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AMENDMENTS 1996 - Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(12)(B), repealed Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320101(c)(1)(A), (2)(A). See 1994 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(7), repealed Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 170201(c)(1)-(3). See 1994 Amendment note below. 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(2)(B), substituted "a fine under this title" for "fine of not more than" through the immediately following dollar amount wherever appearing. Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320101(c), as amended by Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(12)(B), which directed the amendment of subsec. (c) by substituting "ten years" for "five years" and the amendment of subsec. (e) by substituting "six months" for "three months", were executed by making the substitutions in subsecs. (a)(3) and (a)(5), respectively, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of subsecs. (c) and (e) as subsecs. (a)(3) and (a)(5), respectively. See below. Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 170201(a)-(d), as amended by Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(7), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), redesignated former subsecs. (a) to (f) as pars. (1) to (6), respectively of subsec. (a) and realigned margins, inserted before period at end of par. (5) ", or if the victim of the assault is an individual who has not attained the age of 16 years, by fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both", and added subsecs. (a)(7) and (b). 1986 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 87(c)(2), and Pub. L. 99-654, Sec. 3(a)(2), amended subsec. (a) identically, striking out "or rape" after "murder". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 87(c)(3), and Pub. L. 99-654, Sec. 3(a)(3), amended subsec. (b) identically, substituting "a felony under chapter 109A" for "rape". 1976 - Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 94-297 added subsec. (f). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104-294 effective Sept. 13, 1994, see section 604(d) of Pub. L. 104-294, set out as a note under section 13 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENTS Amendments by Pub. L. 99-646 and Pub. L. 99-654 effective respectively 30 days after Nov. 10, 1986, and 30 days after Nov. 14, 1986, see section 87(e) of Pub. L. 99-646 and section 4 of Pub. L. 99-654, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2241 of this title. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1111, 1113, 3559, 5032 of this title; title 49 section 46506. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 114 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 7 - ASSAULT -HEAD- Sec. 114. Maiming within maritime and territorial jurisdiction -STATUTE- Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with intent to torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure, cuts, bites, or slits the nose, ear, or lip, or cuts out or disables the tongue, or puts out or destroys an eye, or cuts off or disables a limb or any member of another person; or Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and with like intent, throws or pours upon another person, any scalding water, corrosive acid, or caustic substance - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 689; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec. 3, 63 Stat. 90; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1009A, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2141; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3507, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(O), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Sec. 705(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1948 ACT Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 462 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 283, 35 Stat. 1144). The words "within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and" were added to preserve jurisdictional limitation provided for by section 451 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., now section 7 of this title. (See reviser's note thereunder.) Changes in phraseology were made. 1949 ACT This section [section 3] corrects a typographical error in section 114 of title 18, U.S.C. AMENDMENTS 1996 - Pub. L. 104-132 substituted "torture (as defined in section 2340), maim, or disfigure" for "maim or disfigure". 1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $25,000". 1990 - Pub. L. 101-647 substituted "or imprisoned" for "and imprisoned". 1984 - Pub. L. 98-473 substituted "and imprisoned" for "or imprisoned" and provisions raising maximum fine from $1,000 to $25,000 and raising maximum term of imprisonment from seven years to twenty years. 1949 - Act May 24, 1949, corrected spelling of "maim". -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 49 section 46506. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 115 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 7 - ASSAULT -HEAD- Sec. 115. Influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a Federal official by threatening or injuring a family member -STATUTE- (a)(1) Whoever - (A) assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under section 1114 of this title; or (B) threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section, with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such official, judge, or law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such official, judge, or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). (2) Whoever assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, any person who formerly served as a person designated in paragraph (1), or a member of the immediate family of any person who formerly served as a person designated in paragraph (1), with intent to retaliate against such person on account of the performance of official duties during the term of service of such person, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). (b)(1) An assault in violation of this section shall be punished as provided in section 111 of this title. (2) A kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap in violation of this section shall be punished as provided in section 1201 of this title for the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person described in section 1201(a)(5) of this title. (3) A murder, attempted murder, or conspiracy to murder in violation of this section shall be punished as provided in sections 1111, 1113, and 1117 of this title. (4) A threat made in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or both, except that imprisonment for a threatened assault shall not exceed 6 years. (c) As used in this section, the term - (1) "Federal law enforcement officer" means any officer, agent, or employee of the United States authorized by law or by a Government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of Federal criminal law; (2) "immediate family member" of an individual means - (A) his spouse, parent, brother or sister, child or person to whom he stands in loco parentis; or (B) any other person living in his household and related to him by blood or marriage; (3) "United States judge" means any judicial officer of the United States, and includes a justice of the Supreme Court and a United States magistrate judge; and (4) "United States official" means the President, President-elect, Vice President, Vice President-elect, a Member of Congress, a member-elect of Congress, a member of the executive branch who is the head of a department listed in 5 U.S.C. 101, or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (d) This section shall not interfere with the investigative authority of the United States Secret Service, as provided under sections 3056, 871, and 879 of this title. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1008(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2140; amended Pub. L. 99-646, Secs. 37(a), 60, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3599, 3613; Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, Sec. 6487(f)[b], Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4386; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3508, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4922; Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Secs. 330016(2)(C), 330021(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148, 2150; Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Secs. 723(a), 727(b), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1300, 1302; Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(b)(9), div. C, title I, Sec. 11008(c), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1808, 1818.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 2002 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 4002(b)(9), substituted "or attempted kidnapping of, or a conspiracy to kidnap, a person" for ", attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap of a person". Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 107-273, Sec. 11008(c), substituted "10" for "five" and "6" for "three". 1996 - Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(1), inserted "or conspires" after "attempts". Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 727(b)(1), which directed insertion of ", or threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, any person who formerly served as a person designated in paragraph (1), or" after "assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts to kidnap or murder", was executed by making the substitution after "assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts or conspires to kidnap or murder" to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the amendment by Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(1). See below. Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(1), inserted "or conspires" after "attempts". Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(2), substituted ", attempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap" for "or attempted kidnapping" in two places. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(3), substituted ", attempted murder, or conspiracy to murder" and ", 1113, and 1117" for "or attempted murder" and "and 1113", respectively. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 727(b)(2), added subsec. (d). 1994 - Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330021(1), substituted "kidnapping" for "kidnaping" in two places. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(2)(C), substituted "fine under this title" for "fine of not more than $5,000". 1990 - Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 101-647 substituted "the Central" for "The Central". 1988 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: "Whoever assaults, kidnaps, or murders, or attempts to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder a member of the immediate family of a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under section 1114 of this title, or threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section with intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against such official, judge or law enforcement officer while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b)." 1986 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 60, substituted "section 1114 of this title, or threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section" for "18 U.S.C. 1114, as amended,", "while engaged" for "while he is engaged", and "official duties" for "his official duties". Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 37(a), inserted "for the kidnapping or attempted kidnapping of a person described in section 1201(a)(5) of this title". -CHANGE- CHANGE OF NAME "United States magistrate judge" substituted for "United States magistrate" in subsec. (c)(3) pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. -TRANS- TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the United States Secret Service, including the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 381, 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 21, 1956, 2261A, 2516, 4243 of this title. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 116 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 7 - ASSAULT -HEAD- Sec. 116. Female genital mutilation -STATUTE- (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person who has not attained the age of 18 years shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (b) A surgical operation is not a violation of this section if the operation is - (1) necessary to the health of the person on whom it is performed, and is performed by a person licensed in the place of its performance as a medical practitioner; or (2) performed on a person in labor or who has just given birth and is performed for medical purposes connected with that labor or birth by a person licensed in the place it is performed as a medical practitioner, midwife, or person in training to become such a practitioner or midwife. (c) In applying subsection (b)(1), no account shall be taken of the effect on the person on whom the operation is to be performed of any belief on the part of that person, or any other person, that the operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title VI, Sec. 645(b)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-709.) -MISC1- EFFECTIVE DATE Section 645(c) of div. C of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (b) [enacting this section] shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996]." CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS Section 645(a) of div. C of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that: "The Congress finds that - "(1) the practice of female genital mutilation is carried out by members of certain cultural and religious groups within the United States; "(2) the practice of female genital mutilation often results in the occurrence of physical and psychological health effects that harm the women involved; "(3) such mutilation infringes upon the guarantees of rights secured by Federal and State law, both statutory and constitutional; "(4) the unique circumstances surrounding the practice of female genital mutilation place it beyond the ability of any single State or local jurisdiction to control; "(5) the practice of female genital mutilation can be prohibited without abridging the exercise of any rights guaranteed under the first amendment to the Constitution or under any other law; and "(6) Congress has the affirmative power under section 8 of article I, the necessary and proper clause, section 5 of the fourteenth Amendment, as well as under the treaty clause, to the Constitution to enact such legislation." -End- -CITE- 18 USC CHAPTER 9 - BANKRUPTCY 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 9 - BANKRUPTCY -HEAD- CHAPTER 9 - BANKRUPTCY -MISC1- Sec. 151. Definition. 152. Concealment of assets; false oaths and claims; bribery. 153. Embezzlement against estate. 154. Adverse interest and conduct of officers. 155. Fee agreements in cases under title 11 and receiverships. 156. Knowing disregard of bankruptcy law or rule. 157. Bankruptcy fraud. AMENDMENTS 1994 - Pub. L. 103-394, title III, Sec. 312(a)(2), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4140, substituted "against estate" for "by trustee or officer" in item 153 and added items 156 and 157. 1978 - Pub. L. 95-598, title III, Sec. 314(b)(2), (d)(3), (e)(3), (f)(3), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2677, substituted in item 151 "Definition" for "Definitions"; struck from item 153 ", receiver" after "trustee" and from item 154 "referees and other" before "officers"; and substituted in item 155 "cases under title 11 and receiverships" for "bankruptcy proceedings". -SECREF- CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This chapter is referred to in section 3057 of this title. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 151 01/19/04 -E

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