                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                         CHAPTER 227--SENTENCES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER A--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3555. Order of notice to victims

    The court, in imposing a sentence on a defendant who has been found 
guilty of an offense involving fraud or other intentionally deceptive 
practices, may order, in addition to the sentence that is imposed 
pursuant to the provisions of section 3551, that the defendant give 
reasonable notice and explanation of the conviction, in such form as the 
court may approve, to the victims of the offense. The notice may be 
ordered to be given by mail, by advertising in designated areas or 
through designated media, or by other appropriate means. In determining 
whether to require the defendant to give such notice, the court shall 
consider the factors set forth in section 3553(a) to the extent that 
they are applicable and shall consider the cost involved in giving the 
notice as it relates to the loss caused by the offense, and shall not 
require the defendant to bear the costs of notice in excess of $20,000.

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


                             Effective Date

    Section 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3551, 3553, 3563 of this 
title; title 28 section 994.
