{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/s850","title_num":"21","num":"§ 850.","heading":"Information for sentencing","status":null,"guid":"id153ecc73-d44e-11f0-8081-e0140d9588ee","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 410, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1269.)","seq_in_title":517,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schI/ptD","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21","level":"title","num":"Title 21—","heading":"FOOD AND DRUGS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 13—","heading":"DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t21/ch13/schI/ptD","level":"part","num":"Part D—","heading":"Offenses and Penalties","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=\"idc6ab89ba-d05a-11f0-854d-ce0009290555\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t21/s850\"><num value=\"850\">§ 850.</num><heading> Information for sentencing</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter or section 242a(a) <ref class=\"footnoteRef\" idref=\"fn002155\">1</ref><note type=\"footnote\" id=\"fn002155\"><num>1</num> See References in Text note below.</note> of title 42, 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 under this subchapter or subchapter II.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"idc6ab89bb-d05a-11f0-854d-ce0009290555\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/91/513/tII/s410\">Pub. L. 91–513, title II, § 410</ref>, <date date=\"1970-10-27\">Oct. 27, 1970</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/84/1269\">84 Stat. 1269</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"idc6ab89bc-d05a-11f0-854d-ce0009290555\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"idc6ab89bd-d05a-11f0-854d-ce0009290555\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"idc6ab89be-d05a-11f0-854d-ce0009290555\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\"><ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s242a\">Section 242a of title 42</ref>, referred to in text, was repealed by <ref href=\"/us/pl/106/310/dB/tXXXII/s3201/b/1\">Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXII, § 3201(b)(1)</ref>, <date date=\"2000-10-17\">Oct. 17, 2000</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/114/1190\">114 Stat. 1190</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"idc6ab89bf-d05a-11f0-854d-ce0009290555\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"idc6ab89c0-d05a-11f0-854d-ce0009290555\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective on first day of seventh calendar month that begins after <date date=\"1970-10-26\">Oct. 26, 1970</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/91/513/s704\">section 704 of Pub. L. 91–513</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t21/s801\">section 801 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"119-46","currency_date":"2025-12-02","congress":119,"law_num":46,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":363,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["21","22","29","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"119-46","currency_date":"2025-12-02","congress":119,"law_num":46,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":363,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["21","22","29","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"119-43","currency_date":"2025-12-01","congress":119,"law_num":43,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":362,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["01","02","05","07","10","11a","12","16","18","18a","21","22","26","28","28a","38","42","49","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}