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01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1586. Service on vessels in slave trade -STATUTE- Whoever, being a citizen or resident of the United States, voluntarily serves on board of any vessel employed or made use of in the transportation of slaves from any foreign country or place to another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 427 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 252, 35 Stat. 1139). Mandatory-punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $2,000". -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1961 of this title. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1587 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1587. Possession of slaves aboard vessel -STATUTE- Whoever, being the captain, master, or commander of any vessel found in any river, port, bay, harbor, or on the high seas within the jurisdiction of the United States, or hovering off the coast thereof, and having on board any person for the purpose of selling such person as a slave, or with intent to land such person for such purpose, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than four years, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 426 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 251, 35 Stat. 1139). Mandatory-punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative. Minor change was made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $10,000". -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1961 of this title. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1588 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1588. Transportation of slaves from United States -STATUTE- Whoever, being the master or owner or person having charge of any vessel, receives on board any other person with the knowledge or intent that such person is to be carried from any place within the United States to any other place to be held or sold as a slave, or carries away from any place within the United States any such person with the intent that he may be so held or sold as a slave, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title II, Sec. 218(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-573.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 428 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 253, 35 Stat. 1139). Words "subject to the jurisdiction of" which appeared twice in this section were omitted and "within" substituted, in view of section 5 of this title defining "United States". AMENDMENTS 1996 - Pub. L. 104-208 substituted "10 years" for "five years". 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 applicable with respect to offenses occurring on or after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 218(d) of Pub. L. 104-208, set out as a note under section 1581 of this title. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1961 of this title; title 8 section 1101. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1589 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1589. Forced labor -STATUTE- Whoever knowingly provides or obtains the labor or services of a person - (1) by threats of serious harm to, or physical restraint against, that person or another person; (2) by means of any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause the person to believe that, if the person did not perform such labor or services, that person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint; or (3) by means of the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1486.) -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1592, 1594, 1595, 1961 of this title; title 8 section 1101; title 22 section 7103. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1590 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1590. Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor -STATUTE- Whoever knowingly recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, any person for labor or services in violation of this chapter shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1487.) -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1592, 1594, 1595, 1961 of this title; title 8 section 1101; title 22 section 7103. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1591 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1591. Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion -STATUTE- (a) Whoever knowingly - (1) in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means a person; or (2) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in an act described in violation of paragraph (1), knowing that force, fraud, or coercion described in subsection (c)(2) will be used to cause the person to engage in a commercial sex act, or that the person has not attained the age of 18 years and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). (b) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) is - (1) if the offense was effected by force, fraud, or coercion or if the person recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, or obtained had not attained the age of 14 years at the time of such offense, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or both; or (2) if the offense was not so effected, and the person recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, or obtained had attained the age of 14 years but had not attained the age of 18 years at the time of such offense, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 40 years, or both. (c) In this section: (1) The term "commercial sex act" means any sex act, on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person. (2) The term "coercion" means - (A) threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; (B) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; or (C) the abuse or threatened abuse of law or the legal process. (3) The term "venture" means any group of two or more individuals associated in fact, whether or not a legal entity. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1487; amended Pub. L. 108-21, title I, Sec. 103(a)(3), Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 653; Pub. L. 108-193, Sec. 5(a), Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2879.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 2003 - Pub. L. 108-193, Sec. 5(a)(1), inserted comma after "fraud" in section catchline. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 108-193, Sec. 5(a)(2), substituted "in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States" for "in or affecting interstate commerce". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108-193, Sec. 5(a)(3), substituted "the person recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, or obtained" for "the person transported" in pars. (1) and (2). Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108-21 substituted "40" for "20". -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1592, 1594, 1595, 1961, 2423, 2516, 3142, 3553, 3583 of this title; title 8 section 1101; title 22 section 7103. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1592 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1592. Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor -STATUTE- (a) Whoever knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, or possesses any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of another person - (1) in the course of a violation of section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, 1591, or 1594(a); (2) with intent to violate section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, or 1591; or (3) to prevent or restrict or to attempt to prevent or restrict, without lawful authority, the person's liberty to move or travel, in order to maintain the labor or services of that person, when the person is or has been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the conduct of a person who is or has been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, if that conduct is caused by, or incident to, that trafficking. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1488.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, referred to in subsecs. (a)(3) and (b), is classified to section 7102 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 22 section 7103. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1593 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1593. Mandatory restitution -STATUTE- (a) Notwithstanding section 3663 or 3663A, and in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties authorized by law, the court shall order restitution for any offense under this chapter. (b)(1) The order of restitution under this section shall direct the defendant to pay the victim (through the appropriate court mechanism) the full amount of the victim's losses, as determined by the court under paragraph (3) of this subsection. (2) An order of restitution under this section shall be issued and enforced in accordance with section 3664 in the same manner as an order under section 3663A. (3) As used in this subsection, the term "full amount of the victim's losses" has the same meaning as provided in section 2259(b)(3) and shall in addition include the greater of the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim's services or labor or the value of the victim's labor as guaranteed under the minimum wage and overtime guarantees of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). (c) As used in this section, the term "victim" means the individual harmed as a result of a crime under this chapter, including, in the case of a victim who is under 18 years of age, incompetent, incapacitated, or deceased, the legal guardian of the victim or a representative of the victim's estate, or another family member, or any other person appointed as suitable by the court, but in no event shall the defendant be named such representative or guardian. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1488.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT The Fair Labor Standards Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), probably means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, act June 25, 1938, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 201 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 201 of Title 29 and Tables. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1594 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1594. General provisions -STATUTE- (a) Whoever attempts to violate section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, or 1591 shall be punishable in the same manner as a completed violation of that section. (b) The court, in imposing sentence on any person convicted of a violation of this chapter, shall order, in addition to any other sentence imposed and irrespective of any provision of State law, that such person shall forfeit to the United States - (1) such person's interest in any property, real or personal, that was used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of such violation; and (2) any property, real or personal, constituting or derived from, any proceeds that such person obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of such violation. (c)(1) The following shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States and no property right shall exist in them: (A) Any property, real or personal, used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of any violation of this chapter. (B) Any property, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to any violation of this chapter. (2) The provisions of chapter 46 of this title relating to civil forfeitures shall extend to any seizure or civil forfeiture under this subsection. (d) Witness Protection. - Any violation of this chapter shall be considered an organized criminal activity or other serious offense for the purposes of application of chapter 224 (relating to witness protection). -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 106-386, div. A, Sec. 112(a)(2), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1489.) -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1592 of this title; title 22 section 7103. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1595 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 77 - PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 1595. Civil remedy -STATUTE- (a) An individual who is a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, or 1591 of this chapter may bring a civil action against the perpetrator in an appropriate district court of the United States and may recover damages and reasonable attorneys fees. (b)(1) Any civil action filed under this section shall be stayed during the pendency of any criminal action arising out of the same occurrence in which the claimant is the victim. (2) In this subsection, a "criminal action" includes investigation and prosecution and is pending until final adjudication in the trial court. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 108-193, Sec. 4(a)(4)(A), Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2878.) -End- -CITE- 18 USC CHAPTER 79 - PERJURY 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 79 - PERJURY -HEAD- CHAPTER 79 - PERJURY -MISC1- Sec. 1621. Perjury generally. 1622. Subornation of perjury. 1623. False declarations before grand jury or court. AMENDMENTS 1970 - Pub. L. 91-452, title IV, Sec. 401(b), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 933, added item 1623. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 1621

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