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catchline. 1956 - Act July 9, 1956, inserted par. relating to interstate transportation of persons in schemes to defraud. 1949 - Act May 24, 1949, substituted "knowing the same to have been stolen, converted or taken by fraud" for "theretofore stolen, converted, or taken by fraud" in first par. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2516 of this title; title 7 section 12a. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2315 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -HEAD- Sec. 2315. Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps -STATUTE- Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any goods, wares, or merchandise, securities, or money of the value of $5,000 or more, or pledges or accepts as security for a loan any goods, wares, or merchandise, or securities, of the value of $500 or more, which have crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken, knowing the same to have been stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken; or Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities or tax stamps, or pledges or accepts as security for a loan any falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities or tax stamps, moving as, or which are a part of, or which constitute interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been so falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or Whoever receives in interstate or foreign commerce, or conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of, any tool, implement, or thing used or intended to be used in falsely making, forging, altering, or counterfeiting any security or tax stamp, or any part thereof, moving as, or which is a part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, knowing that the same is fitted to be used, or has been used, in falsely making, forging, altering, or counterfeiting any security or tax stamp, or any part thereof - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. This section shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or spurious representation of an obligation or other security of the United States or of an obligation, bond, certificate, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay, or bank note, issued by any foreign government. This section also shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or spurious representation of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign country which is intended by the laws or usage of such country to circulate as money. For purposes of this section, the term "State" includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 806; Pub. L. 87-371, Sec. 3, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 802; Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 76, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3618; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Secs. 7048, 7057(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4401, 4402; Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, Sec. 1205(m), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831; 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. 416 (May 22, 1934, ch. 333, Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 795; Aug. 3, 1939, ch. 413, Sec. 2, 53 Stat. 1178). (See reviser's notes under sections 10, 2311 and 2314 of this title for explanation of consolidation or omission of other sections of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which were derived from the National Stolen Property Act.) Minor changes were made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $10,000" in fourth par. 1990 - Pub. L. 101-647 inserted par. at end defining "State". 1988 - Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7048, substituted "moving as, or which are a part of, or which constitute interstate or foreign commerce" for "which have crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken" in second par. Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7057(b), struck out "or by a bank or corporation of any foreign country" after "foreign government" in last par. and inserted at end "This section also shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or spurious representation of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign country which is intended by the laws or usage of such country to circulate as money." 1986 - Pub. L. 99-646 substituted "receives, possesses, conceals" for "receives, conceals" and "which have crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken" for "moving as, or which are part of, or which constitute interstate or foreign commerce" in first and second pars. 1961 - Pub. L. 87-371 inserted "or tax stamps" after "securities", wherever appearing, in second par., and "or tax stamp" after "security", wherever appearing, in third par., and substituted "moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps" for "or monies" in section catchline. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2516 of this title. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2316 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -HEAD- Sec. 2316. Transportation of livestock -STATUTE- Whoever transports in interstate or foreign commerce any livestock, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1113, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 419b, 419d (Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 366, Secs. 3, 5, 55 Stat. 631). This section consolidates sections 419b and 419d of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. Definition of "cattle", contained in section 419a(a) of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in section 2311 of this title. Definition of "interstate or foreign commerce", constituting section 419a(b) of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in section 10 of this title. The venue provision of said section 419d of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as completely covered by section 3237 of this title. Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title. Minor changes were made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000". 1984 - Pub. L. 98-473 substituted "livestock" for "cattle" in section catchline and text. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2317 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -HEAD- Sec. 2317. Sale or receipt of livestock -STATUTE- Whoever receives, conceals, stores, barters, buys, sells, or disposes of any livestock, moving in or constituting a part of interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1114, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 419c, 419d (Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 366, Secs. 4, 5, 55 Stat. 632). Definitions of "cattle" and "interstate or foreign commerce", contained in section 419a of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in sections 10 and 2311 of this title. Venue provision of said section 419d of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as completely covered by section 3237 of this title. Minor changes were made in phraseology. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $5,000". 1984 - Pub. L. 98-473 substituted "livestock" for "cattle" in section catchline and text. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2318 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -HEAD- Sec. 2318. Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other audio visual works, and trafficking in counterfeit computer program documentation or packaging -STATUTE- (a) Whoever, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (c) of this section, knowingly traffics in a counterfeit label affixed or designed to be affixed to a phonorecord, or a copy of a computer program or documentation or packaging for a computer program, or a copy of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, and whoever, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (c) of this section, knowingly traffics in counterfeit documentation or packaging for a computer program, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. (b) As used in this section - (1) the term "counterfeit label" means an identifying label or container that appears to be genuine, but is not; (2) the term "traffic" means to transport, transfer or otherwise dispose of, to another, as consideration for anything of value or to make or obtain control of with intent to so transport, transfer or dispose of; and (3) the terms "copy", "phonorecord", "motion picture", "computer program", and "audiovisual work" have, respectively, the meanings given those terms in section 101 (relating to definitions) of title 17. (c) The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) of this section are - (1) the offense is committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 46501 of title 49); (2) the mail or a facility of interstate or foreign commerce is used or intended to be used in the commission of the offense; (3) the counterfeit label is affixed to or encloses, or is designed to be affixed to or enclose, a copy of a copyrighted computer program or copyrighted documentation or packaging for a computer program, a copyrighted motion picture or other audiovisual work, or a phonorecord of a copyrighted sound recording; or (4) the counterfeited documentation or packaging for a computer program is copyrighted. (d) When any person is convicted of any violation of subsection (a), the court in its judgment of conviction shall in addition to the penalty therein prescribed, order the forfeiture and destruction or other disposition of all counterfeit labels and all articles to which counterfeit labels have been affixed or which were intended to have had such labels affixed. (e) Except to the extent they are inconsistent with the provisions of this title, all provisions of section 509, title 17, United States Code, are applicable to violations of subsection (a). -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 87-773, Sec. 1, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 775; amended Pub. L. 93-573, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat. 1873; Pub. L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 111, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2600; Pub. L. 97-180, Sec. 2, May 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 91; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3567, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4928; Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 5(e)(10), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(U), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(a), (b)(1), July 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1386, 1387.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1996 - Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(b)(1), substituted "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other audio visual works, and trafficking in counterfeit computer program documentation or packaging" for "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(a)(1), substituted "a computer program or documentation or packaging for a computer program, or a copy of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, and whoever, in any of the circumstances described in subsection (c) of this section, knowingly traffics in counterfeit documentation or packaging for a computer program," for "a motion picture or other audiovisual work,". Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(a)(2), inserted " 'computer program'," after " 'motion picture',". Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(a)(3)(A), struck out "or" at end. Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(a)(3)(B), inserted "a copy of a copyrighted computer program or copyrighted documentation or packaging for a computer program," after "enclose," and substituted "; or" for period at end. Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(a)(3)(C), added par. (4). 1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $250,000". Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-272 substituted "section 46501 of title 49" for "section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958". 1990 - Pub. L. 101-647 struck out comma after "phonorecords" in section catchline. 1982 - Pub. L. 97-180 substituted "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works" for "Transportation, sale or receipt of phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-180 substituted provision that violators of this section shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years or both for provision that whoever knowingly and with fraudulent intent transported, caused to be transported, received, sold, or offered for sale in interstate or foreign commerce any phonograph record, disk, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds were recorded, to which or upon which was stamped, pasted, or affixed any forged or counterfeited label, knowing the label to have been falsely made, forged, or counterfeited would be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for the first such offense and would be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both, for any subsequent offense. Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 97-180 added subsecs. (b) and (c), redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (d) and (e), respectively, and in subsec. (d) as so redesignated struck out the comma after "judgment of conviction shall". 1976 - Pub. L. 94-553 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and substituted "$10,000" for "$25,000" and "$25,000" for "$50,000", and added subsecs. (b) and (c). 1974 - Pub. L. 93-573 substituted "not more than $25,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for the first offense and shall be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both, for any subsequent offense" for "not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 94-553 effective Jan. 1, 1978, see section 102 of Pub. L. 94-553, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 17, Copyrights. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2320 of this title; title 19 section 1595a; title 49 section 80302. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2319 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -HEAD- Sec. 2319. Criminal infringement of a copyright -STATUTE- (a) Whoever violates section 506(a) (relating to criminal offenses) of title 17 shall be punished as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and such penalties shall be in addition to any other provisions of title 17 or any other law. (b) Any person who commits an offense under section 506(a)(1) of title 17 - (1) shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of at least 10 copies or phonorecords, of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $2,500; (2) shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense is a second or subsequent offense under paragraph (1); and (3) shall be imprisoned not more than 1 year, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, in any other case. (c) Any person who commits an offense under section 506(a)(2) of title 17, United States Code - (1) shall be imprisoned not more than 3 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution of 10 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of $2,500 or more; (2) shall be imprisoned not more than 6 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense is a second or subsequent offense under paragraph (1); and (3) shall be imprisoned not more than 1 year, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $1,000. (d)(1) During preparation of the presentence report pursuant to Rule 32(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, victims of

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