§ 37. — Violence at international airports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC37]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 2--AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES
Sec. 37. Violence at international airports
(a) Offense.--A person who unlawfully and intentionally, using any
device, substance, or weapon--
(1) performs an act of violence against a person at an airport
serving international civil aviation that causes or is likely to
cause serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of this
title) or death; or
(2) destroys or seriously damages the facilities of an airport
serving international civil aviation or a civil aircraft not in
service located thereon or disrupts the services of the airport,
if such an act endangers or is likely to endanger safety at that
airport, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined
under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and if the
death of any person results from conduct prohibited by this subsection,
shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for
life.
(b) Jurisdiction.--There is jurisdiction over the prohibited
activity in subsection (a) if--
(1) the prohibited activity takes place in the United States; or
(2) the prohibited activity takes place outside the United
States and (A) the offender is later found in the United States; or
(B) an offender or a victim is a national of the United States (as
defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22))).
(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.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be section ``13(c)''.
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(Added Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60021(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 1979; amended Pub. L. 104-132, title VII, Secs. 721(g), 723(a)(1),
Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1299, 1300; Pub. L. 104-294, title VI,
Secs. 601(q), 607(o), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3502, 3512.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 723(a)(1), inserted ``or
conspires'' after ``attempts'' in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-132, Sec. 721(g), inserted subpar. (A)
designation and added subpar. (B).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-294 inserted heading and inserted ``, 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'' before period at end.
Effective Date
Section 60021(c) of Pub. L. 103-322 provided that: ``The amendment
made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect on the
later of--
``(1) the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 13, 1994]; or
``(2) the date on which the Protocol for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil
Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of
Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal
on 23 September 1971, has come into force and the United States has
become a party to the Protocol.'' [Protocol came into force and
United States became a party to the Protocol Nov. 18, 1994, Treaty
Doc. 100-19.]
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1956, 2332b, 2339A, 3592 of
this title.
