                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                         CHAPTER 227--SENTENCES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER A--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3556. Order of restitution

    The court, in imposing a sentence on a defendant who has been found 
guilty of an offense shall order restitution in accordance with section 
3663A, and may order restitution in accordance with section 3663. The 
procedures under section 3664 shall apply to all orders of restitution 
under this section.

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
1991; amended Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 20(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3596; 
Pub. L. 104-132, title II, Sec. 202, Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1227.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-132 substituted ``shall order restitution'' for 
``may order restitution'' and ``section 3663A, and may order restitution 
in accordance with section 3663. The procedures under section 3664 shall 
apply to all orders of restitution under this section'' for ``sections 
3663 and 3664''.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-646 substituted ``may order restitution in 
accordance with sections 3663 and 3664'' for ``under this title, or an 
offense under section 902(h), (i), (j), or (n) of the Federal Aviation 
Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1472), may order, in addition to the sentence 
that is imposed pursuant to the provisions of section 3551, that the 
defendant make restitution to any victim of the offense in accordance 
with the provisions of sections 3663 and 3664''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-132 to be effective, to extent 
constitutionally permissible, for sentencing proceedings in cases in 
which defendant is convicted on or after Apr. 24, 1996, see section 211 
of Pub. L. 104-132, set out as a note under section 2248 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Section 20(c) of Pub. L. 99-646 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by this section [amending this section and section 3663 of this title] 
shall take effect on the date of the taking effect of section 212(a)(2) 
of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 [section 212(a)(2) of Pub. L. 98-
473, effective Nov. 1, 1987].''


                             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, 3563, 3612, 5037 of 
this title; title 28 section 994.
