                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                      CHAPTER 67--MILITARY AND NAVY
 
Sec. 1385. Use of Army and Air Force as posse comitatus

    Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly 
authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any 
part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to 
execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more 
than two years, or both.

(Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 18(a), 70A Stat. 626; amended Pub. 
L. 86-70, Sec. 17(d), June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103-322, 
title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

                                          Historical and Revision Note
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            Revised Section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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1385..................................  10:15.                               Ju
ne 18, 1878, ch. 263, Sec.  15,
                                                                              2
0 Stat. 152; Mar. 3, 1899, ch.
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29, Sec.  363 (proviso); added
                                                                              J
une 6, 1900, ch. 786, Sec.  29
                                                                              (
less last proviso), 31 Stat. 330.
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    This section is revised to conform to the style and terminology used 
in title 18. It is not enacted as a part of title 10, United States 
Code, since it is more properly allocated to title 18.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $10,000''.
    1959--Pub. L. 86-70 struck out provisions which made section 
inapplicable in Alaska.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 831 of this title.
