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[82 STAT. 1236]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[82 STAT. 1236]

1236

Ante, p. 1229.

Effective date. Publication in Federal Register.

PUBLIC LAW 90-619-OCT. 22, 1968

[82 STAT.

tion and Transfer Record shall register each firearm so possessed with the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate in such form and manner as the Secretary or his delegate may require within the thirty days immediately following the effective date of section 201 of this Act. Such registrations shall become a part of the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record required to be maintained by section 5841 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (as amended by this title). No information or evidence required to be submitted or retained by a natural person to register a firearm under this section shall be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against such person in any criminal proceeding with respect to a prior or concurrent violation of law. (c) The amendments made by sections 202 through 206 of this title shall take effect on the date of enactment. (d) The Secretary of the Treasury, after publication in the Federal Register of his intention to do so, is authorized to establish such periods of amnesty, not to exceed ninety days in the case of any single period, and immunity from liability during any such period, as the Secretary determines will contribute to the purposes of this title. TITLE III — AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VII O F THE OMNIB U S C R I M E CONTROL A N D S A F E S T R E E T S ACT O F 1968

Ante, p. 236.

"Felony.

Effective date.

SEC. 301. (a) Title VII of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) is amended— (1) by striking out "other than honorably discharged" in section 1201, and substituting therefor "discharged under dishonorable conditions"; and (2) by striking out "other than honorable conditions" in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of section 1202 and substituting therefor in each instance "dishonorable conditions". (b) Section 1202(c)(2) of such title is amended to read as follows: "(2) 'felony' means any offense punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but does not include any offense (other than one involving a firearm or explosive) classified as a misdemeanor under the laws of a State and punishable by a term of imprisonment of two years or less;". SEC. 302. The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 301 shall take effect as of June 19, 1968. Approved October 22, 1968.

Public Law 90-619 October 22, 1968 [H.R. 14095]

Taxes. Wine spirits. 72 Stat. 1382. 26 USC 5373-

AN ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 so as to make certain changes to facilitate the production of wine, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United /States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of section 5373(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to wine spirits) is amended to read as follows: "The wine spirits authorized to be used in wine production shall be brandy or wine spirits produced in a distilled spirits plant (with or without the use of water to facilitate extraction and distillation) exclusively from— " (1) fresh or dried fruit, or their residues, " (2) the wine or wine residues therefrom, or " (3) special natural wine under such conditions as the Secretary or his delegate may by regulations prescribe; except that where, in the production of natural wine or special natural