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title: "18 U.S.C. § 3661"
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 3661 - Use of information for sentencing
## Text
No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted of an offense which a court of the United States may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.
(Added Pub. L. 91452, title X, § 1001(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat. 951, § 3577; renumbered § 3661, Pub. L. 98473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title of 1990 AmendmentPub. L. 101421, § 1, Oct. 12, 1990, 104 Stat. 909, provided that: “This Act [amending provisions set out as a note under section 3672 of this title] may be cited as the Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1989.”
Short Title of 1986 AmendmentPub. L. 99570, title I, § 1861(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 320753, provided that: “This section [amending sections 3672 and 4255 of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3672 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 4255 of this title] may be cited as the Drug and Alcohol Dependent Offenders Treatment Act of 1986.”