{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3585","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3585.","heading":"Calculation of a term of imprisonment","status":null,"guid":"idbeecd253-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2001.)","seq_in_title":1214,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch227/schD","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/ch227","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 227—","heading":"SENTENCES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch227/schD","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER D—","heading":"IMPRISONMENT","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=\"id75524a9f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3585\"><num value=\"3585\">§ 3585.</num><heading> Calculation of a term of imprisonment</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id75524aa0-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3585/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Commencement of Sentence</inline>.—</heading><content>A sentence to a term of imprisonment commences on the date the defendant is received in custody awaiting transportation to, or arrives voluntarily to commence service of sentence at, the official detention facility at which the sentence is to be served.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id75524aa1-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3585/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Credit for Prior Custody</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A defendant shall be given credit toward the service of a term of imprisonment for any time he has spent in official detention prior to the date the sentence commences—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id75524aa2-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3585/b/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> as a result of the offense for which the sentence was imposed; or</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id75524aa3-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3585/b/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> as a result of any other charge for which the defendant was arrested after the commission of the offense for which the sentence was imposed;</content>\n</paragraph>\n\n<continuation style=\"-uslm-lc:I10\" class=\"indent0 firstIndent0\">that has not been credited against another sentence.</continuation>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id75524aa4-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/tII/s212/a/2\">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2)</ref>, <date date=\"1984-10-12\">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/98/2001\">98 Stat. 2001</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id75524aa5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id75524aa6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id75524aa7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective <date date=\"1987-11-01\">Nov. 1, 1987</date>, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/s235/a/1\">section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473</ref>, set out as a 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}