Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I · Chapter 97 — Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Systems on Land, on Water, or Through the Air
§ 1991. Entering train to commit crime
Statutory text
Whoever, in any Territory or District, or within or upon any place within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and maliciously trespasses upon or enters upon any railroad train, railroad car, or railroad locomotive, with the intent to commit murder or robbery, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
Whoever, within such jurisdiction, willfully and maliciously trespasses upon or enters upon any railroad train, railroad car, or railroad locomotive, with intent to commit any unlawful violence upon or against any passenger on said train, or car, or upon or against any engineer, conductor, fireman, brakeman, or any officer or employee connected with said locomotive, train, or car, or upon or against any express messenger or mail agent on said train or in any car thereof, or to commit any crime or offense against any person or property thereon, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Upon the trial of any person charged with any offense set forth in this section, it shall not be necessary to set forth or prove the particular person against whom it was intended to commit the offense, or that it was intended to commit such offense against any particular person.
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. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1991
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(K) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1991
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000” in first par
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000” in first par.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(K) in sections 35, 81, 112, 152, 153, 155, 212, 213, 214, 285, 334, 351, 435, 436, 438, 471, 472, 473, 476, 477, 478, 481, 485, 487, 488, 497, 498, 505, 506, 508, 509, 541, 542, 543, 544, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 592, 593, 602, 603, 606, 607, 642, 655, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 751, 799, 844, 872, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 914, 915, 924, 953, 954, 956, 1004, 1010, 1011, 1015, 1017, 1025, 1028, 1071, 1073, 1074, 1163, 1169, 1231, 1265, 1363, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1465, 1503, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1510, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1588, 1658, 1659, 1717, 1732, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1991, 2072, 2073, 2113, 2217, 2152, 2197, 2231, 2244, 2314, 2316, 2317, 2344, and 2701 by striking “not more than $5,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;Economic Espionage Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–294 title VI § 601(a)(8) · 110 Stat. 3488
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1991
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in second par
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in second par.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(8) Sections 1821, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1905, 1916, 1918, 1991, 2115, 2116, 2191, 2192, 2194, 2199, 2234, 2235, and 2236 of title 18, United States Code, are each amended by striking “fined not more than $1,000” each place it appears and inserting “fined under this title”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 522 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 322, 35 Stat. 1150).
After the word “Whoever” the following was inserted: “in any Territory or District, or within or upon any place within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States” as based upon the express provisions of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 511, wherein this section is made applicable only “in any Territory or District, or within or upon any place within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.”
Words “whoever shall counsel, aid, abet, or assist in the perpetration of any of the offenses set forth in this section shall be deemed to be a principal therein” were omitted as unnecessary. Such persons are made principals by section 2 of this title.
Minor changes also were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1994–1996 · 2 rounds
1996
Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in second par.
1994
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000” in first par.
Credits
1948–1996 · 3 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794
- 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), , 108 Stat. 2147
- 1996Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8), , 110 Stat. 3498.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), , 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 601(a)(8), , 110 Stat. 3498.)