50 USC § 2332 - Sense of Congress concerning criminal penalties

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title: "50 USC § 2332 - Sense of Congress concerning criminal penalties"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "2332"
section_name: "Sense of Congress concerning criminal penalties"
chapter_number: 40
chapter_name: "DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "INTERDICTION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND RELATED MATERIALS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1423, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2725; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1069(c)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2136.)"
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# § 2332. Sense of Congress concerning criminal penalties

**(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 [^1] of this title.

See References in Text note below.

**(2)** Sections 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1423, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2725; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title X, § 1069(c)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2136.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was repealed by , , .

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is title II of , , , 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  and Tables.

### Codification

Section is comprised of  which also enacted provisions listed in a table of sentencing guidelines set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

### Amendments

1998—Subsec. (b)(4).  made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to .