SOURCE:  The Great IRS Hoax book, Section 6.5.7.

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For over three years, our Great IRS Hoax book made frequent reference to the original 40 U.S.C §255 to point out that there is no federal jurisdiction inside states of the Union.  This section of the codes had remained intact and unchanged for over 62 years.  Eventually, the Congress caught onto the fact that this section of code plainly showed the limits on their jurisdiction so in August 2002, they tried to hide the truth by splitting the section into two sections found in 40 U.S.C. §3111 and §3112 and by complicating the language in these two sections.

When the statute was broken up and restated, the notes section had the relevant quotes from the Supreme Court removed so that the implications of no federal jurisdiction within states of the Union would be less obvious and harder to find.