§ 3661.
No limitation shall be placed on the information concerning the background, character, and conduct of a person convicted of an offense which a court of the United States may receive and consider for the purpose of imposing an appropriate sentence.
(Added [Pub. L. 91–452, title X, § 1001(a)], Oct. 15, 1970, [84 Stat. 951], § 3577; renumbered § 3661, [Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1)], Oct. 12, 1984, [98 Stat. 1987].)