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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 37 — Espionage and Censorship

§ 799. Violation of regulations of National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Statutory text

Whoever willfully shall violate, attempt to violate, or conspire to violate any regulation or order promulgated by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the protection or security of any laboratory, station, base or other facility, or part thereof, or any aircraft, missile, spacecraft, or similar vehicle, or part thereof, or other property or equipment in the custody of the Administration, or any real or personal property or equipment in the custody of any contractor under any contract with the Administration or any subcontractor of any such contractor, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, 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.

  1. Pub. L. 85–568 title III § 304(c)(1) · 72 Stat. 426

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 799

    Added Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 304(c)(1), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 434

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 304(c)(1), July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 434

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§799. Violation of regulations of National Aeronautics and Space Administration “Whoever willfully shall violate, attempt to violate, or conspire to violate any regulation or order promulgated by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the protection or security of any laboratory, station, base or other facility, or part thereof, or any aircraft, missile, spacecraft, or similar vehicle, or part thereof, or other property or equipment in the custody of the Administration, or any real or personal property or equipment in the custody of any contractor under any contract with the Administration or any Penalty. subcontractor of any such contractor, shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”

  2. Violent 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. § 799

    Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.

    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”;

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.

Credits

1958–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1958Added Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 304(c)(1), , 72 Stat. 434
  2. 1994amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), , 108 Stat. 2147.
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(Added Pub. L. 85–568, title III, § 304(c)(1), , 72 Stat. 434; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), , 108 Stat. 2147.)

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