Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 1997e


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1997e - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 96-247, Sec. 7, May 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 352; Pub. L.
    103-322, title II, Sec. 20416(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1833;
    Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101[(a)] [title VIII, Sec. 803(d)],
    Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-71; renumbered title I, Pub. L.
    104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Section 1988 of this title, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), (4),
    was in the original a reference to section 2 of the Revised
    Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1988), and has been
    translated as reading section 722 of the Revised Statutes of the
    United States to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Section 2
    of the Revised Statutes, which defined the term "county", was
    repealed and reenacted as section 2 of Title 1, General Provisions,
    by act July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 633, 640.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-134 amended section generally, substituting
    provisions relating to suits by prisoners, consisting of subsecs.
    (a) to (h), for former provisions relating to exhaustion of
    remedies, consisting of subsecs. (a) to (d).
      1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 20416(a)(1),
    substituted "exceed 180 days" for "exceed ninety days" in par. (1)
    and inserted before period at end of par. (2) "or are otherwise
    fair and effective".
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 20416(a)(2), inserted "or are
    otherwise fair and effective" before period at end of par. (1) and
    "or is no longer fair and effective" before period at end of par.
    (2).

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