Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§3661 Use of information for sentencing
Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 232— - MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS › § 3661
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Title 18, §3661
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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.
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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’.”
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of 1986 Amendment Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1861(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–53, provided that: “This section [amending section 3672 and 4255 of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3672 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 4255 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986’.”
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18 U.S.C. § 3661
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
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Apr 6, 2026
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