§ 2272. Violation of specific sections

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “section”.

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. 1946

   Pub. L. 83–724 · 68 Stat. 998

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2272

   Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 222, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 958

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 222, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 958

2. 1969

   Pub. L. 91–161 · 83 Stat. 444

   Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 2272

   Pub. L. 91–161 increased maximum term of imprisonment from five years to ten years for willful violation, or attempted violation of enumerated sections, and struck out applicability of death penalty for violation of same offenses committed with intent to injure the United States, or secure an advantage to any foreign nation

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 91–161 increased maximum term of imprisonment from five years to ten years for willful violation, or attempted violation of enumerated sections, and struck out applicability of death penalty for violation of same offenses committed with intent to injure the United States, or secure an advantage to any foreign nation.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 91–161, § 7, Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 445, provided that: “The amendments contained in sections 2 and 3 of this Act [amending this section and sections 2274 and 2276 of this title] shall apply only to offenses under sections 222, 224, 225, and 226 [this section and sections 2274, 2275, and 2276 of this title] which are committed on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 24, 1969]. Nothing in section 2 or 3 of this Act shall affect penalties authorized under existing law for offenses under section 222, 224, 225, or 226 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, committed prior to the date of enactment of this Act.”

3. 2004

   Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004

   Pub. L. 108–458 title VI § 6904(b) · 118 Stat. 3638

   1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 2272

      Pub. L. 108–458 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 2272

      Pub. L. 108–458 struck out “, 2122,” after “2077”

   3. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 2272

      Pub. L. 108–458 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 108–458 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out “, 2122,” after “2077”, and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Violations.— Section 222 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2272) is amended by— (1) inserting at the beginning “a.” before “Whoever”; (2) striking “, 92,”; and (3) inserting at the end the following: “b. Any person who violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, section 92 shall be fined not more than $2,000,000 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment not less than 25 years or to imprisonment for life. Any person who, in the course of a violation of section 92, uses, attempts or conspires to use, or possesses and threatens to use, any atomic weapon shall be fined not more than $2,000,000 and imprisoned for not less than 30 years or imprisoned for life. If the death of another results from a person’s violation of section 92, the person shall be fined not more than $2,000,000 and punished by imprisonment for life.” .

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