                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                         CHAPTER 227--SENTENCES
 
                           SUBCHAPTER C--FINES
 
Sec. 3573. Petition of the Government for modification or 
        remission
        
    Upon petition of the Government showing that reasonable efforts to 
collect a fine or assessment are not likely to be effective, the court 
may, in the interest of justice--
        (1) remit all or part of the unpaid portion of the fine or 
    special assessment, including interest and penalties;
        (2) defer payment of the fine or special assessment to a date 
    certain or pursuant to an installment schedule; or
        (3) extend a date certain or an installment schedule previously 
    ordered.

A petition under this subsection shall be filed in the court in which 
sentence was originally imposed, unless the court transfers jurisdiction 
to another court. This section shall apply to all fines and assessments 
irrespective of the date of imposition.

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
1997; amended Pub. L. 100-185, Sec. 8(a), Dec. 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 1282; 
Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7082(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4407.)


                            Prior Provisions

    For a prior section 3573, applicable to offenses committed prior to 
Nov. 1, 1987, see note set out preceding section 3551 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-690 inserted at end ``This section shall apply to 
all fines and assessments irrespective of the date of imposition.''
    1987--Pub. L. 100-185 substituted ``Petition of the Government for 
modification or remission'' for ``Modification or remission of fine'' in 
section catchline and amended text generally, revising and restating as 
a single paragraph with three numbered clauses provisions formerly 
contained in subsecs. (a) and (b).


                             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 section 3572 of this title; title 28 
section 994.
