I 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4002 

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 

A BILL 

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

improvements in Federal criminal law, and for other 

purposes. 

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: 


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1 ‘‘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 

2 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER A—DEFINITIONS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘1. Definitions for title. 

3 ‘‘§ 1. Definitions for title 

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

5 otherwise provided: 

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

7 territorial sense, includes all places and waters, con8 tinental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the 

9 United States. 

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

11 executive departments enumerated in section 1 of 

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

13 intended to describe the executive, legislative, or ju14 dicial branches of the Government. 

15 ‘‘(3) The term ‘agency’ includes any depart16 ment, independent establishment, commission, ad17 ministration, authority, board, or bureau of the 

18 United States or any corporation in which the 

19 United States has a proprietary interest, unless the 


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1 context shows that such term was intended to be 

2 used in a more limited sense. 

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

4 United States, the District of Columbia, or any com5 monwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

6 States. 

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

8 jurisdiction of the United States’ is as follows: 

9 ‘‘(A) The high seas, any other waters with10 in the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of 

11 the United States and out of the jurisdiction of 

12 any particular State, and any vessel belonging 

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

14 citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by 

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

16 any State, when such vessel is within the admi17 ralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United 

18 States and out of the jurisdiction of any par19 ticular State. 

20 ‘‘(B) Any vessel registered, licensed, or en21 rolled under the laws of the United States, and 

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

23 Great Lakes, or any of the waters connecting 

24 them, or upon the Saint Lawrence River where 


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1 the same constitutes the International Bound2 ary Line. 

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

4 the use of the United States, and under the ex5 clusive or concurrent jurisdiction thereof, or any 

6 place purchased or otherwise acquired by the 

7 United States by consent of the legislature of 

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

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

10 or other needful building. 

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

12 deposits of guano, which may, at the discretion 

13 of the President, be considered as appertaining 

14 to the United States. 

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

16 part to the United States, or any citizen there17 of, or to any corporation created by or under 

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

19 while such aircraft is in flight over the high 

20 seas, or over any other waters within the admi21 ralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United 

22 States and out of the jurisdiction of any par23 ticular State. 

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

25 flight or navigation in space and on the registry 


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1 of the United States pursuant to the Treaty on 

2 Principles Governing the Activities of States in 

3 the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, In4 cluding the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies 

5 and the Convention on Registration of Objects 

6 Launched into Outer Space, while that vehicle 

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

8 external doors are closed on Earth following 

9 embarkation until the moment when one such 

10 door is opened on Earth for disembarkation or 

11 in the case of a forced landing, until the com12 petent authorities take over the responsibility 

13 for the vehicle and for persons and property 

14 aboard. 

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

16 any nation with respect to an offense by or 

17 against a national of the United States. 

18 ‘‘(H) To the extent permitted by inter19 national law, any foreign vessel during a voyage 

20 having a scheduled departure from or arrival in 

21 the United States with respect to an offense 

22 committed by or against a national of the 

23 United States. 

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

25 or against a national of the United States as 


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1 that term is used in section 101 of the Immi2 gration and Nationality Act— 

3 ‘‘(i) the premises of United States 

4 diplomatic, consular, military, or other 

5 United States Government missions or en6 tities in foreign states, including the build7 ings, parts of buildings, and land appur8 tenant or ancillary thereto or used for pur9 poses of those missions or entities, irre10 spective of ownership; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) residences in foreign states and 

12 the land appurtenant or ancillary thereto, 

13 irrespective of ownership, used for pur14 poses of those missions or entities or used 

15 by United States personnel assigned to 

16 those missions or entities. 

17 ‘‘(J) Nothing in subparagraph (I) super18 sedes any treaty or international agreement 

19 with which this clause conflicts. Subparagraph 

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

21 committed by a person described in section 

22 3261(a). 

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

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

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1 poration created by or under the laws of the United 

2 States, or of any State. 

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

4 the United States’ includes all bonds, certificates of 

5 indebtedness, national bank currency, Federal Re6 serve notes, Federal Reserve bank notes, coupons, 

7 United States notes, Treasury notes, gold certifi8 cates, silver certificates, fractional notes, certificates 

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

10 by or upon authorized officers of the United States, 

11 stamps and other representatives of value, of what12 ever denomination, issued under any Act of Con13 gress, and canceled United States stamps. 

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

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

16 any government, faction, or body of insurgents with17 in a country with which the United States is at 

18 peace, irrespective of recognition by the United 

19 States. 

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

21 any foreign government’ includes uncanceled stamps, 

22 whether or not demonetized. 

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

24 commerce between or among more than one State. 


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1 ‘‘(11) The term ‘foreign commerce’ means com2 merce with a foreign country. 

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

4 United States Postal Service established under title 

5 39, and every officer and employee of that Service, 

6 whether or not such officer or employee has taken 

7 the oath of office. 

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

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

10 use, attempted use, or threatened use of phys11 ical force against the person or property of an12 other; or 

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

14 that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk 

15 that physical force against the person or prop16 erty of another may be used in the course of 

17 committing the offense. 

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

19 other than an individual. 

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

21 misdemeanor, a Class C misdemeanor, or an infrac22 tion, for which the maximum fine is no greater than 

23 the amount set forth for such an offense in section 

24 3571(b)(6) or (7) in the case of an individual or sec25 tion 3571(c)(6) or (7) in the case of an organization. 


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

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

3 defined in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal De4 posit Insurance Act); 

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

6 by the National Credit Union Share Insurance 

7 Fund; 

8 ‘‘(C) a Federal home loan bank or a mem9 ber, as defined in section 2 of the Federal 

10 Home Loan Bank Act, of the Federal home 

11 loan bank system; 

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

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

14 the Farm Credit Act of 1971; 

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

16 as defined in section 103 of the Small Business 

17 Investment Act of 1958; 

18 ‘‘(F) a depository institution holding com19 pany (as defined in section 3(w)(1) of the Fed20 eral Deposit Insurance Act; 

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

22 bank of the Federal Reserve System; 

23 ‘‘(H) an organization operating under sec24 tion 25 or section 25A of the Federal Reserve 

25 Act; 


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

2 (as such terms are defined respectively in sec3 tion 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 

4 1978); or 

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

6 person or entity that makes in whole or in part 

7 a federally related mortgage loan as defined in 

8 section 3 of the Real Estate Settlement Proce9 dures Act of 1974. 

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

11 means an organization which finances or refinances 

12 any debt secured by an interest in real estate, in13 cluding private mortgage companies and any subsidi14 aries of such organizations, and whose activities af15 fect interstate or foreign commerce. 

16 ‘‘(18) The term ‘court of the United States’ in17 cludes the District Court of Guam, the District 

18 Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 

19 District Court of the Virgin Islands. 

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

21 means a violation of, or a criminal conspiracy to vio22 late— 

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

24 this title or section 1128B of the Social Secu25 rity Act; or 


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

2 1027, 1341, 1343, 1349, or 1954 of this title, 

3 section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

4 Cosmetic Act, section 501 of the Employee Re5 tirement Income Security Act of 1974, or sec6 tion 411, 518, or 511 of the Employee Retire7 ment Income Security Act of 1974, if the viola8 tion or conspiracy relates to a health care ben9 efit program. 

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

11 means any public or private plan or contract, affect12 ing interstate commerce or foreign commerce, under 

13 which any medical benefit, item, or service is pro14 vided to any individual, and includes any individual 

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

16 service for which payment may be made under the 

17 plan or contract. 

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

19 wharves, docks, and similar structures, adjacent to 

20 any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United 

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

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

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1 ment and materials on such structures or in such 

2 buildings. 

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

4 bodily injury which involves— 

5 ‘‘(A) a substantial risk of death; 

6 ‘‘(B) extreme physical pain; 

7 ‘‘(C) protracted and obvious disfigurement; 

8 or 

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

10 function of a bodily member, organ, or mental 

11 faculty. 

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

13 ‘‘(A) a cut, abrasion, bruise, burn, or dis14 figurement; 

15 ‘‘(B) physical pain; 

16 ‘‘(C) illness; 

17 ‘‘(D) impairment of the function of a bod18 ily member, organ, or mental faculty; or 

19 ‘‘(E) any other injury to the body, no mat20 ter how temporary. 

21 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER B—PRINCIPAL AND DERIVATIVE 

22 CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘5. Principals. 

‘‘6. Accessory after the fact. 

‘‘7. Misprision of felony. 

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


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1 ‘‘§ 5. Principals 

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

3 States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or pro4 cures its commission, is punishable as a principal. 

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

6 if directly performed by him or another would be an of7 fense against the United States, is punishable as a prin8 cipal. 

9 ‘‘§ 6. Accessory after the fact 

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

11 United States has been committed, receives, relieves, com12 forts, or assists the offender in order to hinder or prevent 

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

14 after the fact. 

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

16 Act of Congress, an accessory after the fact shall be im17 prisoned not more than one-half the maximum term of im18 prisonment or (notwithstanding section 3571) fined not 

19 more than one-half the maximum fine prescribed for the 

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

21 is punishable by life imprisonment or death, the accessory 

22 shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years. 

23 ‘‘§ 7. Misprision of felony 

24 ‘‘Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commis25 sion of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, 

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

2 authority under the United States, shall be fined under 

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

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

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

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

7 not reached 18 years of age; and 

8 ‘‘(2) the term ‘uses’ means employs, hires, per9 suades, induces, entices, or coerces. 

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

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

12 of violence for which such person may be prosecuted in 

13 a court of the United States, or to assist in avoiding detec14 tion or apprehension for such an offense, shall— 

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

16 the maximum term of imprisonment and twice the 

17 maximum fine that would otherwise be authorized 

18 for the offense; and 

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

20 to 3 times the maximum term of imprisonment and 

21 3 times the maximum fine that would otherwise be 

22 authorized for the offense. 

23 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER C—CRIMINAL STATES OF MIND 

‘‘Sec. 

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

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1 ‘‘§ 11. Default state of mind proof requirement in Fed2 eral criminal cases 

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

4 criminal offense— 

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

6 prove is knowing; and 

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

8 reasonable person in the same or similar cir9 cumstances would not know, or would not have rea10 son to believe, was unlawful, the Government must 

11 prove that the defendant knew, or had reason to be12 lieve, the conduct was unlawful. 

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

14 certain crimes defined 

15 ‘‘(a) Wherever in this title it is an element of an of16 fense that— 

17 ‘‘(1) any property was embezzled, robbed, sto18 len, converted, taken, altered, counterfeited, falsely 

19 made, forged, or obliterated; and 

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

21 of such character; 

22 such element may be established by proof that the defend23 ant, after or as a result of an official representation as 

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

25 embezzled, robbed, stolen, converted, taken, altered, coun26 terfeited, falsely made, forged, or obliterated. 


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

2 means any representation made by a Federal law enforce3 ment officer (as defined in section 115) or by another per4 son at the direction or with the approval of such an officer. 

5 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER D—INSANITY DEFENSE 

‘‘15. Insanity defenses 

6 ‘‘§ 15. Insanity defense 

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

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

9 of the commission of the acts constituting the offense, the 

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

11 was unable to appreciate the nature and quality or the 

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

13 otherwise constitute a defense. 

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

15 The defendant has the burden of proving the defense of 

16 insanity by clear and convincing evidence. 

17 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER E—DERIVATION OF OFFENSES 

18 FROM RELEVANT STATE OFFENSES IN SPE19 CIAL JURISDICTION 

‘‘Sec. 

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

20 ‘‘§ 20. Laws of States adopted for areas within Fed21 eral jurisdiction 

22 ‘‘(a) Whoever within the special maritime and terri23 torial jurisdiction of the United States or on, above, or 


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1 below any portion of the territorial sea of the United 

2 States not within the jurisdiction of any State is guilty 

3 of any act or omission which, although not made punish4 able by any enactment of Congress, would be punishable 

5 if committed or omitted within the jurisdiction of the State 

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

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

8 like offense and subject to a like punishment. 

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

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

11 be imposed through judicial or administrative action under 

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

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

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

15 limitation on the right or privilege to operate a motor vehi16 cle imposed under this subsection shall apply only to the 

17 special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 

18 States. 

19 ‘‘(2)(A) In addition to any term of imprisonment pro20 vided for operating a motor vehicle under the influence 

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

22 the punishment for such an offense under this section 

23 shall include an additional term of imprisonment of not 

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

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


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

2 under this title, or both, if— 

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

4 present in the motor vehicle when the offense was 

5 committed; and 

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

7 occurred does not provide an additional term of im8 prisonment under the circumstances described in 

9 clause (i). 

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

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

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

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

14 waters (including the airspace above and the seabed and 

15 subsoil below, and artificial islands and fixed structures 

16 erected thereon) shall be deemed, for purposes of sub17 section (a), to lie within the area of the State that it would 

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

19 territory, possession, or district were extended seaward to 

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

21 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER F—OTHER GENERAL 

22 PROVISIONS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘21. Non-preemption. 

‘‘22. Extraterritorial jurisdiction over derivative offenses. 


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1 ‘‘§ 21. Non-preemption 

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

3 preclude the application of a State or local law to the con4 duct proscribed by the offense, unless the law specifically 

5 so provides or the State or local law requires conduct con6 stituting the Federal criminal offense. 

7 ‘‘§ 22. Extraterritorial jurisdiction over derivative of8 fenses 

9 ‘‘If extraterritorial jurisdiction exists for an offense 

10 defined by a provision of law, then extraterritorial jurisdic11 tion also exists for any offense arising under subchapter 

12 B as a result of conduct with respect the offense so de13 fined.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ELIMINATE REP15 ETITION IN THE DEFINITION OF ‘‘STATE’’. 

16 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

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

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

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

20 subsection and inserting a period; 

21 (3) in section 207(j)(7)(C)— 

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

23 (v); 

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

25 clause (vi) and inserting a period; and 

26 (C) by striking clause (vii); 


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

2 Commonwealth, or possession’’ each place it ap3 pears; 

4 (5) in section 228(f)— 

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

6 paragraph (1); and 

7 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

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

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

10 Commonwealth, Possession, or District’’; 

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

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

13 (10) in section 249(c)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para15 graph (3); 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para17 graph (4) and inserting a period; and 

18 (C) by striking paragraph (5); 

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

20 Possession, or District’’; 

21 (12) in section 402, by striking the last para22 graph; 

23 (13) in section 491, by striking ‘‘, Common24 wealth of Puerto Rico, territory, possession, or the 

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1 (14) in section 513(c)— 

2 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para3 graph (3)(E); 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para5 graph (4) and inserting a period; and 

6 (C) by striking paragraph (5); 

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

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

9 States.’’; 

10 (16) in section 595— 

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

12 striking ‘‘, State, or Territorial’’ and in13 serting ‘‘or State’’; and 

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

15 of the United States’’ each other place it ap16 pears; 

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

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

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

20 State’’; 

21 (18) in section 601(b)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para23 graph (1); 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para25 graph (2) and inserting a period; and 


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1 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

2 (19) in section 666— 

3 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para4 graph (3); and 

5 (B) by striking paragraph (4); 

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

7 sentence; 

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

9 sentence; 

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

11 (5); 

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

13 and all that follows through ‘‘of the United States’’; 

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

15 paragraph; 

16 (25) in section 841, by striking the last sen17 tence of paragraph (b); 

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

19 (27) in section 921(a), by striking the last sen20 tence of paragraph (2); 

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

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

23 through the end of that sentence, and inserting a pe24 riod; 


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1 (29) in section 1020, by striking ‘‘or Terri2 tory’’; 

3 (30) in section 1028(d)— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para5 graph (10); and 

6 (B) by striking paragraph (11); 

7 (31) in section 1029(f), by striking the last sen8 tence; 

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

10 (3); 

11 (33) in section 1033— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para13 graph (2); 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para15 graph (3) and inserting a period; and 

16 (C) by striking paragraph (4); 

17 (34) in section 1073, by striking the last sen18 tence of the first paragraph; 

19 (35) in section 1074(b)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘, Territory, Common21 wealth, or possession of the United States’’; 

22 and 

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

24 ‘‘it would’’; 

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


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

2 (38) in section 1162— 

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

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

5 it appears; 

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

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

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

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

10 District or Possession’’; 

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

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

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

14 (3); 

15 (44) in section 1541, by striking the last para16 graph; 

17 (45) in section 1546(c), by striking the last sen18 tence; 

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

20 Commonwealth, Possession, or District’’ each place 

21 it appears; 

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

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

24 (i); 

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


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

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

3 State’’; 

4 (51) in section 1951(b)(3)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘any Territory or Posses6 sion of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

7 territory or possession of the United States’’; 

8 and 

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

10 the District of Columbia’’; 

11 (52) in section 1952(b)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and 

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

14 that follows through ‘‘possession of the United 

15 States’’; 

16 (53) in section 1953(c), by striking ‘‘, Common17 wealth of Puerto Rico, territory, possession, or the 

18 District of Columbia’’; 

19 (54) in section 1953(d)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para21 graph (4)(B); 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para23 graph (5) and inserting a period; and 

24 (C) by striking paragraph (6); 


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

2 (6); 

3 (56) in section 1956(c)— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para5 graph (7)(F); and 

6 (B) by striking paragraph (8); 

7 (57) in section 1958(b)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para9 graph (1); 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para11 graph (2) and inserting a period; and 

12 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

13 (58) in section 1960(b)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para15 graph (1)(C); 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para17 graph (2) and inserting a period; and 

18 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

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

20 (14); 

21 (60) in section 2246— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para23 graph (4); 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para25 graph (5) and inserting a period; and 


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1 (C) by striking paragraph (6); 

2 (61) in section 2265A(b)— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para4 graph (1)(B); and 

5 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

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

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

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

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

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

11 (2); 

12 (65) in section 2313— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and 

14 (B) by striking subsection (b); 

15 (66) in section 2315, by striking the penul16 timate paragraph; 

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

18 (68) in section 2384, by striking ‘‘or Terri19 tory’’; 

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

21 District or Possession thereof,’’; 

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

23 Territory, District, or possession of the United 

24 States’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para2 graph (1)(B); and 

3 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

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

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

6 (74) in section 3127— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para8 graph (4); 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para10 graph (5), and inserting a period; and 

11 (C) by striking paragraph (6); 

12 (75) in section 3156— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para14 graph (3); 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para16 graph (4)(C), and inserting a period; and 

17 (C) by striking paragraph (5); 

18 (76) in section 3182— 

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

20 place it appears, including in the section head21 ing, and inserting ‘‘State’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘State, District, or Terri23 tory’’ each place it appears, including in the 

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

2 table of sections for chapter 209— 

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

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

5 (B) by striking ‘‘State, District, or Terri6 tory’’ each place it appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘State’’; 

8 (78) in section 3183— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘, Territory, or Pos10 session’’ in the heading; and 

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

12 possession of the United States’’; 

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

14 table of sections for chapter 209, by striking ‘‘, Ter15 ritory, or Possession’’; 

16 (80) in section 3194, by striking ‘‘or Terri17 tory’’; 

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

19 Possession or Territory’’; 

20 (82) by striking section 3528 and the item re21 lating to that section in the table of sections at the 

22 beginning of chapter 224; 

23 (83) in section 3559(c)(2)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub25 paragraph (F)(ii); and 


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1 (B) by striking subparagraph (G); 

2 (84) in section 3559(e)(2)— 

3 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub4 paragraph (C); 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of sub6 paragraph (D), and inserting a period; and 

7 (C) by striking subparagraph (E); 

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

9 District of Columbia, or any other possession or ter10 ritory of the United States,’’; 

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

12 (87) in section 4003— 

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

14 (B) by striking ‘‘, Territory,’’; 

15 (88) in section 4013(b), by striking ‘‘, terri16 tory,’’; 

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

18 (90) in section 5003— 

19 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or terri20 tory’’ each place it appears; and 

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

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

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1 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ELIMINATE REP2 ETITIOUS DEFINITIONS OF ‘‘SERIOUS BODILY 

3 INJURY’’. 

4 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

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

6 section 1365 of this title)’’; 

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

8 in section 1365)’’; 

9 (3) in section 48(a)(1)— 

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

11 1365 and including’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

12 (B) by striking the close parenthesis; 

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

14 (2); 

15 (5) in section 115(b)(1)(iv)— 

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

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

18 inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

19 (B) by striking the close parenthesis and 

20 inserting a comma; 

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

22 1365(h)(4) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1’’; 

23 (7) in section 1111(c)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para25 graph (4); and 

26 (B) by striking paragraph (5); 


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

2 in section 1365 of this title)’’; 

3 (9) in section 1365(h)— 

4 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para5 graph (1); 

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

7 paragraph (2) and inserting a period; and 

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

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

10 section 1365)’’; 

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

12 (12); 

13 (12) in subparagraph (2) of the third undesig14 nated paragraph of section 2119— 

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

16 1365 of this title, including’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘or’’; and 

18 (B) by striking the close parenthesis; 

19 (13) in section 2199(2)— 

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

21 section 1365, including’’; and 

22 (B) by striking the close parenthesis and 

23 inserting ‘‘occurs’’; 

24 (14) in section 2237(b)(3), by striking ‘‘(as de25 fined in section 1365)’’; 


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1 (15) in section 2291(a)(7), by striking ‘‘, as de2 fined in section 1365(h)(3)’’; 

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

4 (3); 

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

6 (1); 

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

8 ( 11); 

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

10 (2); and 

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

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

13 section 1365)’’. 

14 SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF OUTMODED REFERENCES TO THE 

15 CANAL ZONE. 

16 Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

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

18 Zone’’; 

19 (2) in section 841(b), by striking ‘‘(not includ20 ing the Canal Zone) each place it appears’’; and 

21 (3) in section 921(a)(2), by striking ‘‘(not in22 cluding the Canal Zone) each place it appears’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. INVENTORY AND INDEX OF FEDERAL CRIMINAL OF2 FENSES. 

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

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘§ 530E. Inventory and index of Federal criminal of7 fenses 

8 ‘‘The Attorney General shall— 

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

10 current inventory and current subject matter index 

11 of all Federal criminal offenses, including violations 

12 of agency rules or regulations that by Federal stat13 ute constitute or define Federal criminal offenses; 

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

15 paragraph (1) refers to include the text of all Fed16 eral criminal offenses to which paragraph (1) refers 

17 and otherwise to maximize its usefulness to members 

18 of the public seeking to ensure their compliance with 

19 Federal criminal statutes and attorneys advising 

20 members of the public with respect to such compli21 ance; and 

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

23 date of enactment of this section, make available to 

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

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1 mines appropriate, the inventory and index to which 

2 paragraph (1) refers.’’. 

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

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

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

6 item: 

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

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