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I, title II, § 201(c)(1), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–871]">next</a> </div> <div class="tab-pane active" id="tab_default_1">  <text><div class="text"> <div class="section"> <div class="subsection indent0"><a name="a"></a><span class="num" value="a">(a)</span><span class="heading"> Prohibited Acts.—</span> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="a_1"></a><span class="num" value="1">(1)</span><span class="heading"> Offenses.—</span><span class="chapeau">Whoever, involving <a aria-label="Definitions - conduct transcending national boundaries" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-571335508-782330731&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">conduct transcending national boundaries</a> and in a circumstance described in subsection (b)—</span> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="a_1_A"></a><span class="num" value="A">(A)</span> <div class="content"> kills, kidnaps, maims, commits an assault resulting in <a aria-label="Definitions - serious bodily injury" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-402227300-782330729&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">serious bodily injury</a>, or assaults with a dangerous weapon any<a aria-label="Definitions - person " class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-991716523-1415921655&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b"> person </a>within the United States; or</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="a_1_B"></a><span class="num" value="B">(B)</span> <div class="content"> creates a substantial risk of <a aria-label="Definitions - serious bodily injury" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-402227300-782330729&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">serious bodily injury</a> to any other<a aria-label="Definitions - person " class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-991716523-1415921655&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b"> person </a>by destroying or damaging any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property within the United States or by attempting or conspiring to destroy or damage any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property within the United States;</div> </div> <div class="continuation indent1 firstIndent0">in violation of the laws of any State, or the United States, shall be punished as prescribed in subsection (c).</div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="a_2"></a><span class="num" value="2">(2)</span><span class="heading"> Treatment of threats, attempts and conspiracies.—</span> <div class="content">Whoever threatens to commit an offense under paragraph (1), or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished under subsection (c).</div> </div> </div> <div class="subsection indent0"><a name="b"></a><span class="num" value="b">(b)</span><span class="heading"> Jurisdictional Bases.—</span> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="b_1"></a><span class="num" value="1">(1)</span><span class="heading"> Circumstances.—</span><span class="chapeau">The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are—</span> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="b_1_A"></a><span class="num" value="A">(A)</span> <div class="content"> the mail or any <a aria-label="Definitions - facility of interstate or foreign commerce" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-1149731067-782330730&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">facility of interstate or foreign commerce</a> is used in furtherance of the offense;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="b_1_B"></a><span class="num" value="B">(B)</span> <div class="content"> the offense obstructs, delays, or affects interstate or foreign commerce, or would have so obstructed, delayed, or affected interstate or foreign commerce if the offense had been consummated;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="b_1_C"></a><span class="num" value="C">(C)</span> <div class="content"> the victim, or intended victim, is the United States Government, a member of the uniformed services, or any official, officer, employee, or agent of the legislative, executive, or judicial branches, or of any department or agency, of the United States;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="b_1_D"></a><span class="num" value="D">(D)</span> <div class="content"> the structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property is, in whole or in part, owned, possessed, or leased to the United States, or any department or agency of the United States;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="b_1_E"></a><span class="num" value="E">(E)</span> <div class="content"> the offense is committed in the territorial sea (including the airspace above and the seabed and subsoil below, and artificial islands and fixed structures erected thereon) of the United States; or</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="b_1_F"></a><span class="num" value="F">(F)</span> <div class="content"> the offense is committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.</div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="b_2"></a><span class="num" value="2">(2)</span><span class="heading"> Co-conspirators and accessories after the fact.—</span> <div class="content">Jurisdiction shall exist over all principals and co-conspirators of an offense under this section, and accessories after the fact to any offense under this section, if at least one of the circumstances described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (1) is applicable to at least one offender.</div> </div> </div> <div class="subsection indent0"><a name="c"></a><span class="num" value="c">(c)</span><span class="heading"> Penalties.—</span> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="c_1"></a><span class="num" value="1">(1)</span><span class="heading"> Penalties.—</span><span class="chapeau">Whoever violates this section shall be punished—</span> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="c_1_A"></a><span class="num" value="A">(A)</span> <div class="content"> for a killing, or if death results to any <a aria-label="Definitions - person" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-991716523-1415921655&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">person</a> from any other conduct prohibited by this section, by death, or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="c_1_B"></a><span class="num" value="B">(B)</span> <div class="content"> for kidnapping, by imprisonment for any term of years or for life;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="c_1_C"></a><span class="num" value="C">(C)</span> <div class="content"> for maiming, by imprisonment for not more than 35 years;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="c_1_D"></a><span class="num" value="D">(D)</span> <div class="content"> for assault with a dangerous weapon or assault resulting in <a aria-label="Definitions - serious bodily injury" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-402227300-782330729&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">serious bodily injury</a>, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="c_1_E"></a><span class="num" value="E">(E)</span> <div class="content"> for destroying or damaging any structure, conveyance, or other real or personal property, by imprisonment for not more than 25 years;</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="c_1_F"></a><span class="num" value="F">(F)</span> <div class="content"> for attempting or conspiring to commit an offense, for any term of years up to the maximum punishment that would have applied had the offense been completed; and</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="c_1_G"></a><span class="num" value="G">(G)</span> <div class="content"> for threatening to commit an offense under this section, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.</div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="c_2"></a><span class="num" value="2">(2)</span><span class="heading"> Consecutive sentence.—</span> <div class="content">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the court shall not place on probation any <a aria-label="Definitions - person" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-991716523-1415921655&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">person</a> convicted of a violation of this section; nor shall the term of imprisonment imposed under this section run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment.</div> </div> </div> <div class="subsection indent0"><a name="d"></a><span class="num" value="d">(d)</span><span class="heading"> Proof Requirements.—</span><span class="chapeau">The following shall apply to prosecutions under this section:</span> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="d_1"></a><span class="num" value="1">(1)</span><span class="heading"> Knowledge.—</span> <div class="content">The prosecution is not required to prove knowledge by any defendant of a jurisdictional base alleged in the indictment.</div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="d_2"></a><span class="num" value="2">(2)</span><span class="heading"> State law.—</span> <div class="content">In a prosecution under this section that is based upon the adoption of State law, only the elements of the offense under State law, and not any provisions pertaining to criminal procedure or evidence, are adopted.</div> </div> </div> <div class="subsection indent0"><a name="e"></a><span class="num" value="e">(e)</span><span class="heading"> Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.—</span><span class="chapeau">There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction—</span> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="e_1"></a><span class="num" value="1">(1)</span> <div class="content"> over any offense under subsection (a), including any threat, attempt, or conspiracy to commit such offense; and</div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="e_2"></a><span class="num" value="2">(2)</span> <div class="content"> over conduct which, under section 3, renders any <a aria-label="Definitions - person" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-991716523-1415921655&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">person</a> an accessory after the fact to an offense under subsection (a).</div> </div> </div> <div class="subsection indent0"><a name="f"></a><span class="num" value="f">(f)</span><span class="heading"> Investigative Authority.—</span> <div class="content">In addition to any other investigative authority with respect to violations of this title, the Attorney General shall have primary investigative responsibility for all Federal crimes of terrorism, and any violation of section <a aria-label="18 USC 351 e" href="/uscode/text/18/351#e">351(e)</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 844 e" href="/uscode/text/18/844#e">844(e)</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 844 f 1" href="/uscode/text/18/844#f_1">844(f)(1)</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 956 b" href="/uscode/text/18/956#b">956(b)</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 1361" href="/uscode/text/18/1361">1361</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 1366 b" href="/uscode/text/18/1366#b">1366(b)</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 1366 c" href="/uscode/text/18/1366#c">1366(c)</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 1751 e" href="/uscode/text/18/1751#e">1751(e)</a>, <a aria-label="18 USC 2152" href="/uscode/text/18/2152">2152</a>, or <a aria-label="18 USC 2156" href="/uscode/text/18/2156">2156</a> of this title, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall assist the Attorney General at the request of the Attorney General. Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the authority of the <span link="https://liicornell.org/liifedent/dhs_united_states_secret_service" occur="1" src="named_federal_agencies">United States Secret Service</span> under section 3056.</div> </div> <div class="subsection indent0"><a name="g"></a><span class="num" value="g">(g)</span><span class="heading"> Definitions.—</span><span class="chapeau">As used in this section—</span> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="g_1"></a><span class="num" value="1">(1)</span> <div class="content"> the term “<a aria-label="Definitions - conduct transcending national boundaries" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-571335508-782330731&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">conduct transcending national boundaries</a>” means conduct occurring outside of the United States in addition to the conduct occurring in the United States;</div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="g_2"></a><span class="num" value="2">(2)</span> <div class="content"> the term “<a aria-label="Definitions - facility of interstate or foreign commerce" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-1149731067-782330730&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">facility of interstate or foreign commerce</a>” has the meaning given that term in section 1958(b)(2);</div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="g_3"></a><span class="num" value="3">(3)</span> <div class="content"> the term “<a aria-label="Definitions - serious bodily injury" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-402227300-782330729&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">serious bodily injury</a>” has the meaning given that term in section 1365(g)(3); <a class="footnoteRef" href="#fn002188" id="fn002188-ref" name="fn002188-ref">[1]</a></div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="g_4"></a><span class="num" value="4">(4)</span> <div class="content"> the term “<a aria-label="Definitions - territorial sea of the United States" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-1292059805-782330728&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">territorial sea of the United States</a>” means all waters extending seaward to 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States, determined in accordance with international law; and</div> </div> <div class="paragraph indent1"><a name="g_5"></a><span class="num" value="5">(5)</span><span class="chapeau"> the term “<a aria-label="Definitions - Federal crime of terrorism" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-763651625-782330727&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b">Federal crime of terrorism</a>” means an offense that—</span> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="g_5_A"></a><span class="num" value="A">(A)</span> <div class="content"> is calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government by intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against government conduct; and</div> </div> <div class="subparagraph indent2"><a name="g_5_B"></a><span class="num" value="B">(B)</span><span class="chapeau"> is a violation of—</span> <div class="clause indent3"><a name="g_5_B_i"></a><span class="num" value="i">(i)</span> <div class="content"> section 32 (relating to destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities), 37 (relating to violence at international airports), 81 (relating to arson within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction), 175 or 175b (relating to biological weapons), 175c (relating to variola virus), 229 (relating to chemical weapons), subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 351 (relating to congressional, cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination and kidnaping), 831 (relating to nuclear materials), 832 (relating to participation in nuclear and weapons of mass destruction threats to the United States) <a class="footnoteRef" href="#fn002189" id="fn002189-ref" name="fn002189-ref">[2]</a> 842(m) or (n) (relating to plastic explosives), 844(f)(2) or (3) (relating to arson and bombing of Government property risking or causing death), 844(i) (relating to arson and bombing of property used in interstate commerce), 930(c) (relating to killing or attempted killing during an attack on a Federal facility with a dangerous weapon), 956(a)(1) (relating to conspiracy to murder, kidnap, or maim<a aria-label="Definitions - persons " class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-991716523-1415921655&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b"> persons </a>abroad), 1030(a)(1) (relating to protection of computers), 1030(a)(5)(A) resulting in damage as defined in 1030(c)(4)(A)(i)(II) through (VI) (relating to protection of computers), 1114 (relating to killing or attempted killing of officers and employees of the United States), 1116 (relating to murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, official guests, or internationally protected<a aria-label="Definitions - persons)" class="colorbox-load definedterm" href="/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=18-USC-991716523-1415921655&term_occur=999&term_src=title:18:part:I:chapter:113B:section:2332b"> persons)</a>, 1203 (relating to hostage taking), 1361 (relating to government property or contracts), 1362 (relating to destruction of communication lines, stations, or systems), 1363 (relating to injury to buildings or property within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States), 1366(a) (relating to destruction of an energy facility), 1751(a), (b), (c), or (d) (relating to Presidential and Presidential staff assassination and kidnaping), 1992 (relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air), 2155 (relating to destruction of national defense materials, premises, or utilities), 2156 (relating to national defense material, premises, or utilities), 2280 (relating to violence against maritime navigation), 2280a (relating to maritime safety), 2281 through 2281a (relating to violence against maritime fixed platforms), 2332 (relating to certain homicides and other violence against United States nationals occurring outside of the United States), 2332a (relating to use of weapons of mass destruction), 2332b (relating to acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries), 2332f (relating to bombing of public places and facilities), 2332g (relating to missile systems designed to destroy aircraft), 2332h (relating to radiological dispersal devices), 2332i (relating to acts of nuclear terrorism), 2339 (relating to harboring terrorists), 2339A (relating to providing material support to terrorists), 2339B (relating to providing material support to terrorist organizations), 2339C (relating to financing of terrorism), 2339D (relating to military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization), or 2340A (relating to torture) of this title;</div> </div> <div class="clause indent3"><a name="g_5_B_ii"></a><span class="num" value="ii">(ii)</span> <div class="content"> sections 92 (relating to prohibitions governing atomic weapons) or 236 (relating to sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel) of the <a href="/topn/atomic_energy_act_of_1946">Atomic Energy Act of 1954</a> (<a aria-label="42 U.S.C. 2122" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2122">42 U.S.C. 2122</a> or 2284);</div> </div> <div class="clause indent3"><a name="g_5_B_iii"></a><span class="num" value="iii">(iii)</span> <div class="content"> section 46502 (relating to aircraft piracy), the second sentence of section 46504 (relating to assault on a flight crew with a dangerous weapon), section 46505(b)(3) or (c) (relating to explosive or incendiary devices, or endangerment of human life by means of weapons, on aircraft), section 46506 if homicide or attempted homicide is involved (relating to application of certain criminal laws to acts on aircraft), or section 60123(b) (relating to destruction of interstate gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility) of title 49; or</div> </div> <div class="clause indent3"><a name="g_5_B_iv"></a><span class="num" value="iv">(iv)</span> <div class="content"> section 1010A of the <a href="/topn/controlled_substances_import_and_export_act">Controlled Substances Import and Export Act</a> (relating to narco-terrorism).</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sourceCredit">(Added <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._104-132">Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, § 702(a)</a>, <span class="date" date="1996-04-24">Apr. 24, 1996</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/110_Stat._1291">110 Stat. 1291</a>; amended <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._104-294">Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(s)(1)</a>, (3), <span class="date" date="1996-10-11">Oct. 11, 1996</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/110_Stat._3502">110 Stat. 3502</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._107-56">Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, § 808</a>, <span class="date" date="2001-10-26">Oct. 26, 2001</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/115_Stat._378">115 Stat. 378</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._107-197">Pub. L. 107–197, title III, § 301(b)</a>, <span class="date" date="2002-06-25">June 25, 2002</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/116_Stat._728">116 Stat. 728</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._108-458">Pub. L. 108–458, title VI</a>, §§ 6603(a)(1), 6803(c)(3), 6908, <span class="date" date="2004-12-17">Dec. 17, 2004</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/118_Stat._3762">118 Stat. 3762</a>, 3769, 3774; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._109-177">Pub. L. 109–177, title I</a>, §§ 110(b)(3)(A), 112, <span class="date" date="2006-03-09">Mar. 9, 2006</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/120_Stat._208">120 Stat. 208</a>, 209; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._110-326">Pub. L. 110–326, title II, § 204(b)</a>, <span class="date" date="2008-09-26">Sept. 26, 2008</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/122_Stat._3562">122 Stat. 3562</a>; <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._114-23">Pub. L. 114–23, title VIII</a>, §§ 805, 811(d), <span class="date" date="2015-06-02">June 2, 2015</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/129_Stat._309">129 Stat. 309</a>, 311.)</div> </div> </div></text> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="tab_default_2">  <notes><div class="notes"> <hr class="footsep"/><br/><a class="footnote" href="#fn002188-ref" id="fn002188" name="fn002188">[1] </a><span class="footnote"> See References in Text note below.</span><br/><br/><a class="footnote" href="#fn002189-ref" id="fn002189" name="fn002189">[2] </a><span class="footnote"> So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.</span><br/></div><div class="notes"> <div class="note" topic="editorialNotes"><span class="heading centered"><strong>Editorial Notes</strong></span></div> <div class="note" topic="referencesInText"> <span class="heading centered smallCaps">References in Text</span> <p>Section 1365(g)(3), referred to in subsec. (g)(3), was redesignated <a aria-label="18 USC 1365 h 3" href="/uscode/text/18/1365#h_3">section 1365(h)(3)</a> by <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._107-307">Pub. L. 107–307, § 2(1)</a>, <span class="date" date="2002-12-02">Dec. 2, 2002</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/116_Stat._2445">116 Stat. 2445</a>.</p> <p>Section 1010A of the <a href="/topn/controlled_substances_import_and_export_act">Controlled Substances Import and Export Act</a>, referred to in subsec. (g)(5)(B)(iv), is classified to <a href="/uscode/text/21/960a">section 960a of Title 21</a>, Food and Drugs.</p> </div> <div class="note" topic="amendments"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Amendments</span> <p>2015—Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(i). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._114-23">Pub. L. 114–23</a> substituted “2280a (relating to maritime safety), 2281 through 2281a” for “2281” and inserted “2332i (relating to acts of nuclear terrorism),” before “2339 (relating to harboring terrorists)”.</p> <p>2008—Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(i). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._110-326">Pub. L. 110–326</a> substituted “1030(a)(5)(A) resulting in damage as defined in 1030(c)(4)(A)(i)(II) through (VI)” for “1030(a)(5)(A)(i) resulting in damage as defined in 1030(a)(5)(B)(ii) through (v)”.</p> <p>2006—Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(i). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._109-177">Pub. L. 109–177</a>, §§ 110(b)(3)(A), 112(a)(1), (b), substituted “1992 (relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air),” for “1992 (relating to wrecking trains), 1993 (relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems),” and “terrorism), 2339D (relating to military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization), or 2340A” for “terrorism, or 2340A”.</p> <p>Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(iv). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._109-177">Pub. L. 109–177, § 112(a)(2)</a>–(4), added cl. (iv).</p> <p>2004—Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(i). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._108-458">Pub. L. 108–458, § 6908(1)</a>, inserted “175c (relating to variola virus),” after “175 or 175b (relating to biological weapons),” and “2332g (relating to missile systems designed to destroy aircraft), 2332h (relating to radiological dispersal devices),” before “2339 (relating to harboring terrorists)”.</p> <p><a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._108-458">Pub. L. 108–458, § 6803(c)(3)</a>, inserted “832 (relating to participation in nuclear and weapons of mass destruction threats to the United States)” after “831 (relating to nuclear materials),”.</p> <p><a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._108-458">Pub. L. 108–458, § 6603(a)(1)</a>, inserted “1361 (relating to government property or contracts),” after “1203 (relating to hostage taking),” and “2156 (relating to national defense material, premises, or utilities),” after “2155 (relating to destruction of national defense materials, premises, or utilities),”.</p> <p>Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(ii). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._108-458">Pub. L. 108–458, § 6908(2)</a>, substituted “sections 92 (relating to prohibitions governing atomic weapons) or” for “section” and inserted “2122 or” before “2284”.</p> <p>2002—Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(i). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._107-197">Pub. L. 107–197</a> inserted “2332f (relating to bombing of public places and facilities),” after “2332b (relating to acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries),” and “2339C (relating to financing of terrorism,” after “2339B (relating to providing material support to terrorist organizations),”.</p> <p>2001—Subsec. (f). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._107-56">Pub. L. 107–56, § 808(1)</a>, inserted “and any violation of section 351(e), 844(e), 844(f)(1), 956(b), 1361, 1366(b), 1366(c), 1751(e), 2152, or 2156 of this title,” before “and the Secretary”.</p> <p>Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(i) to (iii). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._107-56">Pub. L. 107–56, § 808(2)</a>, added cls. (i) to (iii) and struck out former cls. (i) to (iii), inserting references to sections 175b, 229, 1030, 1993, and 2339 of this title and striking out references to 1361, 2152, 2156, 2332c of this title in cl. (i) and inserting references to sections 46504, 46505, and 46506 of title 49 in cl. (iii).</p> <p>1996—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._104-294">Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(s)(1)</a>, struck out “any of the offenders uses” before “the mail or any facility” and inserted “is used” after “foreign commerce”.</p> <p>Subsec. (g)(5)(B)(i). <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._104-294">Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(s)(3)</a>, inserted “930(c),” before “956 (relating to conspiracy to injure property of a foreign government)”, “1992,” before “2152 (relating to injury of fortifications, harbor defenses, or defensive sea areas)”, and “2332c,” before “2339A (relating to providing material support to terrorists)”.</p> </div> <div class="note" topic="statutoryNotes"><span class="heading centered"><strong>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</strong></span></div> <div class="note" topic="terminationDate"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Termination Date of 2004 Amendment</span> <p><a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._108-458">Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, § 6603(g)</a>, <span class="date" date="2004-12-17">Dec. 17, 2004</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/118_Stat._3764">118 Stat. 3764</a>, which provided that <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._108-458">section 6603 of Pub. L. 108–458</a> (amending this section and sections 2339A and 2339B of this title) and the amendments made by section 6603 would cease to be effective on <span class="date" date="2006-12-31">Dec. 31, 2006</span>, with certain exceptions, was repealed by <a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._109-177">Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 104</a>, <span class="date" date="2006-03-09">Mar. 9, 2006</span>, <a href="/rio/citation/120_Stat._195">120 Stat. 195</a>.</p> </div> <div class="note" topic="transferOfFunctions"> <span class="heading centered smallCaps">Transfer of Functions</span> <p>For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the <span link="https://liicornell.org/liifedent/dhs_united_states_secret_service" occur="2" src="named_federal_agencies">United States Secret Service</span>, including the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the <span link="https://liicornell.org/liifedent/dhs_osec_secretary" occur="1" src="named_federal_agencies">Secretary of Homeland Security</span>, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the <span link="https://liicornell.org/liifedent/department_of_homeland_security" occur="1" src="named_federal_agencies">Department of Homeland Security</span> Reorganization Plan of <span class="date" date="2002-11-25">November 25, 2002</span>, as modified, set out as a note under <a href="/uscode/text/6/542">section 542 of Title 6</a>.</p> </div> <div class="note" topic="miscellaneous"><span class="heading centered smallCaps">Disclaimer</span> <p><a href="/rio/citation/Pub._L._114-23">Pub. 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