18 U.S.C. § 2151 : US Code - Section 2151: Definitions

Search 18 U.S.C. § 2151 : US Code - Section 2151: Definitions

As used in this chapter:
The words "war material" include arms, armament, ammunition,
livestock, forage, forest products and standing timber, stores of
clothing, air, water, food, foodstuffs, fuel, supplies, munitions,
and all articles, parts or ingredients, intended for, adapted to,
or suitable for the use of the United States or any associate
nation, in connection with the conduct of war or defense
activities.
The words "war premises" include all buildings, grounds, mines,
or other places wherein such war material is being produced,
manufactured, repaired, stored, mined, extracted, distributed,
loaded, unloaded, or transported, together with all machinery and
appliances therein contained; and all forts, arsenals, navy yards,
camps, prisons, or other installations of the Armed Forces of the
United States, or any associate nation.
The words "war utilities" include all railroads, railways,
electric lines, roads of whatever description, any railroad or
railway fixture, canal, lock, dam, wharf, pier, dock, bridge,
building, structure, engine, machine, mechanical contrivance, car,
vehicle, boat, aircraft, airfields, air lanes, and fixtures or
appurtenances thereof, or any other means of transportation
whatsoever, whereon or whereby such war material or any troops of
the United States, or of any associate nation, are being or may be
transported either within the limits of the United States or upon
the high seas or elsewhere; and all air-conditioning systems, dams,
reservoirs, aqueducts, water and gas mains and pipes, structures
and buildings, whereby or in connection with which air, water or
gas is being furnished, or may be furnished, to any war premises or
to the Armed Forces of the United States, or any associate nation,
and all electric light and power, steam or pneumatic power,
telephone and telegraph plants, poles, wires, and fixtures, and
wireless stations, and the buildings connected with the maintenance
and operation thereof used to supply air, water, light, heat,
power, or facilities of communication to any war premises or to the
Armed Forces of the United States, or any associate nation.
The words "associate nation" mean any nation at war with any
nation with which the United States is at war.
The words "national-defense material" include arms, armament,
ammunition, livestock, forage, forest products and standing timber,
stores of clothing, air, water, food, foodstuffs, fuel, supplies,
munitions, and all other articles of whatever description and any
part or ingredient thereof, intended for, adapted to, or suitable
for the use of the United States in connection with the national
defense or for use in or in connection with the producing,
manufacturing, repairing, storing, mining, extracting,
distributing, loading, unloading, or transporting of any of the
materials or other articles hereinbefore mentioned or any part or
ingredient thereof.
The words "national-defense premises" include all buildings,
grounds, mines, or other places wherein such national-defense
material is being produced, manufactured, repaired, stored, mined,
extracted, distributed, loaded, unloaded, or transported, together
with all machinery and appliances therein contained; and all forts,
arsenals, navy yards, camps, prisons, or other installations of the
Armed Forces of the United States.
The words "national-defense utilities" include all railroads,
railways, electric lines, roads of whatever description, railroad
or railway fixture, canal, lock, dam, wharf, pier, dock, bridge,
building, structure, engine, machine, mechanical contrivance, car,
vehicle, boat, aircraft, airfields, air lanes, and fixtures or
appurtenances thereof, or any other means of transportation
whatsoever, whereon or whereby such national-defense material, or
any troops of the United States, are being or may be transported
either within the limits of the United States or upon the high seas
or elsewhere; and all air-conditioning systems, dams, reservoirs,
aqueducts, water and gas mains and pipes, structures, and
buildings, whereby or in connection with which air, water, or gas
may be furnished to any national-defense premises or to the Armed
Forces of the United States, and all electric light and power,
steam or pneumatic power, telephone and telegraph plants, poles,
wires, and fixtures and wireless stations, and the buildings
connected with the maintenance and operation thereof used to supply
air, water, light, heat, power, or facilities of communication to
any national-defense premises or to the Armed Forces of the United
States.