Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 956 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 18 U.S.C. § 956 : US Code - Notes

(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".