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Union Calendar No. 699 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4002 

[Report No. 114–889] 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make various improvements in 

Federal criminal law, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2015 

Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. LABRADOR, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. COLLINS of Georgia) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FORBES, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, and Mr. 

GOHMERT

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make various 

improvements in Federal criminal law, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Code Im5 provement Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REVISION OF GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR TITLE 18, 

7 UNITED STATES CODE. 

8 Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

9 to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

‘‘Subchapter 

‘‘A. Definitions .................................................................................... 1 

‘‘B. Principal and derivative criminal responsibility ......... 5 

‘‘C. Criminal states of mind .......................................................... 11 

‘‘D. Defenses ........................................................................................ 15 

‘‘E. Derivation of offenses from relevant State offences 

in special jurisdiction .......................................... 20 

‘‘F. Other General Provisions ...................................................... 21 

11 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER A—DEFINITIONS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘1. Definitions for title. 

12 ‘‘§ 1. Definitions for title 

13 ‘‘In this title, the following definitions apply unless 

14 otherwise provided: 

15 ‘‘(1) The term ‘United States’ when used in a 

16 territorial sense, includes all places and waters, con17 tinental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the 

18 United States. 

19 ‘‘(2) The term ‘department’ means one of the 

20 executive departments enumerated in section 1 of 


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1 title 5, unless the context shows that such term was 

2 intended to describe the executive, legislative, or ju3 dicial branches of the Government. 

4 ‘‘(3) The term ‘agency’ includes any depart5 ment, independent establishment, commission, ad6 ministration, authority, board, or bureau of the 

7 United States or any corporation in which the 

8 United States has a proprietary interest, unless the 

9 context shows that such term was intended to be 

10 used in a more limited sense. 

11 ‘‘(4) The term ‘State’ means a State of the 

12 United States, the District of Columbia, or any com13 monwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

14 States. 

15 ‘‘(5) The term ‘special maritime and territorial 

16 jurisdiction of the United States’ is as follows: 

17 ‘‘(A) The high seas, any other waters with18 in the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of 

19 the United States and out of the jurisdiction of 

20 any particular State, and any vessel belonging 

21 in whole or in part to the United States or any 

22 citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by 

23 or under the laws of the United States, or of 

24 any State, when such vessel is within the admi25 ralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United 


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1 States and out of the jurisdiction of any par2 ticular State. 

3 ‘‘(B) Any vessel registered, licensed, or en4 rolled under the laws of the United States, and 

5 being on a voyage upon the waters of any of the 

6 Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting 

7 them, or upon the Saint Lawrence River where 

8 the same constitutes the International Bound9 ary Line. 

10 ‘‘(C) Any lands reserved or acquired for 

11 the use of the United States, and under the ex12 clusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, or any 

13 place purchased or otherwise acquired by the 

14 United States by consent of the legislature of 

15 the State in which the same shall be, for the 

16 erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal, dockyard, 

17 or other needful building. 

18 ‘‘(D) Any island, rock, or key containing 

19 deposits of guano, which may, at the discretion 

20 of the President, be considered as appertaining 

21 to the United States. 

22 ‘‘(E) Any aircraft belonging in whole or in 

23 part to the United States, or any citizen there24 of, or to any corporation created by or under 

25 the laws of the United States, or any State, 


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1 while such aircraft is in flight over the high 

2 seas, or over any other waters within the admi3 ralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United 

4 States and out of the jurisdiction of any par5 ticular State. 

6 ‘‘(F) Any vehicle used or designed for 

7 flight or navigation in space and on the registry 

8 of the United States pursuant to the Treaty on 

9 Principles Governing the Activities of States in 

10 the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, In11 cluding the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies 

12 and the Convention on Registration of Objects 

13 Launched into Outer Space, while that vehicle 

14 is in flight, which is from the moment when all 

15 external doors are closed on Earth following 

16 embarkation until the moment when one such 

17 door is opened on Earth for disembarkation or 

18 in the case of a forced landing, until the com19 petent authorities take over the responsibility 

20 for the vehicle and for persons and property 

21 aboard. 

22 ‘‘(G) Any place outside the jurisdiction of 

23 any nation with respect to an offense by or 

24 against a national of the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(H) To the extent permitted by inter2 national law, any foreign vessel during a voyage 

3 having a scheduled departure from or arrival in 

4 the United States with respect to an offense 

5 committed by or against a national of the 

6 United States. 

7 ‘‘(I) With respect to offenses committed by 

8 or against a national of the United States as 

9 that term is used in section 101 of the Immi10 gration and Nationality Act— 

11 ‘‘(i) the premises of United States 

12 diplomatic, consular, military, or other 

13 United States Government missions or en14 tities in foreign states, including the build15 ings, parts of buildings, and land appur16 tenant or ancillary thereto or used for pur17 poses of those missions or entities, irre18 spective of ownership; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) residences in foreign states and 

20 the land appurtenant or ancillary thereto, 

21 irrespective of ownership, used for pur22 poses of those missions or entities or used 

23 by United States personnel assigned to 

24 those missions or entities. 


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1 ‘‘(J) Nothing in subparagraph (I) super2 sedes any treaty or international agreement 

3 with which this clause conflicts. Subparagraph 

4 (I) does not apply with respect to an offense 

5 committed by a person described in section 

6 3261(a). 

7 ‘‘(6) The term ‘vessel of the United States’ 

8 means a vessel belonging in whole or in part to the 

9 United States, or any citizen thereof, or any cor10 poration created by or under the laws of the United 

11 States, or of any State. 

12 ‘‘(7) The term ‘obligation or other security of 

13 the United States’ includes all bonds, certificates of 

14 indebtedness, national bank currency, Federal Re15 serve notes, Federal Reserve bank notes, coupons, 

16 United States notes, Treasury notes, gold certifi17 cates, silver certificates, fractional notes, certificates 

18 of deposit, bills, checks, or drafts for money, drawn 

19 by or upon authorized officers of the United States, 

20 stamps and other representatives of value, of what21 ever denomination, issued under any Act of Con22 gress, and canceled United States stamps. 

23 ‘‘(8) The term ‘foreign government’ except in 

24 sections 112, 878, 970, 1116, and 1201, includes 

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1 in a country with which the United States is at 

2 peace, irrespective of recognition by the United 

3 States. 

4 ‘‘(9) The term ‘obligation or other security of 

5 any foreign government’ includes uncanceled stamps, 

6 whether or not demonetized. 

7 ‘‘(10) The term ‘interstate commerce’ means 

8 commerce between or among more than one State. 

9 ‘‘(11) The term ‘foreign commerce’ means com10 merce with a foreign country. 

11 ‘‘(12) The term ‘Postal Service’ means the 

12 United States Postal Service established under title 

13 39, and every officer and employee of that Service, 

14 whether or not such officer or employee has taken 

15 the oath of office. 

16 ‘‘(13) The term ‘crime of violence’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) an offense that has as an element the 

18 use, attempted use, or threatened use of phys19 ical force against the person or property of an20 other; or 

21 ‘‘(B) any other offense that is a felony and 

22 that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk 

23 that physical force against the person or prop24 erty of another may be used in the course of 

25 committing the offense. 


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1 ‘‘(14) The term ‘organization’ means a person 

2 other than an individual. 

3 ‘‘(15) The term ‘petty offense’ means a Class B 

4 misdemeanor, a Class C misdemeanor, or an infrac5 tion, for which the maximum fine is no greater than 

6 the amount set forth for such an offense in section 

7 3571(b)(6) or (7) in the case of an individual or sec8 tion 3571(c)(6) or (7) in the case of an organization. 

9 ‘‘(16) The term ‘financial institution’ means— 

10 ‘‘(A) an insured depository institution (as 

11 defined in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal De12 posit Insurance Act); 

13 ‘‘(B) a credit union with accounts insured 

14 by the National Credit Union Share Insurance 

15 Fund; 

16 ‘‘(C) a Federal home loan bank or a mem17 ber, as defined in section 2 of the Federal 

18 Home Loan Bank Act, of the Federal home 

19 loan bank system; 

20 ‘‘(D) a System institution of the Farm 

21 Credit System, as defined in section 5.35(3) of 

22 the Farm Credit Act of 1971; 

23 ‘‘(E) a small business investment company, 

24 as defined in section 103 of the Small Business 

25 Investment Act of 1958; 


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1 ‘‘(F) a depository institution holding com2 pany (as defined in section 3(w)(1) of the Fed3 eral Deposit Insurance Act; 

4 ‘‘(G) a Federal Reserve bank or a member 

5 bank of the Federal Reserve System; 

6 ‘‘(H) an organization operating under sec7 tion 25 or section 25A of the Federal Reserve 

8 Act; 

9 ‘‘(I) a branch or agency of a foreign bank 

10 (as such terms are defined respectively in sec11 tion 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 

12 1978); or 

13 ‘‘(J) a mortgage lending business or any 

14 person or entity that makes in whole or in part 

15 a federally related mortgage loan as defined in 

16 section 3 of the Real Estate Settlement Proce17 dures Act of 1974. 

18 ‘‘(17) The term ‘mortgage lending business’ 

19 means an organization which finances or refinances 

20 any debt secured by an interest in real estate, in21 cluding private mortgage companies and any subsidi22 aries of such organizations, and whose activities af23 fect interstate or foreign commerce. 

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1 Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 

2 District Court of the Virgin Islands. 

3 ‘‘(19) The term ‘Federal health care offense’ 

4 means a violation of, or a criminal conspiracy to vio5 late— 

6 ‘‘(A) section 669, 1035, 1347, or 1518 of 

7 this title or section 1128B of the Social Secu8 rity Act; or 

9 ‘‘(B) section 287, 371, 664, 666, 1001, 

10 1027, 1341, 1343, 1349, or 1954 of this title, 

11 section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

12 Cosmetic Act, section 501 of the Employee Re13 tirement Income Security Act of 1974, or sec14 tion 411, 518, or 511 of the Employee Retire15 ment Income Security Act of 1974, if the viola16 tion or conspiracy relates to a health care ben17 efit program. 

18 ‘‘(20) The term ‘health care benefit program’ 

19 means any public or private plan or contract, affect20 ing interstate commerce or foreign commerce, under 

21 which any medical benefit, item, or service is pro22 vided to any individual, and includes any individual 

23 or entity who is providing a medical benefit, item, or 

24 service for which payment may be made under the 

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1 ‘‘(21) The term ‘seaport’ means all piers, 

2 wharves, docks, and similar structures, adjacent to 

3 any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United 

4 States, to which a vessel may be secured, including 

5 areas of land, water, or land and water under and 

6 in immediate proximity to such structures, buildings 

7 on or contiguous to such structures, and the equip8 ment and materials on such structures or in such 

9 buildings. 

10 ‘‘(22) The term ‘serious bodily injury’ means 

11 bodily injury which involves— 

12 ‘‘(A) a substantial risk of death; 

13 ‘‘(B) extreme physical pain; 

14 ‘‘(C) protracted and obvious disfigurement; 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(D) protracted loss or impairment of the 

17 function of a bodily member, organ, or mental 

18 faculty. 

19 ‘‘(23) The term ‘bodily injury’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) a cut, abrasion, bruise, burn, or dis21 figurement; 

22 ‘‘(B) physical pain; 

23 ‘‘(C) illness; 

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1 ‘‘(E) any other injury to the body, no mat2 ter how temporary. 

3 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—PRINCIPAL AND DERIVATIVE 

4 CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘5. Principals. 

‘‘6. Accessory after the fact. 

‘‘7. Misprision of felony. 

‘‘8. Use of minors in crimes of violence. 

5 ‘‘§ 5. Principals 

6 ‘‘(a) Whoever commits an offense against the United 

7 States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or pro8 cures its commission, is punishable as a principal. 

9 ‘‘(b) Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which 

10 if directly performed by him or another would be an of11 fense against the United States, is punishable as a prin12 cipal. 

13 ‘‘§ 6. Accessory after the fact 

14 ‘‘(a) Whoever, knowing that an offense against the 

15 United States has been committed, receives, relieves, com16 forts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent 

17 his apprehension, trial, or punishment, is an accessory 

18 after the fact. 

19 ‘‘(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided by any 

20 Act of Congress, an accessory after the fact shall be im21 prisoned not more than one-half the maximum term of im22 prisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not 

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1 punishment of the principal, or both; or if the principal 

2 is punishable by life imprisonment or death, the accessory 

3 shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years. 

4 ‘‘§ 7. Misprision of felony 

5 ‘‘Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commis6 sion of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, 

7 conceals and does not as soon as possible make known 

8 the same to some judge or other person in civil or military 

9 authority under the United States, shall be fined under 

10 this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. 

11 ‘‘§ 8. Use of minors in crimes of violence 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘minor’ means a person who has 

14 not reached 18 years of age; and 

15 ‘‘(2) the term ‘uses’ means employs, hires, per16 suades, induces, entices, or coerces. 

17 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Any person who is 18 years of age 

18 or older, who intentionally uses a minor to commit a crime 

19 of violence for which such person may be prosecuted in 

20 a court of the United States, or to assist in avoiding detec21 tion or apprehension for such an offense, shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) for the first conviction, be subject to twice 

23 the maximum term of imprisonment and twice the 

24 maximum fine that would otherwise be authorized 

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1 ‘‘(2) for each subsequent conviction, be subject 

2 to 3 times the maximum term of imprisonment and 

3 3 times the maximum fine that would otherwise be 

4 authorized for the offense. 

5 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER C—CRIMINAL STATES OF MIND 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘11. Default state of mind proof requirement in Federal criminal cases. 

‘‘12. Stolen or counterfeit nature of property for certain crimes defined. 

6 ‘‘§ 11. Default state of mind proof requirement in Fed7 eral criminal cases 

8 ‘‘If no state of mind is required by law for a Federal 

9 criminal offense— 

10 ‘‘(1) the state of mind the Government must 

11 prove is knowing; and 

12 ‘‘(2) if the offense consists of conduct that a 

13 reasonable person in the same or similar cir14 cumstances would not know, or would not have rea15 son to believe, was unlawful, the Government must 

16 prove that the defendant knew, or had reason to be17 lieve, the conduct was unlawful. 

18 ‘‘§ 12. Stolen or counterfeit nature of property for 

19 certain crimes defined 

20 ‘‘(a) Wherever in this title it is an element of an of21 fense that— 

22 ‘‘(1) any property was embezzled, robbed, sto23 len, converted, taken, altered, counterfeited, falsely 

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1 ‘‘(2) the defendant knew that the property was 

2 of such character; 

3 such element may be established by proof that the defend4 ant, after or as a result of an official representation as 

5 to the nature of the property, believed the property to be 

6 embezzled, robbed, stolen, converted, taken, altered, coun7 terfeited, falsely made, forged, or obliterated. 

8 ‘‘(b) In this section, the term ‘official representation’ 

9 means any representation made by a Federal law enforce10 ment officer (as defined in section 115) or by another per11 son at the direction or with the approval of such an officer. 

12 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER D—INSANITY DEFENSE 

‘‘15. Insanity defenses 

13 ‘‘§ 15. Insanity defense 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It is an affirmative defense to 

15 a prosecution under any Federal statute that, at the time 

16 of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the 

17 defendant, as a result of a severe mental disease or defect, 

18 was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the 

19 wrongfulness of his acts. Mental disease or defect does not 

20 otherwise constitute a defense. 

21 ‘‘(b) BURDEN OF PROOF FOR INSANITY DEFENSE.— 

22 The defendant has the burden of proving the defense of 

23 insanity by clear and convincing evidence. 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER E—DERIVATION OF OFFENSES 

2 FROM RELEVANT STATE OFFENSES IN SPE3 CIAL JURISDICTION 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20. Laws of States adopted for areas within Federal jurisdiction. 

4 ‘‘§ 20. Laws of States adopted for areas within Fed5 eral jurisdiction 

6 ‘‘(a) Whoever within the special maritime and terri7 torial jurisdiction of the United States or on, above, or 

8 below any portion of the territorial sea of the United 

9 States not within the jurisdiction of any State is guilty 

10 of any act or omission which, although not made punish11 able by any enactment of Congress, would be punishable 

12 if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State 

13 in which such place is situated, by the laws thereof in force 

14 at the time of such act or omission, shall be guilty of a 

15 like offense and subject to a like punishment. 

16 ‘‘(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and for purposes 

17 of subsection (a) of this section, that which may or shall 

18 be imposed through judicial or administrative action under 

19 the law of a State for a conviction for operating a motor 

20 vehicle under the influence of a drug or alcohol, shall be 

21 considered to be a punishment provided by that law. Any 

22 limitation on the right or privilege to operate a motor vehi23 cle imposed under this subsection shall apply only to the 


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1 special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 

2 States. 

3 ‘‘(2)(A) In addition to any term of imprisonment pro4 vided for operating a motor vehicle under the influence 

5 of a drug or alcohol imposed under the law of a State, 

6 the punishment for such an offense under this section 

7 shall include an additional term of imprisonment of not 

8 more than 1 year, or if serious bodily injury of a minor 

9 is caused, not more than 5 years, or if death of a minor 

10 is caused, not more than 10 years, and an additional fine 

11 under this title, or both, if— 

12 ‘‘(i) a minor (other than the offender) was 

13 present in the motor vehicle when the offense was 

14 committed; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the law of the State in which the offense 

16 occurred does not provide an additional term of im17 prisonment under the circumstances described in 

18 clause (i). 

19 ‘‘(B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 

20 ‘minor’ means a person less than 18 years of age. 

21 ‘‘(c) Whenever any waters of the territorial sea of the 

22 United States lie outside the territory of any State, such 

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1 section (a), to lie within the area of the State that it would 

2 lie within if the boundaries of such State, Commonwealth, 

3 territory, possession, or district were extended seaward to 

4 the outer limit of the territorial sea of the United States. 

5 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER F—OTHER GENERAL 

6 PROVISIONS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘21. Non-preemption. 

‘‘22. Extraterritorial jurisdiction over derivative offenses. 

7 ‘‘§ 21. Non-preemption 

8 ‘‘The existence of a Federal criminal offense does not 

9 preclude the application of a State or local law to the con10 duct proscribed by the offense, unless the law specifically 

11 so provides or the State or local law requires conduct con12 stituting the Federal criminal offense. 

13 ‘‘§ 22. Extraterritorial jurisdiction over derivative of14 fenses 

15 ‘‘If extraterritorial jurisdiction exists for an offense 

16 defined by a provision of law, then extraterritorial jurisdic17 tion also exists for any offense arising under subchapter 

18 B as a result of conduct with respect the offense so de19 fined.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ELIMINATE REP21 ETITION IN THE DEFINITION OF ‘‘STATE’’. 

22 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in section 31(a), by striking paragraph (9); 


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1 (2) in section 37(c), by striking ‘‘, and the 

2 term’’ and all that follows through the end of the 

3 subsection and inserting a period; 

4 (3) in section 207(j)(7)(C)— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 

6 (v); 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of 

8 clause (vi) and inserting a period; and 

9 (C) by striking clause (vii); 

10 (4) in section 224(b), by striking ‘‘, territory, 

11 Commonwealth, or possession’’ each place it ap12 pears; 

13 (5) in section 228(f)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end of 

15 paragraph (1); and 

16 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

17 (6) in section 232, by striking paragraph (8); 

18 (7) in section 242, by striking ‘‘, Territory, 

19 Commonwealth, Possession, or District’’; 

20 (8) in section 245, by striking subsection (d); 

21 (9) in section 248(e), by striking paragraph (6). 

22 (10) in section 249(c)— 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para2 graph (4) and inserting a period; and 

3 (C) by striking paragraph (5); 

4 (11) in section 372, by striking ‘‘, Territory, 

5 Possession, or District’’; 

6 (12) in section 402, by striking the last para7 graph; 

8 (13) in section 491, by striking ‘‘, Common9 wealth of Puerto Rico, territory, possession, or the 

10 District of Columbia’’; 

11 (14) in section 513(c)— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para13 graph (3)(E); 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para15 graph (4) and inserting a period; and 

16 (C) by striking paragraph (5); 

17 (15) in section 521(a), by striking ‘‘ ‘State’ 

18 means’’ and all that follows through ‘‘United 

19 States.’’; 

20 (16) in section 595— 

21 (A) in the heading for that section, by 

22 striking ‘‘, State, or Territorial’’ and in23 serting ‘‘or State’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘, Territory, or Possession 

2 of the United States’’ each other place it ap3 pears; 

4 (17) in the item relating to section 595 in the 

5 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 29, by 

6 striking ‘‘, State, or Territorial’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

7 State’’; 

8 (18) in section 601(b)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para10 graph (1); 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para12 graph (2) and inserting a period; and 

13 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

14 (19) in section 666— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para16 graph (3); and 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (4); 

18 (20) in section 793(h)(1), by striking the last 

19 sentence; 

20 (21) in section 794(d)(1), by striking the last 

21 sentence; 

22 (22) in section 798(d), by striking paragraph 

23 (5); 

24 (23) in section 831(f)(7), by striking ‘‘, State,’’ 

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1 (24) in section 836, by striking the penultimate 

2 paragraph; 

3 (25) in section 841, by striking the last sen4 tence of paragraph (b); 

5 (26) in section 891, by striking paragraph (8); 

6 (27) in section 921(a), by striking the last sen7 tence of paragraph (2); 

8 (28) in the last sentence of section 1014, by 

9 striking ‘‘of the United States’’ and all that follows 

10 through the end of that sentence, and inserting a pe11 riod; 

12 (29) in section 1020, by striking ‘‘or Terri13 tory’’; 

14 (30) in section 1028(d)— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para16 graph (10); and 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (11); 

18 (31) in section 1029(f), by striking the last sen19 tence; 

20 (32) in section 1030(e), by striking paragraph 

21 (3); 

22 (33) in section 1033— 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para2 graph (3) and inserting a period; and 

3 (C) by striking paragraph (4); 

4 (34) in section 1073, by striking the last sen5 tence of the first paragraph; 

6 (35) in section 1074(b)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘, Territory, Common8 wealth, or possession of the United States’’; 

9 and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘they would’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘it would’’; 

12 (36) in section 1084, by striking subsection (e); 

13 (37) in section 1121, by striking subsection (c); 

14 (38) in section 1162— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘or Territories’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘or Territory’’ each place 

17 it appears; 

18 (39) in section 1202, by striking subsection (c); 

19 (40) in section 1262, by striking ‘‘, Territory, 

20 District, or Possession’’ each place it appears; 

21 (41) in section 1265, by striking ‘‘, Territory, 

22 District or Possession’’; 

23 (42) in section 1307(c), by striking ‘‘(1) 

24 ‘State’ ’’ and all that follows through ‘‘and (2)’’; 


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1 (43) in section 1511(b), by striking paragraph 

2 (3); 

3 (44) in section 1541, by striking the last para4 graph; 

5 (45) in section 1546(c), by striking the last sen6 tence; 

7 (46) in section 1715, by striking ‘‘, Territory, 

8 Commonwealth, Possession, or District’’ each place 

9 it appears; 

10 (47) in section 1716, by striking subsection (k); 

11 (48) in section 1716E, by striking subsection 

12 (i); 

13 (49) in section 1761, by striking subsection (e); 

14 (50) in section 1838, by striking ‘‘, State,’’ and 

15 all that follows through ‘‘territory’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

16 State’’; 

17 (51) in section 1951(b)(3)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘any Territory or Posses19 sion of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

20 territory or possession of the United States’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘, Territory, Possession, or 

23 the District of Columbia’’; 

24 (52) in section 1952(b)— 

25 (A) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘and (ii) the term’’ and all 

2 that follows through ‘‘possession of the United 

3 States’’; 

4 (53) in section 1953(c), by striking ‘‘, Common5 wealth of Puerto Rico, territory, possession, or the 

6 District of Columbia’’; 

7 (54) in section 1953(d)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para9 graph (4)(B); 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para11 graph (5) and inserting a period; and 

12 (C) by striking paragraph (6); 

13 (55) in section 1955(b), by striking paragraph 

14 (6); 

15 (56) in section 1956(c)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para17 graph (7)(F); and 

18 (B) by striking paragraph (8); 

19 (57) in section 1958(b)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para21 graph (1); 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para23 graph (2) and inserting a period; and 

24 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

25 (58) in section 1960(b)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para2 graph (1)(C); 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para4 graph (2) and inserting a period; and 

5 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

6 (59) in section 1992(d), by striking paragraph 

7 (14); 

8 (60) in section 2246— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para10 graph (4); 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para12 graph (5) and inserting a period; and 

13 (C) by striking paragraph (6); 

14 (61) in section 2265A(b)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para16 graph (1)(B); and 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

18 (62) in section 2266, by striking paragraph (8); 

19 (63) in section 2281(c), by striking ‘‘, and the 

20 term ‘State’ ’’ and all that follows through the end 

21 of subsection (c), and inserting a period; 

22 (64) in section 2293(b), by striking paragraph 

23 (2); 

24 (65) in section 2313— 

25 (A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking subsection (b); 

2 (66) in section 2315, by striking the penul3 timate paragraph; 

4 (67) in section 2341, by striking paragraph (4); 

5 (68) in section 2384, by striking ‘‘or Terri6 tory’’; 

7 (69) in section 2385, by striking ‘‘, Territory, 

8 District or Possession thereof,’’; 

9 (70) in section 2386(B)(2)(c), by striking ‘‘, 

10 Territory, District, or possession of the United 

11 States’’; 

12 (71) in section 2426(b)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para14 graph (1)(B); and 

15 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

16 (72) in section 2510, by striking paragraph (3); 

17 (73) in section 3077, by striking paragraph (5); 

18 (74) in section 3127— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para20 graph (4); 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para22 graph (5), and inserting a period; and 

23 (C) by striking paragraph (6); 

24 (75) in section 3156— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para2 graph (3); 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para4 graph (4)(C), and inserting a period; and 

5 (C) by striking paragraph (5); 

6 (76) in section 3182— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘State or Territory’’ each 

8 place it appears, including in the section head9 ing, and inserting ‘‘State’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘State, District, or Terri11 tory’’ each place it appears, including in the 

12 section heading, and inserting ‘‘State’’; 

13 (77) in the item relating to section 3182 in the 

14 table of sections for chapter 209— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘State or Territory’’ each 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘State’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘State, District, or Terri18 tory’’ each place it appears and inserting 

19 ‘‘State’’; 

20 (78) in section 3183— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘, Territory, or Pos22 session’’ in the heading; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘, Territory, District, or 

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1 (79) in the item relating to section 3183 in the 

2 table of sections for chapter 209, by striking ‘‘, Ter3 ritory, or Possession’’; 

4 (80) in section 3194, by striking ‘‘or Terri5 tory’’; 

6 (81) in section 3481, by striking ‘‘, District, 

7 Possession or Territory’’; 

8 (82) by striking section 3528 and the item re9 lating to that section in the table of sections at the 

10 beginning of chapter 224; 

11 (83) in section 3559(c)(2)— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub13 paragraph (F)(ii); and 

14 (B) by striking subparagraph (G); 

15 (84) in section 3559(e)(2)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub17 paragraph (C); 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub19 paragraph (D), and inserting a period; and 

20 (C) by striking subparagraph (E); 

21 (85) in section 3563(b)(20), by striking ‘‘, the 

22 District of Columbia, or any other possession or ter23 ritory of the United States,’’; 

24 (86) in section 4002, by striking ‘‘, Territory,’’; 

25 (87) in section 4003— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘or Territory,’’; and 

2 (B) by striking ‘‘, Territory,’’; 

3 (88) in section 4013(b), by striking ‘‘, terri4 tory,’’; 

5 (89) in section 4101, by striking paragraph (j); 

6 (90) in section 5003— 

7 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or terri8 tory’’ each place it appears; and 

9 (B) by striking subsection (d); and 

10 (91) in section 5032, by striking the second 

11 sentence in the second paragraph. 

12 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ELIMINATE REP13 ETITIOUS DEFINITIONS OF ‘‘SERIOUS BODILY 

14 INJURY’’. 

15 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in section 37(a), by striking ‘‘(as defined in 

17 section 1365 of this title)’’; 

18 (2) in section 38(b)(2), by striking ‘‘(as defined 

19 in section 1365)’’; 

20 (3) in section 48(a)(1)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 

22 1365 and including’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

23 (B) by striking the close parenthesis; 

24 (4) in section 113(b), by striking paragraph 

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1 (5) in section 115(b)(1)(iv)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘(as that term is defined in 

3 section 1365 of this title, and including’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

5 (B) by striking the close parenthesis and 

6 inserting a comma; 

7 (6) in section 249(c)(1), by striking ‘‘section 

8 1365(h)(4) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1’’; 

9 (7) in section 1111(c)— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para11 graph (4); and 

12 (B) by striking paragraph (5); 

13 (8) in section 1347(a), by striking ‘‘(as defined 

14 in section 1365 of this title)’’; 

15 (9) in section 1365(h)— 

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para17 graph (1); 

18 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of 

19 paragraph (2) and inserting a period; and 

20 (C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 

21 (10) in section 1841, by striking ‘‘(as defined in 

22 section 1365)’’; 

23 (11) in section 1992(d), by striking paragraph 

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1 (12) in subparagraph (2) of the third undesig2 nated paragraph of section 2119— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 

4 1365 of this title, including’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘or’’; and 

6 (B) by striking the close parenthesis; 

7 (13) in section 2199(2)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘occurs (as defined under 

9 section 1365, including’’; and 

10 (B) by striking the close parenthesis and 

11 inserting ‘‘occurs’’; 

12 (14) in section 2237(b)(3), by striking ‘‘(as de13 fined in section 1365)’’; 

14 (15) in section 2291(a)(7), by striking ‘‘, as de15 fined in section 1365(h)(3)’’; 

16 (16) in section 2332b(g), by striking paragraph 

17 (3); 

18 (17) in section 2332f(e), by striking paragraph 

19 (1); 

20 (18) in section 2339C(e), by striking paragraph 

21 ( 11); 

22 (19) in section 2339D(c), by striking paragraph 

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1 (20) in section 3559, in each of subsections 

2 (c)(3)(A)(ii) and (f)(3), by striking ‘‘(as defined in 

3 section 1365)’’. 

4 SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED REFERENCES TO THE 

5 CANAL ZONE. 

6 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in section 702, by striking ‘‘or in the Canal 

8 Zone’’; 

9 (2) in section 841(b), by striking ‘‘(not includ10 ing the Canal Zone) each place it appears’’; and 

11 (3) in section 921(a)(2), by striking ‘‘(not in12 cluding the Canal Zone) each place it appears’’. 

13 SEC. 6. INVENTORY AND INDEX OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL OF14 FENSES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 28, United 

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘§ 530E. Inventory and index of Federal criminal of19 fenses 

20 ‘‘The Attorney General shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) develop, maintain, and keep up to date a 

22 current inventory and current subject matter index 

23 of all Federal criminal offenses, including violations 

24 of agency rules or regulations that by Federal stat25 ute constitute or define Federal criminal offenses; 


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1 ‘‘(2) design the inventory and index to which 

2 paragraph (1) refers to include the text of all Fed3 eral criminal offenses to which paragraph (1) refers 

4 and otherwise to maximize its usefulness to members 

5 of the public seeking to ensure their compliance with 

6 Federal criminal statutes and attorneys advising 

7 members of the public with respect to such compli8 ance; and 

9 ‘‘(3) beginning not later than one year after the 

10 date of enactment of this section, make available to 

11 the public at no charge, through the Internet and by 

12 such other means as the Attorney General deter13 mines appropriate, the inventory and index to which 

14 paragraph (1) refers.’’. 

15 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

16 at the beginning of chapter 31 of title 28, United States 

17 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

18 item: 

‘‘530E. Inventory and index of Federal criminal offenses.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 699 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4002 

[Report No. 114–889] 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to make 

and for other purposes. various improvements in Federal criminal law, 

DECEMBER 23, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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