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US (United States) Code. Title 18. Chapter 51: Homicide
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18 USC CHAPTER 51 - HOMICIDE 01/06/03
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 51 - HOMICIDE
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CHAPTER 51 - HOMICIDE
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Sec.
1111. Murder.
1112. Manslaughter.
1113. Attempt to commit murder or manslaughter.
1114. Protection of officers and employees of the United States.
1115. Misconduct or neglect of ship officers.
1116. Murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, official guests,
or internationally protected persons.
1117. Conspiracy to murder.
1118. Murder by a Federal prisoner.
1119. Foreign murder of United States nationals.
1120. Murder by escaped prisoners.
1121. Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State
correctional officers.
1122. Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(a)(6), Oct. 11, 1996,
110 Stat. 3498, added item 1122.
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60005(b), 60009(b)(2),
60012(b), 60015(b), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1970, 1972-1974,
added items 1118 to 1121.
1976 - Pub. L. 94-467, Sec. 3, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1998,
substituted ''official guests, or internationally protected
persons'' for ''or official guests'' in item 1116.
1972 - Pub. L. 92-539, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat.
1071, added items 1116 and 1117.
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CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This chapter is referred to in title 42 section 14135a.
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18 USC Sec. 1111 01/06/03
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
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Sec. 1111. Murder
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(a) Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice
aforethought. Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait,
or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and
premeditated killing; or committed in the perpetration of, or
attempt to perpetrate, any arson, escape, murder, kidnapping,
treason, espionage, sabotage, aggravated sexual abuse or sexual
abuse, burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated from a premeditated
design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human
being other than him who is killed, is murder in the first degree.
Any other murder is murder in the second degree.
(b) Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States,
Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree shall be punished
by death or by imprisonment for life;
Whoever is guilty of murder in the second degree, shall be
imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 756; Pub. L. 98-473, title II,
Sec. 1004, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 99-646, Sec.
87(c)(4), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3623; Pub. L. 99-654, Sec.
3(a)(4), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3663; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII,
Sec. 7025, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4397; Pub. L. 103-322, title
VI, Sec. 60003(a)(4), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1969.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 452, 454, 567 (Mar. 4,
1909, ch. 321, Sec. 273, 275, 330, 35 Stat. 1143, 1152).
Section consolidates the punishment provision of sections 454 and
567 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with section 452 of title 18,
U.S.C., 1940 ed.
The provision of said section 454 for the death penalty for first
degree murder was consolidated with section 567 of said title 18,
by adding the words ''unless the jury qualifies its verdict by
adding thereto 'without capital punishment' in which event he shall
be sentenced to imprisonment for life''.
The punishment for second degree murder was changed and the
phrase ''for any term of years or for life'' was substituted for
the words ''not less than ten years and may be imprisoned for
life''. This change conforms to a uniform policy of omitting the
minimum punishment.
Said section 567 was not included in section 2031 of this title
since the rewritten punishment provision for rape removes the
necessity for a qualified verdict.
The special maritime and territorial jurisdiction provision was
added in view of definitive section 7 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322 amended second par.
generally. Prior to amendment, second par. read as follows:
''Whoever is guilty of murder in the first degree, shall suffer
death unless the jury qualifies its verdict by adding thereto
'without capital punishment', in which event he shall be sentenced
to imprisonment for life;''.
1988 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690 inserted a comma after
''arson''.
1986 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-646 and Pub. L. 99-654 amended
subsec. (a) identically, substituting ''aggravated sexual abuse or
sexual abuse'' for '', rape''.
1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-473 inserted ''escape, murder,
kidnapping, treason, espionage, sabotage,'' after ''arson''.
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.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 36, 115, 351, 924, 930,
1114, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1503, 1512, 1513, 1751,
1956, 2332, 3559, 5032 of this title; title 7 section 2146; title
15 section 1825; title 21 sections 461, 675, 1041; title 28 section
540B; title 42 sections 671, 2283, 5106a, 14135a; title 49 section
46506.
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18 USC Sec. 1112 01/06/03
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
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Sec. 1112. Manslaughter
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(a) Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without
malice. It is of two kinds:
Voluntary - Upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion.
Involuntary - In the commission of an unlawful act not amounting
to a felony, or in the commission in an unlawful manner, or without
due caution and circumspection, of a lawful act which might produce
death.
(b) Within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of
the United States,
Whoever is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, shall be fined under
this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both;
Whoever is guilty of involuntary manslaughter, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than six years, or both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 756; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXII, Sec. 320102, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13,
1994, 108 Stat. 2109, 2147; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec.
604(b)(13), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3507.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 453, 454 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, Sec. 274, 275, 35 Stat. 1143).
Section consolidates punishment provisions of sections 453 and
454 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed.
The special maritime and territorial jurisdiction provision was
added in view of definitive section 7 this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-294 repealed Pub. L. 103-322,
Sec. 320102(2). See 1994 Amendment note below.
1994 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(H),
substituted ''fined under this title'' for ''fined not more than
$1,000'' in last par.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320102(3), substituted ''six years'' for
''three years'' in last par.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320102(2), which provided for amendment
identical to Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(H), above, was
repealed by Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 604(b)(13).
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320102(1)(B), which directed the amendment
of subsec. (b) by inserting '', or both'' after ''years'', was
executed by inserting the material after ''years'' in second par.,
which was the first place the word appeared in text, to reflect the
probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 320102(1)(A), inserted ''fined under this
title or'' after ''shall be'' in second par.
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.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 351, 924, 930, 1114,
1116, 1119, 1120, 1503, 1512, 1513, 1751, 2332, 3559 of this title;
title 15 section 1825; title 21 section 1041; title 42 sections
671, 2283, 5106a, 14135a; title 49 section 46506.
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18 USC Sec. 1113 01/06/03
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Sec. 1113. Attempt to commit murder or manslaughter
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Except as provided in section 113 of this title, whoever, within
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United
States, attempts to commit murder or manslaughter, shall, for an
attempt to commit murder be imprisoned not more than twenty years
or fined under this title, or both, and for an attempt to commit
manslaughter be imprisoned not more than seven years or fined under
this title, or both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 756; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII,
Sec. 7058(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4403; Pub. L. 101-647, title
XXXV, Sec. 3534, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4925; Pub. L. 104-132,
title VII, Sec. 705(a)(5), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 456 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 277, 35 Stat. 1143).
Words ''within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction
of the United States'' were added in view of definitive section 7
of this title, and section was rearranged to more clearly express
intent of existing law.
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-132 substituted ''seven years'' for ''three
years''.
1990 - Pub. L. 101-647 struck out final period at end.
1988 - Pub. L. 100-690 substituted ''shall, for an attempt to
commit murder be imprisoned not more than twenty years or fined
under this title, or both, and for an attempt to commit
manslaughter be imprisoned not more than three years or fined under
this title, or both.'' for ''shall be fined not more than $1,000 or
imprisoned not more than three years, or both''.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 115, 930, 1114, 1116,
1119, 5032 of this title; title 42 section 14135a; title 49 section
46506.
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18 USC Sec. 1114 01/06/03
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Sec. 1114. Protection of officers and employees of the United
States
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Whoever kills or attempts to kill any officer or employee of the
United States or of any agency in any branch of the United States
Government (including any member of the uniformed services) while
such officer or employee is engaged in or on account of the
performance of official duties, or any person assisting such an
officer or employee in the performance of such duties or on account
of that assistance, shall be punished -
(1) in the case of murder, as provided under section 1111;
(2) in the case of manslaughter, as provided under section
1112; or
(3) in the case of attempted murder or manslaughter, as
provided in section 1113.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 756; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, Sec.
24, 63 Stat. 93; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 28, 65 Stat. 721;
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, Sec. 402(c), 66 Stat. 276; Pub.
L. 85-568, title III, Sec. 304(d), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 434;
Pub. L. 87-518, Sec. 10, July 2, 1962, 76 Stat. 132; Pub. L.
88-493, Sec. 3, Aug. 27, 1964, 78 Stat. 610; Pub. L. 89-74, Sec.
8(b), July 15, 1965, 79 Stat. 234; Pub. L. 90-449, Sec. 2, Aug. 2,
1968, 82 Stat. 611; Pub. L. 91-375, Sec. 6(j)(9), Aug. 12, 1970, 84
Stat. 777; Pub. L. 91-513, title II, Sec. 701(i)(1), Oct. 27, 1970,
84 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 91-596, Sec. 17(h)(1), Dec. 29, 1970, 84
Stat. 1607; Pub. L. 93-481, Sec. 5, Oct. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1456;
Pub. L. 94-284, Sec. 18, May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 514; Pub. L.
94-582, Sec. 16, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2883; Pub. L. 95-87, title
VII, Sec. 704, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 95-616, Sec.
3(j)(2), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3112; Pub. L. 95-630, title III,
Sec. 307, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3677; Pub. L. 96-296, Sec. 26(c),
July 1, 1980, 94 Stat. 819; Pub. L. 96-466, title VII, Sec. 704,
Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2216; Pub. L. 97-143, Sec. 1(b), Dec. 29,
1981, 95 Stat. 1724; Pub. L. 97-259, title I, Sec. 128, Sept. 13,
1982, 96 Stat. 1099; Pub. L. 97-365, Sec. 6, Oct. 25, 1982, 96
Stat. 1752; Pub. L. 97-452, Sec. 2(b), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat.
2478; Pub. L. 98-63, title I, Sec. 101, July 30, 1983, 97 Stat.
313; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1012, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat.
2142; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec. 17(c), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2868;
Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7026, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat.
4397; Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, Sec. 962(a)(6), Aug. 9, 1989, 103
Stat. 502; Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, Sec. 1205(h), title XVI,
Sec. 1606, title XXXV, Sec. 3535, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831,
4843, 4925; Pub. L. 102-54, Sec. 13(f)(2), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat.
275; Pub. L. 102-365, Sec. 6, Sept. 3, 1992, 106 Stat. 975; Pub. L.
103-322, title VI, Sec. 60007, title XXXIII, Sec. 330009(c),
330011(g), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1971, 2143, 2145; Pub. L.
104-132, title VII, Sec. 727(a), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1302;
Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(f)(2), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat.
3499; Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(c)(1), Nov. 2,
2002, 116 Stat. 1808.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
1948 ACT
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 253 (May 18, 1934, ch.
299, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 780; Feb. 8, 1936, ch. 40, 49 Stat. 1105;
June 26, 1936, ch. 830, title I, Sec. 3, 49 Stat. 1940; Reorg. Plan
No. II, Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433;
June 13, 1940, ch. 359, 54 Stat. 391).
The section was extended to include United States judges,
attorneys and their assistants, and officers of Federal, penal and
correctional institutions in view of the obvious desirability of
such protective legislation.
Employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry have been included in
this section to complete the revision of section 118 of title 18,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., which was consolidated with the assault
provisions of section 254 of said title 18 and is now section 111
of this title. There seemed no sound reason for including such
officers in the protection against assaults but excluding them from
the homicide sections.
For like reasons the section was broadened to include officers or
employees of the Secret Service or of the Bureau of Narcotics.
Changes in phraseology were made.
1949 ACT
This section (section 24) amends section 1114 of title 18,
U.S.C., to conform more closely with the original statute from
which it was derived.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-273 repealed amendment by Pub. L.
104-294. See 1996 Amendment note below.
1996 - Pub. L. 104-132 reenacted section catchline without change
and amended text generally, restructuring provisions by inserting
par. designations and substituting reference to section 1113 of
this title and general reference to killing or attempting to kill
any officer or employee of any agency in any branch of United
States Government for more specific references to killing or
attempting to kill certain enumerated officers and employees of
United States.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-294, which directed substitution in text
of ''1112,'' for ''1112.'' and could not be executed, was repealed
by Pub. L. 107-273. See above.
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330011(g), repealed Pub. L. 101-647,
Sec. 1606. See 1990 Amendment notes below.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330009(c), substituted ''or any other
officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof''
for ''or any other officer, agency, or employee of the United
States''.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 60007, substituted ''punished, in the case
of murder, as provided under section 1111, or, in the case of
manslaughter, as provided under section 1112.'' for ''punished as
provided under sections 1111 and 1112 of this title,''.
1992 - Pub. L. 102-365 inserted ''any officer or employee of the
Federal Railroad Administration assigned to perform investigative,
inspection, or law enforcement functions,'' after ''any employee of
the Coast Guard assigned to perform investigative, inspection or
law enforcement functions,''.
1991 - Pub. L. 102-54 substituted ''Department of Veterans
Affairs'' for ''Veterans' Administration''.
1990 - Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3535(3), which directed amendment of
section by striking out ''the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation,'' could not be executed because that language had been
struck out by Pub. L. 101-73. See 1989 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 1606(3), which amended this section
identically to amendment by Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3535(3), was
repealed by Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330011(g). See above.
Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3535(1), (2), substituted ''Secret
Service'' for ''secret service'' and ''any officer or employee of
the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human
Services,'' for ''any officer or employee of the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare,''.
Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 1606(1), (2), which amended this section
identically to amendment by Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 3535(1), (2), was
repealed by Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330011(g). See above.
Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 1205(h), inserted ''or any other
commonwealth, territory, or possession'' after ''the Virgin
Islands''.
1989 - Pub. L. 101-73 struck out ''the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation,'' after ''Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation,'' and substituted ''the Office of Thrift Supervision,
the Federal Housing Finance Board, the Resolution Trust
Corporation'' for ''the Federal Home Loan Bank Board''.
1988 - Pub. L. 100-690 struck out second comma after ''terms of
this section''.
1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted reference to Coast Guard
member, and Coast Guard employee assigned to perform investigative,
inspection or law enforcement functions, for reference to any
officer or enlisted man of the Coast Guard.
Pub. L. 98-473 inserted ''or attempts to kill'' after ''Whoever
kills'', substituted ''or any United States probation or pretrial
services officer, or any United States magistrate, or any officer
or employee of any department or agency within the Intelligence
Community (as defined in section 3.4(F) of Executive Order 12333,
December 8, 1981, or successor orders) not already covered under
the terms of this section,'' for ''while engaged in the performance
of his official duties or on account of the performance of his
official duties'', inserted '', or any other officer, agency, or
employee of the United States designated for coverage under this
section in regulations issued by the Attorney General'', and
inserted '', except that any such person who is found guilty of
attempted murder shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty
years''.
1983 - Pub. L. 98-63 inserted ''any civilian official or employee
of the Army Corps of Engineers assigned to perform investigations,
inspections, law or regulatory enforcement functions, or
field-level real estate functions,'' after ''National Park
Service,''.
1983 - Pub. L. 97-452 substituted ''sections 3711 and 3716-3718
of title 31'' for ''the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31
U.S.C. 951 et seq.)''.
1982 - Pub. L. 97-365 struck out ''or'' before ''any attorney,
liquidator, examiner, claim agent'' and inserted '', or any officer
or employee of the United States or any agency thereof designated
to collect or compromise a Federal claim in accordance with the
Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966 (31 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) or
other statutory authority'' before ''shall be punished''.
Pub. L. 97-259 inserted ''or any officer or employee of the
Federal Communications Commission performing investigative,
inspection, or law enforcement functions,'' after ''or law
enforcement functions,''.
1981 - Pub. L. 97-143 inserted ''any officer or member of the
United States Capitol Police,'' after ''Drug Enforcement
Administration,''.
1980 - Pub. L. 96-466 inserted ''or any officer or employee of
the Veterans' Administration assigned to perform investigative or
law enforcement functions,'' after ''of the Department of
Agriculture assigned to perform investigative, inspection, or law
enforcement functions,''.
Pub. L. 96-296 inserted ''Interstate Commerce Commission,'' after
''Consumer Product Safety Commission,''.
1978 - Pub. L. 95-630 inserted ''or any attorney, liquidator,
examiner, claim agent, or other employee of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
any Federal Reserve bank, or the National Credit Union
Administration engaged in or on account of the performance of his
official duties'' before ''shall be punished''.
Pub. L. 95-616 inserted ''the Department of Commerce,''.
1977 - Pub. L. 95-87 inserted ''or of the Department of the
Interior'' after ''or of the Department of Labor''.
1976 - Pub. L. 94-582 struck out ''any employee of the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture,'' after ''the
field service of the Bureau of Land Management,'' and inserted ''or
of the Department of Agriculture'' after ''or of the Department of
Labor''.
Pub. L. 94-284 inserted '', the Consumer Product Safety
Commission,'' after ''Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare''.
1974 - Pub. L. 93-481 substituted ''Drug Enforcement
Administration'' for ''Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs''.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-596 substituted ''or of the Department of Labor
assigned to perform investigative, inspection, or law enforcement
functions'', for ''designated by the Secretary of Health,
Education, and Welfare to conduct investigations, or inspections
under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act''.
Pub. L. 91-513 substituted ''Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs'' for ''Bureau of Narcotics''.
Pub. L. 91-375 substituted ''officer or employee of the Postal
Service'', for ''postal inspector, any postmaster, officer, or
employee in the field service of the Post Office Department'' after
''Department of Justice,''.
1968 - Pub. L. 90-449 substituted ''any postal inspector, any
postmaster, officer, or employee in the field service of the Post
Office Department'' for ''any post-office inspector''.
1965 - Pub. L. 89-74 included any officer or employee of the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare designated by the
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to conduct
investigations or inspections under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act.
1964 - Pub. L. 88-493 inserted ''or any security officer of the
Department of State or the Foreign Service''.
1962 - Pub. L. 87-518 included employees of the Department of
Agriculture performing any function connected with any Federal or
State program, or program of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
or the District of Columbia, for control, eradication, or
prevention of animal diseases.
1958 - Pub. L. 85-568 included officers and employees of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1952 - Act June 27, 1952, substituted ''any immigration
officers'' for ''any immigrant inspector or any immigration patrol
inspector''.
1951 - Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted ''the field service of the
Bureau of Land Management'' for ''the field service of the Division
of Grazing of the Department of the Interior''.
1949 - Act May 24, 1949, inserted ''any officer, employee or
agent of the customs or of the internal revenue or any person
assisting him in the execution of his duties''.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4002(c)(1), Nov. 2,
2002, 116 Stat. 1808, provided that the amendment made by section
4002(c)(1) is effective Oct. 11, 1996.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Section 330011(g) of Pub. L. 103-322 provided that the amendment
made by that section is effective as of Nov. 29, 1990.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Section 802(g)(3) of Pub. L. 96-466 provided in part that the
amendment made by section 704 of Pub. L. 96-466 is effective Oct.
17, 1980.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-630 effective on expiration of 120 days
after Nov. 10, 1978, see section 2101 of Pub. L. 95-630, set out as
an Effective Date note under section 375b of Title 12, Banks and
Banking.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 94-582 effective 30 days after Oct. 21,
1976, see section 27 of Pub. L. 94-582, as amended, set out as a
note under section 74 of Title 7, Agriculture.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENTS
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 effective on first day of seventh
calendar month that begins after Oct. 26, 1970, see section 704 of
Pub. L. 91-513, set out as an Effective Date note under section 801
of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-375 effective within 1 year after Aug.
12, 1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of
United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal
Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91-375, set out as an
Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal
Service.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1965 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 89-74 effective July 15, 1965, see section
11 of Pub. L. 89-74.
SAVINGS PROVISION
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-513 not to affect or abate any
prosecutions for violation of law or any civil seizures or
forfeitures and injunctive proceedings commenced prior to the
effective date of such amendment, and all administrative
proceedings pending before the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs on Oct. 27, 1970, to be continued and brought to final
determination in accord with laws and regulations in effect prior
to Oct. 27, 1970, see section 702 of Pub. L. 91-513, set out as a
note under section 321 of Title 21, Food and Drugs.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT OR LESSER TERM FOR KILLING PERSON IN PERFORMANCE
OF INVESTIGATIVE, INSPECTION, OR LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS
Section 17(h)(2) of Pub. L. 91-596 provided that:
''Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1111 and 1114 of title
18, United States Code, whoever, in violation of the provisions of
section 1114 of such title, kills a person while engaged in or on
account of the performance of investigative, inspection, or law
enforcement functions added to such section 1114 by paragraph (1)
of this subsection, and who would otherwise be subject to the
penalty provisions of such section 1111 shall be punished by
imprisonment for any term of years or for life.''
IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
Section 5 of Pub. L. 88-493 which provided that nothing in Pub.
L. 88-493, which amended this section and section 112 of this
title, and enacted former section 170e-1 of Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, shall create immunity from criminal
prosecution under the laws of any State, territory, possession,
Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia, is set out as a note
under section 112 of this title.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 111, 115, 876, 1117,
1201, 1956, 2332b, 2339A of this title; title 7 sections 84, 87c,
2146; title 16 section 742l; title 19 section 1629; title 21
sections 461, 675; title 25 section 2804; title 42 sections
2000e-13, 14135a.
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18 USC Sec. 1115 01/06/03
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TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 51 - HOMICIDE
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Sec. 1115. Misconduct or neglect of ship officers
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Every captain, engineer, pilot, or other person employed on any
steamboat or vessel, by whose misconduct, negligence, or
inattention to his duties on such vessel the life of any person is
destroyed, and every owner, charterer, inspector, or other public
officer, through whose fraud, neglect, connivance, misconduct, or
violation of law the life of any person is destroyed, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or
both.
When the owner or charterer of any steamboat or vessel is a
corporation, any executive officer of such corporation, for the
time being actually charged with the control and management of the
operation, equipment, or navigation of such steamboat or vessel,
who has knowingly and willfully caused or allowed such fraud,
neglect, connivance, misconduct, or violation of law, by which the
life of any person is destroyed, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 757; Pub. L. 103-322, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
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HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 461 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch.
321, Sec. 282, 35 Stat. 1144).
Section restores the intent of the original enactments, R.S. Sec.
5344, and act Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1454, Sec. 5, 33 Stat. 1025, and
makes this section one of general application. In the Criminal
Code of 1909, by placing it in chapter 11, limited to places within
the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United
States, such original intent was inadvertently lost as indicated by
the entire absence of report or comment on such limitation.
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for
''fined not more than $10,000'' in two places.
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CHAPTER 51 - HOMICIDE
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Sec. 1116. Murder or manslaughter of foreign officials, official
guests, or internationally protected persons
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(a) Whoever kills or attempts to kill a foreign official,
official guest, or internationally protected person shall be
punished as provided under sections 1111, 1112, and 1113 of this
title.
(b) For the purposes of this section:
(1) ''Family'' includes (a) a spouse, parent, brother or
sister, child, or person to whom the foreign official or
internationally protected person stands in loco parentis, or (b)
any other person living in his household and related to the
foreign official or internationally protected person by blood or
marriage.
(2) ''Foreign government'' means the government of a foreign
country, irrespective of recognition by the United States.
(3) ''Foreign official'' means -
(A) a Chief of State or the political equivalent, President,
Vice President, Prime Minister, Ambassador, Foreign Minister,
or other officer of Cabinet rank or above of a foreign
government or the chief executive officer of an international
organization, or any person who has previously served in such
capacity, and any member of his family, while in the United
States; and
(B) any person of a foreign nationality who is duly notified
to the United States as an officer or employee of a foreign
government or international organization, and who is in the
United States on official business, and any member of his
family whose presence in the United States is in connection
with the presence of such officer or employee.
(4) ''Internationally protected person'' means -
(A) a Chief of State or the political equivalent, head of
government, or Foreign Minister whenever such person is in a
country other than his own and any member of his family
accompanying him; or
(B) any other representative, officer, employee, or agent of
the United States Government, a foreign government, or
international organization who at the time and place concerned
is entitled pursuant to international law to special protection
against attack upon his person, freedom, or dignity, and any
member of his family then forming part of his household.
(5) ''International organization'' means a public international
organization designated as such pursuant to section 1 of the
International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288) or a
public organization created pursuant to treaty or other agreement
under international law as an instrument through or by which two
or more foreign governments engage in some aspect of their
conduct of international affairs.
(6) ''Official guest'' means a citizen or national of a foreign
country present in the United States as an official guest of the
Government of the United States pursuant to designation as such
by the Secretary of State.
(7) ''National of the United States'' has the meaning
prescribed in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).
(c) If the victim of an offense under subsection (a) is an
internationally protected person outside the United States, the
United States may exercise jurisdiction over the offense if (1) the
victim is a representative, officer, employee, or agent of the
United States, (2) an offender is a national of the United States,
or (3) an offender is afterwards found in the United States. As
used in this subsection, the United States includes all areas under
the jurisdiction of the United States including any of the places
within the provisions of sections 5 and 7 of this title and section
46501(2) of title 49.
(d) In the course of enforcement of this section and any other
sections prohibiting a conspiracy or attempt to violate this
section, the Attorney General may request assistance from any
Federal, State, or local agency, including the Army, Navy, and Air
Force, any statute, rule, or regulation to the contrary
notwithstanding.
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(Added Pub. L. 92-539, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat.
1071; amended Pub. L. 94-467, Sec. 2, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1997;
Pub. L. 95-163, Sec. 17(b)(1), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1286; Pub. L.
95-504, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1705; Pub. L. 97-351,
Sec. 3, Oct. 18, 1982, 96 Stat. 1666; Pub. L. 103-272, Sec.
5(e)(2), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1373; Pub. L. 103-322, title VI,
Sec. 60003(a)(5), title XXXIII, Sec. 330006, Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 1969, 2142; Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Sec. 721(c), Apr. 24,
1996, 110 Stat. 1298; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(g)(2),
Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3500.)
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-294 struck out '', except that''
at end.
Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 721(c)(1), added par. (7).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 721(c)(2), inserted first
sentence and struck out former first sentence which read as
follows: ''If the victim of an offense under subsection (a) is an
internationally protected person, the United States may exercise
jurisdiction over the offense if the alleged offender is present
within the United States, irrespective of the place where the
offense was committed or the nationality of the victim or the
alleged offender.''
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330006, which directed
the striking of '', and any such person who is found guilty of
attempted murder shall be imprisoned for not more than twenty
years'' before period at end, was executed by striking text which
did not include '', and'', to reflect the probable intent of
Congress and the prior amendment by Pub. L. 103-322, Sec.
60003(a)(5). See below.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 60003(a)(5), struck out ''any such person
who is found guilty of murder in the first degree shall be
sentenced to imprisonment for life, and'' after ''title, except
that''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-272 substituted ''section 46501(2) of
title 49'' for ''section 101(38) of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1301(38))''.
1982 - Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 97-351 inserted provision relating
to a public organization created pursuant to treaty or other
agreement under international law as an instrument through or by
which two or more foreign governments engage in some aspect of
their conduct of foreign affairs.
1978 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-504 substituted reference to
section 101(38) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 for reference
to section 101(35) of such Act.
1977 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-163 substituted reference to
section 101(35) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 for reference
to section 101(34) of such Act.
1976 - Catchline. Pub. L. 94-467 substituted ''official guests,
or internationally protected persons'' for ''or official guests''.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-467 inserted reference to internationally
protected persons, section 1113 of this title, and the punishment
for a person convicted of attempted murder.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-467 designated existing provision,
relating to definition of ''foreign official'' as par. (3)(A), (B),
and added pars. (1), (2), (4), (5) and (6).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94-467 substituted provision permitting the
United States to exercise jurisdiction over an offense if the
victim is an internationally protected person and the alleged
offender is present within the United States for provision which
defined ''foreign government'', ''international organization'',
''family'', and ''official guest''.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94-467 added subsec. (d).
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 11, 112, 878, 970, 1117,
1201, 1956, 2332b, 2332f, 2333, 2339A, 2339C, 3592 of this title;
title 8 section 1182; title 42 section 14135a.
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Sec. 1117. Conspiracy to murder
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If two or more persons conspire to violate section 1111, 1114,
1116, or 1119 of this title, and one or more of such persons do any
overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be
punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
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(Added Pub. L. 92-539, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat.
1071; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60009(b)(1), Sept.
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1972.)
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AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''1116, or 1119'' for ''or
1116''.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 115, 930 of this title.
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Sec. 1118. Murder by a Federal prisoner
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(a) Offense. - A person who, while confined in a Federal
correctional institution under a sentence for a term of life
imprisonment, commits the murder of another shall be punished by
death or by life imprisonment.
(b) Definitions. - In this section -
''Federal correctional institution'' means any Federal prison,
Federal correctional facility, Federal community program center,
or Federal halfway house.
''murder'' means a first degree or second degree murder (as
defined in section 1111).
''term of life imprisonment'' means a sentence for the term of
natural life, a sentence commuted to natural life, an
indeterminate term of a minimum of at least fifteen years and a
maximum of life, or an unexecuted sentence of death.
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(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60005(a), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1970.)
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PRIOR PROVISIONS
Another section 1118 was renumbered section 1122 of this title.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 1120, 3592 of this title;
title 42 section 14135a.
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Sec. 1119. Foreign murder of United States nationals
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(a) Definition. - In this section, ''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)).
(b) Offense. - A person who, being a national of the United
States, kills or attempts to kill a national of the United States
while such national is outside the United States but within the
jurisdiction of another country shall be punished as provided under
sections 1111, 1112, and 1113.
(c) Limitations on Prosecution. - (1) No prosecution may be
instituted against any person under this section except upon the
written approval of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney
General, or an Assistant Attorney General, which function of
approving prosecutions may not be delegated. No prosecution shall
be approved if prosecution has been previously undertaken by a
foreign country for the same conduct.
(2) No prosecution shall be approved under this section unless
the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
determines that the conduct took place in a country in which the
person is no longer present, and the country lacks the ability to
lawfully secure the person's return. A determination by the
Attorney General under this paragraph is not subject to judicial
review.
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(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60009(a), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1972.)
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 1117 of this title; title
42 section 14135a.
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18 USC Sec. 1120 01/06/03
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Sec. 1120. Murder by escaped prisoners
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(a) Definition. - In this section, ''Federal correctional
institution'' and ''term of life imprisonment'' have the meanings
stated in section 1118.
(b) Offense and Penalty. - A person, having escaped from a
Federal correctional institution where the person was confined
under a sentence for a term of life imprisonment, kills another
shall be punished as provided in sections 1111 and 1112.
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(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60012(a), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1973; amended Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(c)(2),
Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3499.)
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104-294 substituted ''Federal
correctional institution'' for ''Federal prison''.
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in title 42 section 14135a.
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Sec. 1121. Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State
correctional officers
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(a) Whoever intentionally kills -
(1) a State or local official, law enforcement officer, or
other officer or employee while working with Federal law
enforcement officials in furtherance of a Federal criminal
investigation -
(A) while the victim is engaged in the performance of
official duties;
(B) because of the performance of the victim's official
duties; or
(C) because of the victim's status as a public servant; or
(2) any person assisting a Federal criminal investigation,
while that assistance is being rendered and because of it,
shall be sentenced according to the terms of section 1111,
including by sentence of death or by imprisonment for life.
(b)(1) Whoever, in a circumstance described in paragraph (3) of
this subsection, while incarcerated, intentionally kills any State
correctional officer engaged in, or on account of the performance
of such officer's official duties, shall be sentenced to a term of
imprisonment which shall not be less than 20 years, and may be
sentenced to life imprisonment or death.
(2) As used in this section, the term, ''State correctional
officer'' includes any officer or employee of any prison, jail, or
other detention facility, operated by, or under contract to, either
a State or local governmental agency, whose job responsibilities
include providing for the custody of incarcerated individuals.
(3) The circumstance referred to in paragraph (1) is that -
(A) the correctional officer is engaged in transporting the
incarcerated person interstate; or
(B) the incarcerated person is incarcerated pursuant to a
conviction for an offense against the United States.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term ''State'' means a
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
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(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60015(a), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 1974; amended Pub. L. 104-294, title VI, Sec. 607(k),
Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3512.)
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-294 added subsec. (c).
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in title 42 section 14135a.
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Sec. 1122. Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus
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(a) In General. - Whoever, after testing positive for the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and receiving actual notice of that
fact, knowingly donates or sells, or knowingly attempts to donate
or sell, blood, semen, tissues, organs, or other bodily fluids for
use by another, except as determined necessary for medical research
or testing, shall be fined or imprisoned in accordance with
subsection (c).
(b) Transmission Not Required. - Transmission of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus does not have to occur for a person to be
convicted of a violation of this section.
(c) Penalty. - Any person convicted of violating the provisions
of subsection (a) shall be subject to a fine under this title of
not less than $10,000, imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more
than 10 years, or both.
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(Added Pub. L. 103-333, title V, Sec. 514, Sept. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 2574, Sec. 1118; renumbered Sec. 1122 and amended Pub. L.
104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(a)(5), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
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AMENDMENTS
1996 - Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 601(a)(5)(A), renumbered section
1118, relating to protection against human immunodeficiency virus,
as this section.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-294, Sec. 601(a)(5)(B), inserted ''under
this title'' after ''fine'' and struck out ''nor more than
$20,000'' after ''$10,000''.
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