---
type: "LegalText"
title: "18 U.S.C. § 3558"
description: "Implementation of a sentence"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
chapter_number: "227"
chapter_name: "SENTENCES"
section: "3558"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 3558"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s3558"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-18/usc18.xml"
source_hash: "9d83d5aec31c7bd46002d758e853795ee622a3a72dfa7a087d2053c3a37d0755"
raw_snapshot_hash: "1a1bbbbdb59e376ada4eb7ad1056fd68d396679ee7ab59f0561af15006122708"
text_hash: "ae7517beab07ed7be76b83193fcbc5aa02f136b9615d128af1cca247a092bff8"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 18 U.S.C. § 3558 - Implementation of a sentence

## Text

The implementation of a sentence imposed pursuant to section 3551 is governed by the provisions of chapter 229.

(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1991.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.