§ 2384. Seditious conspiracy

Statutory text

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty 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.

1948
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 2384
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808
1994
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(N) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 2384
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $20,000”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $20,000”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(N) in sections 844, 878, 1728, 1955, 1958, 2321, 2384, and 2385 by striking “not more than $20,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 6 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 6, 35 Stat. 1089).

Editorial Notes

Amendments1956–1994 · 2 rounds

1994

Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $20,000”.

1956

Act July 24, 1956, substituted “$20,000” for “$5,000”, and “twenty years” for “six years”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1956 Amendment

Act July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 3, 70 Stat. 624, provided that: “The foregoing amendments [amending this section and section 2385 of this title] shall apply only with respect to offenses committed on and after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 24, 1956].”

Credits

1948–1994 · 3 acts

1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808
1956July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623
1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.

Show as published

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)