Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 10
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 10 - Notes
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 686.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 408, 408b, 414(a), and
419a(b) (Oct. 29, 1919, ch. 89, Sec. 2(b), 41 Stat. 325; June 22,
1932, ch. 271, Sec. 2, 47 Stat. 326; May 18, 1934, ch. 301, 48
Stat. 782; May 22, 1934, ch. 333, Sec. 2(a), 48 Stat. 794; Aug. 18,
1941, ch. 366, Sec. 2(b), 55 Stat. 631).
This section consolidates into one section identical definitions
contained in sections 408, 408b, 414(a), and 419a(b) of title 18,
U.S.C., 1940 ed.
In addition to slight improvements in style, the word "commerce"
was substituted for "transportation" in order to avoid the narrower
connotation of the word "transportation" since "commerce" obviously
includes more than "transportation." The word "Possession" was
inserted in two places to make the definition more accurate and
comprehensive since the places included in the word "Possession"
would normally be within the term defined and a narrower
construction should be handled by express statutory exclusion in
those crimes which Congress intends to restrict to commerce within
the continental United States.
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