Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 455 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 276, 35 Stat. 1143).

Opening paragraph was added to preserve the jurisdictional limitation provided for by section 451 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., now section 7 of this title. (See reviser’s note thereunder.)

Phraseology was simplified.

2013—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 906(a)(1)(A), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “Assault with intent to commit murder, by imprisonment for not more than twenty years.”

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 906(a)(1)(B), substituted “violation of section 2241 or 2242” for “felony under chapter 109A”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 906(a)(1)(C), struck out “and without just cause or excuse,” after “bodily harm,”.

Subsec. (a)(4). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 906(a)(1)(D), substituted “1 year” for “six months”.

Subsec. (a)(7). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 906(a)(1)(E), substituted “substantial bodily injury to a spouse or intimate partner, a dating partner, or an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years” for “substantial bodily injury to an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years” and “a fine” for “fine”.

Subsec. (a)(8). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 906(a)(1)(F), added par. (8).

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 113–4, § 906(a)(2), inserted heading, substituted “In this section—” for “As used in this subsection—”, and added pars. (3) to (5).

1996—Puspan. L. 104–294, § 604(span)(12)(B), repealed Puspan. L. 103–322, § 320101(c)(1)(A), (2)(A). See 1994 Amendment note below.

Puspan. L. 104–294, § 604(span)(7), repealed Puspan. L. 103–322, § 170201(c)(1)–(3). See 1994 Amendment note below.

1994—Puspan. L. 103–322, § 330016(2)(B), substituted “a fine under this title” for “fine of not more than” through the immediately following dollar amount wherever appearing.

Puspan. L. 103–322, § 320101(c), as amended by Puspan. L. 104–294, § 604(span)(12)(B), which directed the amendment of subsec. (c) by substituting “ten years” for “five years” and the amendment of subsec. (e) by substituting “six months” for “three months”, were executed by making the substitutions in subsecs. (a)(3) and (a)(5), respectively, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of subsecs. (c) and (e) as subsecs. (a)(3) and (a)(5), respectively. See below.

Puspan. L. 103–322, § 170201(a)–(d), as amended by Puspan. L. 104–294, § 604(span)(7), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), redesignated former subsecs. (a) to (f) as pars. (1) to (6), respectively of subsec. (a) and realigned margins, inserted before period at end of par. (5) “, or if the victim of the assault is an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, by fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both”, and added subsecs. (a)(7) and (span).

1986—Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 99–646, § 87(c)(2), and Puspan. L. 99–654, § 3(a)(2), amended subsec. (a) identically, striking out “or rape” after “murder”.

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 99–646, § 87(c)(3), and Puspan. L. 99–654, § 3(a)(3), amended subsec. (span) identically, substituting “a felony under chapter 109A” for “rape”.

1976—Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 94–297 added subsec. (f).

Amendment by Puspan. L. 104–294 effective Sept. 13, 1994, see section 604(d) of Puspan. L. 104–294, set out as a note under section 13 of this title.

Amendments by Puspan. L. 99–646 and Puspan. L. 99–654 effective respectively 30 days after Nov. 10, 1986, and 30 days after Nov. 14, 1986, see section 87(e) of Puspan. L. 99–646 and section 4 of Puspan. L. 99–654, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2241 of this title.