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SELECTED SENTENCING STATUTES

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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 (PUB. L. 109-162)

Public Employee Uniforms (Section 716 Offenses). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1191(c), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2960, provided:

“(c) Direction to Sentencing Commission.—The United States Sentencing Commission is directed to make appropriate amendments to sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and official commentary to assure that the sentence imposed on a defendant who is convicted of a Federal offense while wearing or displaying insignia and uniform received in violation of section 716 of title 18, United States Code, reflects the gravity of this aggravating factor.”

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