Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 927 (June 16, 1938, ch. 486, § 7, 52 Stat. 766).
Reference to section establishing the Board of Parole was omitted as unnecessary.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273, § 12301(1), in second sentence, struck out “enter an order of restitution pursuant to section 3556,” after “findings of juvenile delinquency,” and inserted “which may include a term of juvenile delinquent supervision to follow detention” after “official detention”, and inserted after second sentence “In addition, the court may enter an order of restitution pursuant to section 3556.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–273, § 12301(2), added concluding provisions and struck out former concluding provisions which read as follows: “The provisions dealing with probation set forth in sections 3563, 3564, and 3565 are applicable to an order placing a juvenile on probation.”
Subsec. (c)(1)(B), (C). Pub. L. 107–273, § 12301(3), added subpar. (B) and redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C).
Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 107–273, § 12301(4), substituted “the lesser of—
“(i) five years; or
“(ii) the maximum of the guideline range, pursuant to section 994 of title 28, applicable to an otherwise similarly situated adult defendant unless the court finds an aggravating factor to warrant an upward departure from the otherwise applicable guideline range; or”
for “five years; or”.
Subsec. (c)(2)(B)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 107–273, § 12301(5), added cl. (ii) and redesignated former cl. (ii) as (iii).
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 107–273, § 12301(6), (7), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e).
1996—Subsec. (b)(1)(B), (2)(B). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “section 3561(c)” for “section 3561(b)”.
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–646, § 21(a)(1), substituted “subsection (d)” for “subsection (e)”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–646, § 21(a)(2)–(4), struck out “by section 3581(b)” after “would be authorized” in pars. (1)(B) and (2)(B)(ii), and inserted provision that section 3624 is applicable to an order placing a juvenile under detention.
1984—Pub. L. 98–473 substituted subsecs. (a) to (c) for former subsecs. (a) and (b) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d). Prior to amendment, subsecs. (a) and (b) read as follows:
“(a) If a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, a separate dispositional hearing shall be held no later than twenty court days after trial unless the court has ordered further study in accordance with subsection (c). Copies of the presentence report shall be provided to the attorneys for both the juvenile and the Government a reasonable time in advance of the hearing.
“(b) The court may suspend the adjudication of delinquency or the disposition of the delinquent on such conditions as it deems proper, place him on probation, or commit him to the custody of the Attorney General. Probation, commitment, or commitment in accordance with subsection (c) shall not extend beyond the juvenile’s twenty-first birthday or the maximum term which could have been imposed on an adult convicted of the same offense, whichever is sooner, unless the juvenile has attained his nineteenth birthday at the time of disposition, in which case probation, commitment, or commitment in accordance with subsection (c) shall not exceed the lesser of two years or the maximum term which could have been imposed on an adult convicted of the same offense.”
1974—Pub. L. 93–415 amended section generally, substituting “Dispositional hearing” for “Parole” in section catchline and striking out provisions relating to parole.
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–294 effective
Pub. L. 99–646, § 21(b),
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective
Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 507,