Possessions and Territories Criminal Law Clarification Act

Summary: Possessions and Territories Criminal Law Clarification Act - Makes technical and conforming amendments to specify the applicability to the territories, possessions, and commonwealths of the United States and the District of Columbia of specified provisions of the Federal criminal code and the Controlled Substances Act (including provisions regarding a conspiracy against rights, the deprivation of rights under color of law, espionage, censorship, firearms exemptions, fraud or false statements to financial institutions, bank robbery or burglary, the mailing of firearms, and criminal street gangs).

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Possessions and Territories Criminal 
Law Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF VARIOUS OFFENSES TO POSSESSIONS AND TERRITORIES.

    (a) Sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United States Code, are each 
amended by striking ``any State, Territory, or District'' and inserting 
``any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District''.
    (b) Sections 793(h)(1) and 794(d)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, are each amended by adding at the end the following: ``For the 
purposes of this subsection, the term `State' includes a State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (c) Section 925(a)(5) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``For the purpose of paragraphs (3) and (4)'' and inserting 
``For the purpose of paragraph (3)''.
    (d) Sections 1014 and 2113(g) of title 18, United States Code, are 
each amended by adding at the end the following: ``The term `State-
chartered credit union' includes a credit union chartered under the 
laws of a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (e) Section 1073 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end of the first paragraph the following: ``For the 
purposes of clause (3) of this paragraph, the term `State' includes a 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (f) Section 1715 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``State, Territory, or District'' each place those words 
appear and inserting ``State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or 
District''.
    (g) Section 1716 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ``State, Territory, or 
        the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``State'';
            (2) in subsection (g)(3) by striking ``the municipal 
        government of the District of Columbia or of the government of 
        any State or territory, or any county, city, or other political 
        subdivision of a State'' and inserting ``any State, or any 
        political subdivision of a State''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) For purposes of this section, the term `State' includes a 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (h) Section 1761 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) For the purposes of this section, the term `State' means a 
State of the United States and any commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States.''.
    (i) Section 3156(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
            (2) by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' at the 
        end of paragraph (4); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) the term `State' includes a State of the United 
        States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
        territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (j) Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is 
amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (26) to read as follows:
            ``(26) The term `State' means a State of the United States, 
        the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 
        possession of the United States.''; and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (43), as added by section 
        90105(d) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
        of 1994, as paragraph (44).
    (k) Section 1121 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) For the purposes of this section, the term `State' means a 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (l) Section 228(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ``commonwealth,'' before ``possession or territory of the 
United States''.
    (m) Section 1546(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of this section, the 
term `State' means a State of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States.''.
    (n) Section 1541 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first undesignated paragraph, by striking ``or 
        possession''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``For purposes of this section, the term `State' means a State of 
the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (o) Section 37(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in 
the final sentence by inserting before the period the following: ``, 
and the term `State' means a State of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
United States''.
    (p) Section 2281(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in 
the final sentence by inserting before the period the following: ``, 
and the term `State' means a State of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
United States''.
    (q) Section 521(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ```State' means a State of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply to 
offenses committed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

            Passed the Senate December 14, 1995.

            Attest:

                                             KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

                                                             Secretary.