§ 3661.
Use of information for sentencing
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.
Source
(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.)Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title of 1990 Amendment
Pub. L. 101–421, § 1,
Oct. 12, 1990
, 104 Stat. 909, provided that: “This Act [amending provisions set out as a note under section 3672 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1989’.”
Short Title of 1986 Amendment
Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1861(a),
Oct. 27, 1986
, 100 Stat. 3207–53, provided that: “This section [amending sections 3672 and 4255 of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3672 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 4255 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986’.”