§ 956. — Conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons or damage property in a foreign country.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC956]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 45--FOREIGN RELATIONS
Sec. 956. Conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons or
damage property in a foreign country
(a)(1) Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States,
conspires with one or more other persons, regardless of where such other
person or persons are located, to commit at any place outside the United
States an act that would constitute the offense of murder, kidnapping,
or maiming if committed in the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States shall, if any of the conspirators
commits an act within the jurisdiction of the United States to effect
any object of the conspiracy, be punished as provided in subsection
(a)(2).
(2) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a)(1) of this
section is--
(A) imprisonment for any term of years or for life if the
offense is conspiracy to murder or kidnap; and
(B) imprisonment for not more than 35 years if the offense is
conspiracy to maim.
(b) Whoever, within the jurisdiction of the United States, conspires
with one or more persons, regardless of where such other person or
persons are located, to damage or destroy specific property situated
within a foreign country and belonging to a foreign government or to any
political subdivision thereof with which the United States is at peace,
or any railroad, canal, bridge, airport, airfield, or other public
utility, public conveyance, or public structure, or any religious,
educational, or cultural property so situated, shall, if any of the
conspirators commits an act within the jurisdiction of the United States
to effect any object of the conspiracy, be imprisoned not more than 25
years.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 744; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII,
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104-132,
title VII, Sec. 704(a), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1294.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 234 of title 22, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Foreign
Relations and Intercourse (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title VIII, Sec. 5, 40
Stat. 226).
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-132 substituted ``Conspiracy to kill, kidnap,
maim, or injure persons or damage property in a foreign country'' for
``Conspiracy to injure property of foreign government'' as section
catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as
follows:
``(a) If two or more persons within the jurisdiction of the United
States conspire to injure or destroy specific property situated within a
foreign country and belonging to a foreign government or to any
political subdivision thereof with which the United States is at peace,
or any railroad, canal, bridge, or other public utility so situated, and
if one or more such persons commits an act within the jurisdiction of
the United States to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the
parties to the conspiracy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than three years, or both.
``(b) Any indictment or information under this section shall
describe the specific property which it was the object of the conspiracy
to injure or destroy.''
1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this
title'' for ``fined not more than $5,000''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1717, 1956, 2332b, 2339A,
3142 of this title.
