading":"SPEEDY TRIAL","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=\"id753ceea3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3172\"><num value=\"3172\">§ 3172.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">As used in this chapter—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id753ceea4-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3172/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> the terms “judge” or “judicial officer” mean, unless otherwise indicated, any United States magistrate judge, Federal district judge, and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id753ceea5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3172/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the term “offense” means any Federal criminal offense which is in violation of any Act of Congress and is triable by any court established by Act of Congress (other than a Class B or C misdemeanor or an infraction, or an offense triable by court-martial, military commission, provost court, or other military tribunal).</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id753ceea6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/93/619/tI/s101\">Pub. L. 93–619, title I, § 101</ref>, <date date=\"1975-01-03\">Jan. 3, 1975</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/88/2085\">88 Stat. 2085</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/tII/s223/i\">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 223(i)</ref>, <date date=\"1984-10-12\">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/98/2029\">98 Stat. 2029</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/650/tIII/s321\">Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321</ref>, <date date=\"1990-12-01\">Dec. 1, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/5117\">104 Stat. 5117</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id753ceea7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id753ceea8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id753ceea9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1984—Par. (2). <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473\">Pub. L. 98–473</ref> substituted “Class B or C misdemeanor or an infraction” for “petty offense as defined in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s1/3\">section 1(3) of this title</ref>”.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id753ceeaa-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I78\" topic=\"changeOfName\" id=\"id753ceeab-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Change of Name</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">“United States magistrate judge” substituted for “United States magistrate” in par. (1) pursuant to <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/650/s321\">section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t28/s631\">section 631 of Title 28</ref>, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDateOfAmendment\" id=\"id753ceeac-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date of 1984 Amendment</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Amendment by <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473\">Pub. L. 98–473</ref> effective <date date=\"1987-11-01\">Nov. 1, 1987</date>, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of such amendment, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/s235/a/1\">section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473</ref>, set out as an Effective Date note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3551\">section 3551 of this title</ref>.</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}