United States Code
18 U.S.C. § 5031
Definitions
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- HR 8547 'Directly Impacted Child Rehab and Safety Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
- S 3482 First Step Implementation Act of 2025 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
- HR 4792 Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
- S 1251 First Step Implementation Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
- HR 3510 First Step Implementation Act of 2021 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 3960 Brian A. Terry Memorial Eliminate the ATF Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 2908 Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2021 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- S 1014 First Step Implementation Act of 2021 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
- HR 2410 REDEEM Act Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
- HR 1893 Next Step Act of 2019 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
- S 697 Next Step Act of 2019 Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
- S 1917 Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017 Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
- HR 1906 REDEEM Act Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
- S 827 REDEEM Act Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
The law today
From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-124.
For the purposes of this chapter, a “juvenile” is a person who has not attained his eighteenth birthday, or for the purpose of proceedings and disposition under this chapter for an alleged act of juvenile delinquency, a person who has not attained his twenty-first birthday, and “juvenile delinquency” is the violation of a law of the United States committed by a person prior to his eighteenth birthday which would have been a crime if committed by an adult or a violation by such a person of section 922(x).
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