§ 915. Art. 115. Communicating threats

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72 · 70A Stat. 72

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 915

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72

2. 2016

   Military Justice Act of 2016

   Pub. L. 114–328 div. E title LX § 5427 · 130 Stat. 2000

   Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 915

   Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the offense of malingering. See section 883 of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the offense of malingering. See section 883 of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 5427. COMMUNICATING THREATS.   Section 915 of title 10, United States Code (article 115 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended to read as follows: “§ 915. Art. 115. Communicating threats “(a) Communicating Threats Generally.— Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person, property, or reputation of another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. “(b) Communicating Threat to Use Explosive, etc.— Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person or property of another by use of (1) an explosive, (2) a weapon of mass destruction, (3) a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or (4) a hazardous material, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. “(c) Communicating False Threat Concerning Use of Explosive, etc.— Any person subject to this chapter who maliciously communicates a false threat concerning injury to the person or property of another by use of (1) an explosive, (2) a weapon of mass destruction, (3) a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or (4) a hazardous material, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. As used in the preceding sentence, the term ‘false threat’ means a threat that, at the time the threat is communicated, is known to be false by the person communicating the threat.” .

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.

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