[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC33]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 2--AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Sec. 33. Destruction of motor vehicles or motor vehicle
facilities
(a) Whoever willfully, with intent to endanger the safety of any
person on board or anyone who he believes will board the same, or with a
reckless disregard for the safety of human life, damages, disables,
destroys, tampers with, or places or causes to be placed any explosive
or other destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to, any motor
vehicle which is used, operated, or employed in interstate or foreign
commerce, or its cargo or material used or intended to be used in
connection with its operation; or
Whoever willfully, with like intent, damages, disables, destroys,
sets fire to, tampers with, or places or causes to be placed any
explosive or other destructive substance in, upon, or in proximity to
any garage, terminal, structure, supply, or facility used in the
operation of, or in support of the operation of, motor vehicles engaged
in interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise makes or causes such
property to be made unworkable, unusable, or hazardous to work or use;
or
Whoever, with like intent, willfully disables or incapacitates any
driver or person employed in connection with the operation or
maintenance of the motor vehicle, or in any way lessens the ability of
such person to perform his duties as such; or
Whoever willfully attempts to do any of the aforesaid acts--
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty
years, or both.
(b) Whoever is convicted of a violation of subsection (a) involving
a motor vehicle that, at the time the violation occurred, carried high-
level radioactive waste (as that term is defined in section 2(12) of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(12))) or spent nuclear
fuel (as that term is defined in section 2(23) of the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23))), shall be fined under this
title and imprisoned for any term of years not less than 30, or for
life.
(Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 540; amended Pub. L.
103-322, title
