Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I · Chapter 51 — Homicide
§ 1122. Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus
Statutory text
In General.—
Whoever, after testing positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and receiving actual notice of that fact, knowingly donates or sells, or knowingly attempts to donate or sell, blood, semen, tissues, organs, or other bodily fluids for use by another, except as determined necessary for medical research or testing or in accordance with all applicable guidelines and regulations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 377E of the Public Health Service Act, shall be fined or imprisoned in accordance with subsection (c).
Transmission Not Required.—
Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus does not have to occur for a person to be convicted of a violation of this section.
Penalty.—
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of subsection (a) shall be subject to a fine under this title of not less than $10,000, imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years, or both.
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.
Pub. L. 103–333 title V § 514 · 108 Stat. 2539
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1122
Added Pub. L. 103–333, title V, § 514, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2574, § 1118
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 103–333, title V, § 514, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2574, § 1118Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 514. Chapter 51 of title 18,United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: § 1118. Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus “(a) In General.— Whoever, after testing positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (IDV) and receiving actual notice of that fact, knowingly donates or sells, or knowingly attempts to donate or sell, blood, semen, tissues, organs, or other bodily fluids for use by another, except as determined necessary for medical research or testing, shall be fined or imprisoned in accordance with subsection (c). “(b) Transmission Not Required.— Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus does not have to occur for a person to be convicted of a violation of this section. “(c) Penalty.— Any person convicted of violating the provisions of subsection (a) shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10,000 nor more than $20,000, imprisoned for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years, or both.”.Economic Espionage Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–294 § 601(a)(5)(A) · 110 Stat. 3488
Changed · 18 U.S.C. § 1122
Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(a)(5)(A), renumbered section 1118, relating to protection against human immunodeficiency virus, as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(a)(5)(A), renumbered section 1118, relating to protection against human immunodeficiency virus, as this section.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) is redesignated as section 1122; andEconomic Espionage Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–294 § 601(a)(5)(B) · 110 Stat. 3488
Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1122(c)
Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(a)(5)(B), inserted “under this title” after “fine”
Struck · 18 U.S.C. § 1122(c)
Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(a)(5)(B), struck out “nor more than $20,000” after “$10,000”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(a)(5)(B), inserted “under this title” after “fine” and struck out “nor more than $20,000” after “$10,000”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) is amended in subsection (c) by— (i) inserting “under this title” after “fine”; and (ii) striking “nor more than $20,000”.HIV Organ Policy Equity Act
Pub. L. 113–51 § 3 · 127 Stat. 579
Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1122(a)
Pub. L. 113–51 inserted “or in accordance with all applicable guidelines and regulations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 377E of the Public Health Service Act” after “research or testing”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–51 inserted “or in accordance with all applicable guidelines and regulations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 377E of the Public Health Service Act” after “research or testing”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. Section 1122(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or in accordance with all applicable guidelines and regulations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 377E of the Public Health Service Act” after “research or testing”.
5 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 377E of the Public Health Service Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to section 274f–5 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Amendments1996–2013 · 2 rounds
2013
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–51 inserted “or in accordance with all applicable guidelines and regulations made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 377E of the Public Health Service Act” after “research or testing”.
1996
Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(a)(5)(A), renumbered section 1118, relating to protection against human immunodeficiency virus, as this section.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–294, § 601(a)(5)(B), inserted “under this title” after “fine” and struck out “nor more than $20,000” after “$10,000”.
Credits
1994–2013 · 3 acts
- 1994Added Pub. L. 103–333, title V, § 514, , 108 Stat. 2574, § 1118
- 1996renumbered § 1122 and amended Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(5), , 110 Stat. 3498
- 2013Pub. L. 113–51, § 3, , 127 Stat. 581.
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(Added Pub. L. 103–333, title V, § 514, , 108 Stat. 2574, § 1118; renumbered § 1122 and amended Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(5), , 110 Stat. 3498; Pub. L. 113–51, § 3, , 127 Stat. 581.)