Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2332 : US Code - Notes
Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 2332 : US Code - Notes
(Added Pub. L. 99-399, title XII, Sec. 1202(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100
Stat. 896, Sec. 2331; amended Pub. L. 101-519, Sec. 132(b), Nov. 5,
1990, 104 Stat. 2250; Pub. L. 102-27, title IV, Sec. 402, Apr. 10,
1991, 105 Stat. 155; Pub. L. 102-136, Sec. 126, Oct. 25, 1991, 105
Stat. 643; renumbered Sec. 2332 and amended Pub. L. 102-572, title
X, Sec. 1003(a)(1), (2), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4521; Pub. L. 103-
322, title VI, Sec. 60022, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1980; Pub. L.
104-132, title VII, Sec. 705(a)(6), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1295.)
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-132 substituted "ten years" for
"five years" in concluding provisions.
1994 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-322 amended par. (1)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "if the
killing is a murder as defined in section 1111(a) of this title, be
fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for
life, or both so fined and so imprisoned;".
1992 - Pub. L. 102-572 renumbered section 2331 of this title as
this section, substituted "Criminal penalties" for "Terrorist acts
abroad against United States national" in section catchline,
redesignated subsec. (e) as (d), and struck out former subsec. (d)
which read as follows: "Definition. - As used in this section the
term 'national of the United States' has the meaning given such
term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22))."
1991 - Pub. L. 102-27, Sec. 402, as amended by Pub. L. 102-136,
Sec. 126, repealed Pub. L. 101-519, Sec. 132, and amended this
section to read as if Pub. L. 101-519, Sec. 132, had not been
enacted, effective as of Nov. 5, 1990, the date of enactment of
Pub. L. 101-519. See Codification note preceding this section.
1990 - Pub. L. 101-519, Sec. 132, which amended this section, was
repealed by Pub. L. 102-27, Sec. 402, as amended. See 1991
Amendment note above.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 applicable to any pending case or
any cause of action arising on or after 4 years before Oct. 29,
1992, see section 1003(c) of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as an
Effective Date note under section 2331 of this title.