That includes many acts for which, if they did not occur on U.S. federal property or on Indian reservations or were not specifically penalized, would either not be crimes or fall under state or local law. Some crimes are listed in Title 18 of the United States Code (the federal criminal and penal code), but others fall under other titles. For instance, tax evasion and possession of weapons banned by the National Firearms Act are criminalized in Title 26 of the United States Code.
In drug-related federal offenses, mandatory minimums can be enforced if federal law is implicated, when a defendant manufactures, sells, imports/exports, traffic, or cultivate illegal controlled substances across state boundaries or national borders.[citation needed] A mandatory minimum is a federally regulated minimum sentence for offenses of certain drugs.[3]
^"§ 668. Theft of major artwork". Legal Information Institute.
^"Attacks on President Now Federal Crime". The New York Times. September 1, 1965. Retrieved October 5, 2009. A bill that would make killing, kidnapping or attacking a President a Federal crime has been signed by President Johnson.
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External links
US Code Title 18 via Cornell University
US Code Title 18 via Office of the Law Revision Counsel
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