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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 113B — Terrorism

§ 2332d. Financial transactions

Statutory text

(a)

Offense.—

Except as provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, whoever, being a United States person, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that a country is designated under section 6(j) 1 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405) as a country supporting international terrorism, engages in a financial transaction with the government of that country, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.

(b)

Definitions.—

As used in this section—

(1)

the term “financial transaction” has the same meaning as in section 1956(c)(4); and

(2)

the term “United States person” means any—

(A)

United States citizen or national;

(B)

permanent resident alien;

(C)

juridical person organized under the laws of the United States; or

(D)

any person in the United States.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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. Pub. L. 104–132 title III § 321(a) · 110 Stat. 1214

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2332d

    Added Pub. L. 104–132, title III, § 321(a), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1254

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 104–132, title III, § 321(a), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1254

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, relating to terrorism, is amended by inserting after the section 2332c added by section 521 of this Act the following new section: “§ 2332d. Financial transactions “(a) Offense.— Except as provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, whoever, being a United States person, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that a country is designated under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2405) as a country supporting international terrorism, engages in a financial transaction with the government of that country, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both. “(b) Definitions.— As used in this section— “(1) the term ‘financial transaction’ has the same meaning as in section 1956(c)(4); and “(2) the term ‘United States person’ means any— “(A) United States citizen or national; “(B) permanent resident alien; “(C) juridical person organized under the laws of the United States; or “(D) any person in the United States.”.

  2. Criminal Law Technical Amendments Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–273 div. B title IV § 4002(a)(5) · 116 Stat. 1758

    Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 2332d(a)

    Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “of 1979” after “Export Administration Act”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “of 1979” after “Export Administration Act”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (5) Correcting erroneous amendatory language on executed amendment.— Effective on the date of the enactment of Public Law 103-322, section 60003(a)(13) of such public law is amended by striking “$1,000,000 or imprisonment” and inserting “$1,000,000 and imprisonment”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (a), was classified to section 2405(j) of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as section 4605(j) of Title 50, and was repealed by Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVII, § 1766(a), , 132 Stat. 2232. For provisions similar to those of former section 4605(j) of Title 50, see section 4813(c) of Title 50, as enacted by Pub. L. 115–232.

Codification

Another section 2332d was renumbered section 2332e of this title.

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–273 inserted “of 1979” after “Export Administration Act”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 104–132, title III, § 321(c), , 110 Stat. 1254, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall become effective 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [].”

Credits

1996–2002 · 2 acts
  1. 1996Added Pub. L. 104–132, title III, § 321(a), , 110 Stat. 1254
  2. 2002amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(a)(5), , 116 Stat. 1806.
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(Added Pub. L. 104–132, title III, § 321(a), , 110 Stat. 1254; amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(a)(5), , 116 Stat. 1806.)

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