18 U.S.C. § 3661 - Use of information for sentencing

• Cite as: 18 U.S.C. § 3661
• Currency: Current through P.L. 116-65 (10/09/2019)

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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.

Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 3661

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 from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 6/21/2017

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'."