Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110
§2332 Sense of Congress Concerning Criminal Penalties
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Summary
Congress says Sentencing Commission guidelines are too weak for importing or exporting nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons or related materials, including attempts. It asks the Commission to increase penalties under four named laws, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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Title 50, §2332
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(a)Sense of Congress concerning inadequacy of sentencing guidelines
It is the sense of Congress that the sentencing guidelines prescribed by the United States Sentencing Commission for the offenses of importation, attempted importation, exportation, and attempted exportation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons materials constitute inadequate punishment for such offenses.
(b)Urging of revision to guidelines
Congress urges the United States Sentencing Commission to revise the relevant sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for offenses relating to importation, attempted importation, exportation, and attempted exportation of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons or related materials or technologies under the following provisions of law:
(1)section 4610 of this title.
(2)section 2778 and 2780 of title 22.
(3)The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
(4)section 2139a(c) of title 42.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 4610 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2232. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is title II of Pub. L. 95–223, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1701 of this title and Tables. Codification Section is comprised of section 1423 of Pub. L. 104–201 which also enacted provisions listed in a table of sentencing guidelines set out as a note under section 994 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Amendments
1998—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 105–261 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2139a(c) of title 42.
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50 U.S.C. § 2332
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110