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# 18 U.S.C. § 711 - Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. O, title X, § 1002(5), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2155]

## Notes

Section, added May 23, 1952, ch. 327, § 1, 66 Stat. 92; amended Pub. L. 93–318, § 5, June 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 245; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §§ 330004(4), 330016(1)(E), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2141, 2146, penalized unauthorized use of the “Smokey Bear” character or name.