Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§848 Effect on State law
Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS › § 848
Summary
Congress does not mean to replace state laws on the same topic. A federal rule in this chapter only overrides a state law if the two clearly conflict and cannot both be followed.
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Title 18, §848
Crimes and Criminal Procedure — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No provision of this chapter shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of the Congress to occupy the field in which such provision operates to the exclusion of the law of any State on the same subject matter, unless there is a direct and positive conflict between such provision and the law of the State so that the two cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 848
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73