§ 1367. Interference with the operation of a satellite

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. 1986

   Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

   Pub. L. 99–508 title III § 303(a) · 100 Stat. 1848

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1367

   (Added Pub. L. 99–508, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1872.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Added Pub. L. 99–508, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1872.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Offense.— Chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: “§ 1367. Interference with the operation of a satellite “(a) Whoever, without the authority of the satellite operator, intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite or obstructs or hinders any satellite transmission shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both. “(b) This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency or of an intelligence agency of the United States.”

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