§ 2339. Harboring or concealing terrorists

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. 2001

   Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001

   Pub. L. 107–56 title VIII § 803(a) · 115 Stat. 272

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2339

   Added Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, § 803(a), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 376

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, § 803(a), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 376

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 2338 the following new section: “§ 2339. Harboring or concealing terrorists “(a) Whoever harbors or conceals any person who he knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, has committed, or is about to commit, an offense under section 32 (relating to destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities), section 175 (relating to biological weapons), section 229 (relating to chemical weapons), section 831 (relating to nuclear materials), paragraph (2) or (3) of section 844(f) (relating to arson and bombing of government property risking or causing injury or death), section 1366(a) (relating to the destruction of an energy facility), section 2280 (relating to violence against maritime navigation), section 2332a (relating to weapons of mass destruction), or section 2332b (relating to acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries) of this title, section 236(a) (relating to sabotage of nuclear facilities or fuel) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2284(a)), or section 46502 (relating to aircraft piracy) of title 49, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”. “(b) A violation of this section may be prosecuted in any Federal judicial district in which the underlying offense was committed, or in any other Federal judicial district as provided by law.”.

2. 2002

   Criminal Law Technical Amendments Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–273 div. B title IV § 4005(d)(2) · 116 Stat. 1758

   Changed · 18 U.S.C. § 2339

   Pub. L. 107–273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 107–56, § 803(a), which enacted this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 107–273 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 107–56, § 803(a), which enacted this section.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Effective on the date of its enactment, section 803(a) of Public Law 107-56 is amended by striking the close quotation mark and period that follows at the end of subsection (a) in the matter proposed to be inserted in title 18, United States Code, as a new section 2339.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4005(d)(2), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1813, provided that the amendment made by section 4005(d)(2) is effective Oct. 26, 2001.

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