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20 years, or both; and if the death of any person results from conduct prohibited by this paragraph, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life. (2) Threat to navigation. - A person who threatens to do any act prohibited under paragraph (1)(B), (C) or (E), with apparent determination and will to carry the threat into execution, if the threatened act is likely to endanger the safe navigation of the ship in question, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (b) Jurisdiction. - There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) - (1) in the case of a covered ship, if - (A) such activity is committed - (i) against or on board a ship flying the flag of the United States at the time the prohibited activity is committed; (ii) in the United States; or (iii) by a national of the United States or by a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States; (B) during the commission of such activity, a national of the United States is seized, threatened, injured or killed; or (C) the offender is later found in the United States after such activity is committed; (2) in the case of a ship navigating or scheduled to navigate solely within the territorial sea or internal waters of a country other than the United States, if the offender is later found in the United States after such activity is committed; and (3) in the case of any vessel, if such activity is committed in an attempt to compel the United States to do or abstain from doing any act. (c) Bar To Prosecution. - It is a bar to Federal prosecution under subsection (a) for conduct that occurred within the United States that the conduct involved was during or in relation to a labor dispute, and such conduct is prohibited as a felony under the law of the State in which it was committed. For purposes of this section, the term "labor dispute" has the meaning set forth in section 2(c) (!1) of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 113(c)). (d) Delivery of Suspected Offender. - The master of a covered ship flying the flag of the United States who has reasonable grounds to believe that there is on board that ship any person who has committed an offense under Article 3 of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation may deliver such person to the authorities of a State Party to that Convention. Before delivering such person to the authorities of another country, the master shall notify in an appropriate manner the Attorney General of the United States of the alleged offense and await instructions from the Attorney General as to what action to take. When delivering the person to a country which is a State Party to the Convention, the master shall, whenever practicable, and if possible before entering the territorial sea of such country, notify the authorities of such country of the master's intention to deliver such person and the reasons therefor. If the master delivers such person, the master shall furnish to the authorities of such country the evidence in the master's possession that pertains to the alleged offense. (e) Definitions. - In this section - "covered ship" means a ship that is navigating or is scheduled to navigate into, through or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country. "national of the United States" has the meaning stated in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). "territorial sea of the United States" means all waters extending seaward to 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States determined in accordance with international law. "ship" means a vessel of any type whatsoever not permanently attached to the sea-bed, including dynamically supported craft, submersibles or any other floating craft, but does not include a warship, a ship owned or operated by a government when being used as a naval auxiliary or for customs or police purposes, or a ship which has been withdrawn from navigation or laid up. "United States", when used in a geographical sense, includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and all territories and possessions of the United States. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60019(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1975; amended Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Secs. 722, 723(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1299, 1300.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1996 - Subsec. (a)(1)(H). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(1), inserted "or conspires" after "attempts". Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 722(1), struck out "and the activity is not prohibited as a crime by the State in which the activity takes place" after "the United States". Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 722(2), struck out "the activity takes place on a ship flying the flag of a foreign country or outside the United States," before "by a national of the United States". EFFECTIVE DATE Section 60019(c) of Pub. L. 103-322 provided that: "This section [enacting this section and section 2281 of this title] and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the later of - "(1) the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 13, 1994]; or "(2)(A) in the case of section 2280 of title 18, United States Code, the date the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation has come into force and the United States has become a party to that Convention; and "(B) in the case of section 2281 of title 18, United States Code, the date the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf has come into force and the United States has become a party to that Protocol." [Convention and Protocol came into force Mar. 1, 1992, and entered into force with respect to the United States Mar. 6, 1995, Treaty Doc. 101-1.] -EXEC- TERRITORIAL SEA OF UNITED STATES For extension of territorial sea of United States, see Proc. No. 5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1956, 2332b, 2339, 2339A, 3592 of this title. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original. Probably should be section "13(c)". -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2281 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 111 - SHIPPING -HEAD- Sec. 2281. Violence against maritime fixed platforms -STATUTE- (a) Offenses. - (1) In general. - A person who unlawfully and intentionally - (A) seizes or exercises control over a fixed platform by force or threat thereof or any other form of intimidation; (B) performs an act of violence against a person on board a fixed platform if that act is likely to endanger its safety; (C) destroys a fixed platform or causes damage to it which is likely to endanger its safety; (D) places or causes to be placed on a fixed platform, by any means whatsoever, a device or substance which is likely to destroy that fixed platform or likely to endanger its safety; (E) injures or kills any person in connection with the commission or the attempted commission of any of the offenses set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D); or (F) attempts or conspires to do anything prohibited under subparagraphs (A) through (E), shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and if death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this paragraph, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life. (2) Threat to safety. - A person who threatens to do anything prohibited under paragraph (1)(B) or (C), with apparent determination and will to carry the threat into execution, if the threatened act is likely to endanger the safety of the fixed platform, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (b) Jurisdiction. - There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if - (1) such activity is committed against or on board a fixed platform - (A) that is located on the continental shelf of the United States; (B) that is located on the continental shelf of another country, by a national of the United States or by a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States; or (C) in an attempt to compel the United States to do or abstain from doing any act; (2) during the commission of such activity against or on board a fixed platform located on a continental shelf, a national of the United States is seized, threatened, injured or killed; or (3) such activity is committed against or on board a fixed platform located outside the United States and beyond the continental shelf of the United States and the offender is later found in the United States. (c) Bar To Prosecution. - It is a bar to Federal prosecution under subsection (a) for conduct that occurred within the United States that the conduct involved was during or in relation to a labor dispute, and such conduct is prohibited as a felony under the law of the State in which it was committed. For purposes of this section, the term "labor dispute" has the meaning set forth in section 2(c) (!1) of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, as amended (29 U.S.C. 113(c)), and the term "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. (d) Definitions. - In this section - "continental shelf" means the sea-bed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond a country's territorial sea to the limits provided by customary international law as reflected in Article 76 of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea. "fixed platform" means an artificial island, installation or structure permanently attached to the sea-bed for the purpose of exploration or exploitation of resources or for other economic purposes. "national of the United States" has the meaning stated in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). "territorial sea of the United States" means all waters extending seaward to 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States determined in accordance with international law. "United States", when used in a geographical sense, includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and all territories and possessions of the United States. -SOURCE- (Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60019(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1977; amended Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Sec. 723(a)(1), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1300; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 607(p), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3513.) -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1996 - Subsec. (a)(1)(F). Pub. L. 104-132 inserted "or conspires" after "attempts". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-294 inserted before period at end ", and the term 'State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States". EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Mar. 6, 1995, see section 60019(c)(1), (2)(B) of Pub. L. 103-322, set out as a note under section 2280 of this title. -EXEC- TERRITORIAL SEA OF UNITED STATES For extension of territorial sea of United States, see Proc. No. 5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands. -SECREF- SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1956, 2332b, 2339A, 3592 of this title. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original. Probably should be section "13(c)". -End- -CITE- 18 USC CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -HEAD- CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -MISC1- Sec. 2311. Definitions. 2312. Transportation of stolen vehicles. 2313. Sale or receipt of stolen vehicles. 2314. Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting. 2315. Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps. 2316. Transportation of livestock. 2317. Sale or receipt of livestock. 2318. Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other audio visual works, and trafficking in counterfeit computer program documentation or packaging. 2319. Criminal infringement of a copyright. 2319A. Unauthorized fixation of and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos of live musical performances. 2320. Trafficking in counterfeit goods or services. 2321. Trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. 2322. Chop shops. AMENDMENTS 1996 - Pub. L. 104-153, Sec. 4(b)(2), July 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1387, substituted "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other audio visual works, and trafficking in counterfeit computer program documentation or packaging" for "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works" in item 2318. 1994 - Pub. L. 103-465, title V, Sec. 513(b), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4976, added item 2319A. 1992 - Pub. L. 102-519, title I, Sec. 105(b), Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3386, added item 2322. 1986 - Pub. L. 99-646, Sec. 42(b), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3601, renumbered item 2320 relating to trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts as item 2321. 1984 - Pub. L. 98-547, title II, Sec. 204(b), Oct. 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 2770, added item 2320 relating to trafficking in certain motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Secs. 1115, 1502(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2149, 2179, substituted "livestock" for "cattle" in items 2316 and 2317 and added item 2320 relating to trafficking in counterfeit goods or services. 1982 - Pub. L. 97-180, Sec. 4, May 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 92, substituted "Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works" for "Transportation, sale, or receipt of phonograph records bearing forged or counterfeit labels" in item 2318 and added item 2319. 1962 - Pub. L. 87-773, Sec. 2, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 775, added item 2318. 1961 - Pub. L. 87-371, Sec. 4, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 802, inserted "fraudulent State tax stamps," in item 2314, and substituted "moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps" for "or monies" in item 2315. -End- -CITE- 18 USC Sec. 2311 01/19/04 -EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 113 - STOLEN PROPERTY -HEAD- Sec. 2311. Definitions -STATUTE- As used in this chapter: "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used, or designed for navigation of or for flight in the air; "Cattle" means one or more bulls, steers, oxen, cows, heifers, or calves, or the carcass or carcasses thereof; "Livestock" means any domestic animals raised for home use, consumption, or profit, such as horses, pigs, llamas, goats, fowl, sheep, buffalo, and cattle, or the carcasses thereof; "Money" means the legal tender of the United States or of any foreign country, or any counterfeit thereof; "Motor vehicle" includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land but not on rails; "Securities" includes any note, stock certificate, bond, debenture, check, draft, warrant, traveler's check, letter of credit, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate; valid or blank motor vehicle title; certificate of interest in property, tangible or intangible; instrument or document or writing evidencing ownership of goods, wares, and merchandise, or transferring or assigning any right, title, or interest in or to goods, wares, and merchandise; or, in general, any instrument commonly known as a "security", or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, warrant, or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing, or any forged, counterfeited, or spurious representation of any of the foregoing; "Tax stamp" includes any tax stamp, tax token, tax meter imprint, or any other form of evidence of an obligation running to a State, or evidence of the discharge thereof; "Value" means the face, par, or market value, whichever is the greatest, and the aggregate value of all goods, wares, and merchandise, securities, and money referred to in a single indictment shall constitute the value thereof. -SOURCE- (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 87-371, Sec. 1, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 802; Pub. L. 98-547, title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 277

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