SUPPLEMENT TO 2002 GUIDELINE MANUAL
EFFECTIVE April 30, 2003

This supplement incorporates the following: (1) emergency guideline amendments to §§2B1.1, 2E5.3, 2J1.2, 2T4.1, 3D1.2, 5E1.2, and Appendix A (Statutory Index), effective January 25, 2003; (2) the emergency promulgation of §2C1.8, effective January 25, 2003; (3) guideline amendments to §§2G2.2, 2G2.4, 3E1.1, 4B1.5, 5H1.6, 5K2.0, 5K2.13, and 5K2.20, and the promulgation of §5K2.22, made directly by Public Law 108-21 and effective April 30, 2003; and (4) guideline amendments to §2A4.1 made directly by Public Law 108-21 and effective May 30, 2003. This document supercedes the January 25, 2003 Supplement, and, when used in conjunction with the 2002 Guidelines Manual (dark teal cover), constitutes the operative Guidelines Manual effective April 30, 2003.

Supplement to the 2002 Guidelines Manual (.PDF)

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§2A4.1 Kidnapping, Adbduction, Unlawful Restraint

§2B1.1 (Larceny, Embezzlement, and Other Forms of Theft; Offenses Involving Stolen Property; Property Damage or Destruction; Fraud and Deceit; Forgery; Offenses Involving Altered or Counterfeit Instruments Other than Counterfeit Bearer Obligations of the United States)

§2C1.8 (Making, Receiving, or Failing to Report a Contribution, Donation, or Expenditure in Violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act; Fraudulently Misrepresenting Campaign Authority; Soliciting or Receiving a Donation in Connection with an Election While on Certain Federal Property)

§2E5.3 (False Statements and Concealment of Facts in Relation to Documents Required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; Failure to Maintain and Falsification of Records Required by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act; Destruction and Failure to Maintain Corporate Audit Records)

§2G2.2 Trafficking in Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor; Receiving, Transporting, Shipping, or Advertising Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor; Possessing Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor with Intent to Traffic

§2G2.4 Possession of Materials Depicting a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct

§2J1.2 (Obstruction of Justice)

§2T4.1 (Tax Table)

§3D1.2 (Groups of Closely Related Counts)

§3E1.1 Acceptance of Responsibility

§4B1.5 Repeat and Dangerous Sex Offender Against Minors

§5E1.2 (Fines for Individual Defendants)

§5H1.6 Family Ties and Responsibilities, and Community Ties (Policy Statement)

§5K2.0 Grounds for Departure (Policy Statement)

§5K2.13 Diminished Capacity (Policy Statement)

§5K2.20 Aberrant Behavior (Policy Statement)

§5K2.22 Specific Offender Characteristics as Grounds for Downward Departure in Child Crimes and Sexual Offenses (Policy Statement)

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Electronic version of the 2002 Guideline Manual ( including the Supplement to the 2002 Guideline Manual).