§ 970. Protection of property occupied by foreign governments

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. 1972

   Act for the Protection of Foreign Officials and Official Guests of the United States

   Pub. L. 92–539 title IV § 401 · 86 Stat. 1070

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 970

   Added Pub. L. 92–539, title IV, § 401, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1073

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 92–539, title IV, § 401, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1073

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 401. Chapter 45 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 62 Stat. 743. 18 USC 951. adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 970. Protection of property occupied by foreign governments “(a) Whoever willfully injures, damages, or destroys, or attempts Offenses and penalties. to injure, damage., or destroy, any property, real or personal, located within the United States and belonging to or utilized or occupied by any foreign government or international organization, by a foreign official or official guest., shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. “(b) For the purpose of this section ‘foreign official’, ‘foreign government’, Definitions. ‘international organization’, and ‘official guest’ shall have the same meanings as those provided in sections 1116 (b) and (c) of this title.” Ante, p. 1071.

2. 1976

   Act for the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons

   Pub. L. 94–467 § 7 · 90 Stat. 1997

   1. Added · 18 U.S.C. § 970(b); 18 U.S.C. § 970(c)

      Pub. L. 94–467 added subsec. (b)

   2. Redesignated · 18 U.S.C. § 970(b); 18 U.S.C. § 970(c)

      Pub. L. 94–467 redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c)

   3. Struck · 18 U.S.C. § 970(b); 18 U.S.C. § 970(c)

      Pub. L. 94–467 struck out reference to section 1116(c) of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 94–467 added subsec. (b), redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c), and struck out reference to section 1116(c) of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 7. Section 970 of title 18, United States Code, is amended: (a) by relettering subsection “(b)” as subsection “(c)” and amending the subsection to read as follows: “(c) For the purpose of this section ‘foreign government’, ‘foreign official’, ‘international organization’, and ‘official guest’ shall have the Ante, p. 1997. same meanings as those provided in section 1116(b) of this title.”; and (b) by inserting a new subsection “(b)” as follows: “(b) Whoever, willfully with intent to intimidate, coerce, threaten, or harass— “(1) forcibly thrusts any part of himself or any object within or upon that portion of any building or premises located within the United States, which portion is used or occupied for official business or for diplomatic, consular, or residential purposes by— “(A) a foreign government, including such use as a mission to an international organization; “(B) an international organization; “(C) a foreign official; or “(D) an official guest; or “(2) refuses to depart from such portion of such building or Premises after a request— “(A) by an employee of a foreign government or of an international organization, if such employee is authorized to make such request by the senior official of the unit of such government or organization which occupies such portion of such building or premises; “(B) by a foreign official or any member of the foreign official’s staff who is authorized by the foreign official to make such request; “(C) by an official guest or any member of the official guest’s staff who is authorized by the official guest to make such request; or “(D) by any person present having law enforcement powers; shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”.

3. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(L) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 970(a)

   Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (L) in sections 33, 224, 231, 241, 245, 246, 286, 289, 332, 335, 337, 351, 371, 437, 440, 441, 493, 496, 500, 510, 545, 595, 599, 600, 601, 641, 664, 665, 667, 757, 792, 793, 798, 844, 892, 893, 894, 924, 952, 955, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 970, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1019, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1027, 1082, 1084, 1115, 1202, 1361, 1362, 1364, 1365, 1385, 1461, 1462, 1464, 1587, 1623, 1654, 1656, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1910, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1992, 2101, 2113, 2153, 2154, 2155, 2156, 2231, 2232, 2271, 2274, 2275, 2314, 2315, 2383, 2386, 2387, 2388, and 2512 by striking “not more than $10,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

4. 1996

   Economic Espionage Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–294 title VI § 601(a)(2) · 110 Stat. 3488

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 970(b)

   Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500” in concluding provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500” in concluding provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) Section 970(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “fined not more than $500” and inserting “fined under this title”.

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