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18 U.S.C. § 1761

Transportation or importation

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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18 U.S.C. § 1761, Transportation or importation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449362
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In addition to the exceptions set forth in subsection (b) of this section, this chapter shall not apply to goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured, produced, or mined by convicts or prisoners who— have, in connection with such work, received wages at a rate which is not less than that paid for work of a similar nature in the locality in which the work was performed, except that such wages may be subject to deductions which shall not, in the aggregate, exceed 80 per centum of gross wages, and shall be limited as follows:

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 96-157(S. 241)1979-12-27
    Justice System Improvement Act of 1979
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-473(H.J.Res. 648)1984-10-12
    A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-17(H.R. 2)1987-04-02
    Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-647(S. 3266)1990-11-29
    Crime Control Act of 1990
    House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-393(H.R. 5488)1992-10-06
    Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993
    House: 291–126Senate: 82–12
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-322(H.R. 3355)1994-09-13
    Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
    House: 197–232Senate: 61–38
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-134(H.R. 3019)1996-04-26
    Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996
    House: 399–25Senate: 88–11
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-140(S.J.Res. 53)1996-05-02
    A joint resolution making corrections to Public Law 104-134.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-294(H.R. 3723)1996-10-11
    Economic Espionage Act of 1996
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-55(H.R. 2112)2011-11-18
    Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
    House: 298–121Senate: 70–30