18 U.S.C. § 832 : US Code - Section 832: Participation in nuclear and weapons of mass destruction threats to the United States

Search 18 U.S.C. § 832 : US Code - Section 832: Participation in nuclear and weapons of mass destruction threats to the United States

(a) Whoever, within the United States or subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, willfully participates in or
knowingly provides material support or resources (as defined in
section 2339A) to a nuclear weapons program or other weapons of
mass destruction program of a foreign terrorist power, or attempts
or conspires to do so, shall be imprisoned for not more than 20
years.
(b) There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an
offense under this section.
(c) Whoever without lawful authority develops, possesses, or
attempts or conspires to develop or possess a radiological weapon,
or threatens to use or uses a radiological weapon against any
person within the United States, or a national of the United States
while such national is outside of the United States or against any
property that is owned, leased, funded, or used by the United
States, whether that property is within or outside of the United
States, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
(d) As used in this section -
(1) "nuclear weapons program" means a program or plan for the
development, acquisition, or production of any nuclear weapon or
weapons;
(2) "weapons of mass destruction program" means a program or
plan for the development, acquisition, or production of any
weapon or weapons of mass destruction (as defined in section
2332a(c));
(3) "foreign terrorist power" means a terrorist organization
designated under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, or a state sponsor of terrorism designated under section
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 or section 620A of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and
(4) "nuclear weapon" means any weapon that contains or uses
nuclear material as defined in section 831(f)(1).