{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s3661","title_num":"18","num":"§ 3661.","heading":"Use of information for sentencing","status":null,"guid":"idbf26a71f-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 91–452, title X, § 1001(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 951, § 3577; renumbered § 3661, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)","seq_in_title":1253,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptII/ch232","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/ch232","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 232—","heading":"MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS","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=\"id755be8ab-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s3661\"><num value=\"3661\">§ 3661.</num><heading> Use of information for sentencing</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted of an offense which a court of the United States may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id755be8ac-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/452/tX/s1001/a\">Pub. L. 91–452, title X, § 1001(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1970-10-15\">Oct. 15, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/951\">84 Stat. 951</ref>, § 3577; renumbered § 3661, <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/tII/s212/a/1\">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1)</ref>, <date date=\"1984-10-12\">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/98/1987\">98 Stat. 1987</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id755be8ad-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id755be8ae-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"shortTitleOfAmendment\" id=\"id755be8af-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Short Title of 1990 Amendment</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/101/421/s1\">Pub. L. 101–421, § 1</ref>, <date date=\"1990-10-12\">Oct. 12, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/909\">104 Stat. 909</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/101/421/s1\">“This Act [amending provisions set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3672\">section 3672 of this title</ref>] may be cited as the ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1989’.”</quotedContent>\n</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"shortTitleOfAmendment\" id=\"id755be8b0-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Short Title of 1986 Amendment</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/99/570/tI/s1861/a\">Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1861(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1986-10-27\">Oct. 27, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/3207-53\">100 Stat. 3207–53</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/99/570/tI/s1861/a\">“This section [amending sections 3672 and 4255 of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3672\">section 3672 of this title</ref>, and amending provisions set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s4255\">section 4255 of this title</ref>] may be cited as the ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986’.”</quotedContent>\n</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}