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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2815 

To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation 

and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, 

to reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2009 

Mr. ROONEY (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and Mrs. MYRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, 

to deter and punish violent gang crime, to reform and 

facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Gang Enforce3 ment Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SOLICITATION OR RECRUITMENT OF PERSONS IN 

5 CRIMINAL STREET GANG ACTIVITY. 

6 Chapter 26 of title 18, United States Code, is amend7 ed by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘§ 522. Recruitment of persons to participate in a 

9 criminal street gang 

10 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTS.—It shall be unlawful for any 

11 person to use any facility in, or travel in, interstate or 

12 foreign commerce, or cause another to do so, in order to 

13 recruit, employ, solicit, induce, command, or cause another 

14 person to be or remain as a member of a criminal street 

15 gang, or conspire to do so, with the intent that the person 

16 being recruited, solicited, induced, commanded, or caused 

17 to be or remain a member of such gang participate in an 

18 offense described in section 521(b). 

19 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—Any person who violates sub20 section (a) shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) be imprisoned not more than 10 years, 

22 fined under this title, or both; and 

23 ‘‘(2) if the person recruited, solicited, induced, 

24 commanded, or caused to participate in a criminal 

25 street gang is a minor— 


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1 ‘‘(A) be imprisoned for not less than 3 

2 years and not more than 10 years, fined under 

3 this title, or both; and 

4 ‘‘(B) at the discretion of the sentencing 

5 judge, be liable for any costs incurred by the 

6 Federal Government, or by any State or local 

7 government, for housing, maintaining, and 

8 treating the person until the person attains the 

9 age of 18 years.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. CRIMINAL STREET GANGS. 

11 (a) CRIMINAL STREET GANG PROSECUTIONS.—Sec12 tion 521 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to 

13 read as follows: 

14 ‘‘§ 521. Criminal street gang prosecutions 

15 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this chapter: 

16 ‘‘(1) CRIMINAL STREET GANG.—The term 

17 ‘criminal street gang’ means a formal or informal 

18 group, club, organization, or association of 3 or 

19 more individuals, who act in concert, or agree to act 

20 in concert, with a purpose that any of these persons 

21 alone, or in any combination, commit or will commit, 

22 2 or more predicate gang crimes, 1 of which occurs 

23 after the date of enactment of The Gang Prevention 

24 and Effective Deterrence Act of 2003 and the last 

25 of which occurs not later than 10 years (excluding 


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1 any period of imprisonment) after the commission of 

2 a prior predicate gang crime, provided that the ac3 tivities of the criminal street gang affect interstate 

4 or foreign commerce. 

5 ‘‘(2) PREDICATE GANG CRIME.—The term 

6 ‘predicate gang crime’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) any act or threat, or attempted act or 

8 threat, which is chargeable under Federal or 

9 State law and punishable by imprisonment for 

10 more than 1 year, involving murder, attempted 

11 murder, manslaughter, gambling, kidnapping, 

12 robbery, extortion, arson, obstruction of justice, 

13 tampering with or retaliating against a witness, 

14 victim, or informant, burglary, sexual assault, 

15 carjacking, or manufacturing, importing, dis16 tributing, possessing with intent to distribute, 

17 or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance 

18 or listed chemicals (as those terms are defined 

19 in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act 

20 (21 U.S.C. 802)); 

21 ‘‘(B) any act punishable by imprisonment 

22 for more than 1 year under section 844 (relat23 ing to explosive materials), section 922(g)(1) 

24 (where the underlying conviction is a serious 

25 violent felony (as defined in section 


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1 3559(c)(2)(F) of this title) or is a serious drug 

2 offense (as defined in section 942(e)(2)(A) of 

3 this title)), or subsection (a)(2), (b), (c), (g), or 

4 (h) of section 924 (relating to receipt, posses5 sion, and transfer of firearms), sections 1028 

6 and 1029 (relating to fraud and related activity 

7 in connection with identification documents or 

8 access devices), section 1503 (relating to ob9 struction of justice), section 1510 (relating to 

10 obstruction of criminal investigations), section 

11 1512 (relating to tampering with a witness, vic12 tim, or informant), or section 1513 (relating to 

13 retaliating against a witness, victim, or inform14 ant), section 1951 (relating to interference with 

15 commerce, robbery or extortion), section 1952 

16 (relating to racketeering), section 1956 (relat17 ing to the laundering of monetary instruments), 

18 section 1957 (relating to engaging in monetary 

19 transactions in property derived from specified 

20 unlawful activity), section 1958 (relating to use 

21 of interstate commerce facilities in the commis22 sion of murder-for-hire), sections 2312 through 

23 2315 (relating to interstate transportation of 

24 stolen motor vehicles or stolen property); or 


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1 ‘‘(C) any act involving the Immigration 

2 and Nationality Act, section 274 (relating to 

3 brining in and harboring certain aliens), section 

4 277 (relating to aiding or assisting certain 

5 aliens to enter the United States), or section 

6 278 (relating to importation of alien for im7 moral purpose). 

8 ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

9 the several States of the United States, the District 

10 of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 

11 possession of the United States. 

12 ‘‘(b) ILLEGAL PARTICIPATION IN CRIMINAL STREET

13 GANGS.—It shall be unlawful— 

14 ‘‘(1) to participate in a criminal street gang by 

15 committing, or conspiring or attempting to commit, 

16 2 or more predicate gang crimes— 

17 ‘‘(A) in furtherance or in aid of the activi18 ties of a criminal street gang; or 

19 ‘‘(B) for the purpose of gaining entrance 

20 to or maintaining or increasing position in such 

21 a gang; or 

22 ‘‘(2) to employ, use, command, counsel, per23 suade, induce, entice, or coerce any individual to 

24 commit, cause to commit, or facilitate the commis25 sion of, a predicate gang crime— 


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1 ‘‘(A) in furtherance or in aid of the activi2 ties of a criminal street gang; or 

3 ‘‘(B) for the purpose of gaining entrance 

4 to or maintaining or increasing position in such 

5 a gang. 

6 ‘‘(c) PENALTIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IMPRISONMENT OF UP TO 30 YEARS OR

8 LIFE.—Any person who violates paragraph (1) of 

9 subsection (b)— 

10 ‘‘(A) shall be imprisoned not more than 30 

11 years; 

12 ‘‘(B) if the violation is based on a predi13 cate gang crime for which the maximum pen14 alty includes life imprisonment, shall be impris15 oned for any term of years or for life; and 

16 ‘‘(C) if the person commits such a violation 

17 after 1 or more prior convictions for such a 

18 predicate gang crime, that is not part of the in19 stant violation, shall be imprisoned for any term 

20 of years not less than 15 years or for life. 

21 ‘‘(2) IMPRISONMENT OF UP TO 20 YEARS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person who violates 

23 subsection (b)(2) shall be imprisoned for not 

24 more than 20 years, fined under this title, or 

25 both. 


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1 ‘‘(B) SUBJECT IS A MINOR.—If the person 

2 who was the subject of the violation under sub3 section (b)(2) was less than 18 years of age at 

4 the time of the violation, the person committing 

5 the violation shall be imprisoned for not less 

6 than 10 years. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONSECUTIVE TERMS.—A term of 

8 imprisonment under this paragraph shall run 

9 consecutively to any other term of imprison10 ment, including that imposed for any other vio11 lation of this chapter. 

12 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.—In addition to 

13 any other penalty authorized by this section— 

14 ‘‘(A) a person who violates paragraph (1) 

15 or (2) of subsection (b), 1 of whose predicate 

16 gang crimes involves murder or conspiracy to 

17 commit murder which results in the taking of 

18 a life, shall be punished by death or by impris19 onment for any term of years or for life; 

20 ‘‘(B) a person who violates paragraph (1) 

21 or (2) of subsection (b), 1 of whose predicate 

22 gang crimes involves attempted murder or con23 spiracy to commit murder, shall be imprisoned 

24 for not more than 30 years; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) a person who violates paragraph (1) 

2 or (2) of subsection (b), and who at the time 

3 of the offense occupied a position of organizer, 

4 leader, supervisor, manager, or other position of 

5 management in the criminal street gang in6 volved in such violation, shall be imprisoned for 

7 any term of years not less than 15 years or for 

8 life. 

9 ‘‘(d) FORFEITURE.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who violates any 

11 provision of this section shall, in addition to any 

12 other penalty and irrespective of any provision of 

13 State law, forfeit to the United States— 

14 ‘‘(A) any property constituting, or derived 

15 from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly 

16 or indirectly, as a result of the violation; and 

17 ‘‘(B) any property used, or intended to be 

18 used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to 

19 facilitate the commission of, the violation. 

20 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF CONTROLLED SUB21 STANCES ACT.—Subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), 

22 (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), and (p) of section 

23 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

24 853) shall apply to a forfeiture under this section.’’. 


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

2 at the beginning of chapter 26 of title 18, United States 

3 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘521. Criminal street gang prosecutions.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. VIOLENT CRIMES IN FURTHERANCE OR IN AID OF 

5 CRIMINAL STREET GANGS. 

6 (a) VIOLENT CRIMES AND CRIMINAL STREET GANG

7 RECRUITMENT.—Chapter 26 of title 18, United States 

8 Code, as amended by section 2, is amended by adding at 

9 the end the following: 

10 ‘‘§ 523. Violent crimes in furtherance or in aid of a 

11 criminal street gang 

12 ‘‘(a) Any person who, in furtherance or in aid of a 

13 criminal street gang, murders, kidnaps, sexually assaults, 

14 maims, assaults with a dangerous weapon, commits as15 sault resulting in serious bodily injury upon, or threatens 

16 to commit a crime of violence against any individual, or 

17 attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished, in addi18 tion and consecutive to the punishment provided for any 

19 other violation of this chapter— 

20 ‘‘(1) for murder, by death or imprisonment for 

21 any term of years or for life, a fine under this title, 

22 or both; 

23 ‘‘(2) for kidnapping or sexual assault, by im24 prisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine 

25 under this title, or both; 


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1 ‘‘(3) for maiming, by imprisonment for any 

2 term of years or for life, a fine under this title, or 

3 both; 

4 ‘‘(4) for assault with a dangerous weapon or as5 sault resulting in serious bodily injury, by imprison6 ment for not more than 30 years, a fine under this 

7 title, or both; 

8 ‘‘(5) for threatening to commit a crime of vio9 lence specified in paragraphs (1) through (4), by im10 prisonment for not more than 10 years, a fine under 

11 this title, or both; 

12 ‘‘(6) for attempting or conspiring to commit 

13 murder, kidnapping, maiming, or sexual assault, by 

14 imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine 

15 under this title, or both; and 

16 ‘‘(7) for attempting or conspiring to commit a 

17 crime involving assault with a dangerous weapon or 

18 assault resulting in serious bodily injury, by impris19 onment for not more than 20 years, a fine under 

20 this title, or both. 

21 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) CRIMINAL STREET GANG.—The term 

23 ‘criminal street gang’ has the same meaning as in 

24 section 521 of this title. 


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1 ‘‘(2) MINOR.—The term ‘minor’ means a per2 son who is less than 18 years of age.’’. 

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

4 at the beginning of chapter 26 of title 18, United States 

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

‘‘522. Recruitment of persons to participate in a criminal street gang. 

‘‘523. Violent crimes in furtherance of a criminal street gang.’’. 

6 SEC. 5. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES IN 

7 AID OF RACKETEERING ACTIVITY. 

8 Section 1959(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 

9 amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) Any person who, in furtherance or in aid of an 

11 enterprise engaged in racketeering activity, murders, kid12 naps, sexually assaults, maims, assaults with a dangerous 

13 weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily injury 

14 upon, or threatens to commit a crime of violence against 

15 any individual in violation of the laws of any State or the 

16 United States, or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be 

17 punished, in addition and consecutive to the punishment 

18 provided for any other violation of this chapter— 

19 ‘‘(1) for murder, by death or imprisonment for 

20 any term of years or for life, a fine under this title, 

21 or both; 

22 ‘‘(2) for kidnapping or sexual assault, by im23 prisonment for any term of years or for life, a fine 

24 under this title, or both; 


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1 ‘‘(3) for maiming, by imprisonment for any 

2 term of years or for life, a fine under this title, or 

3 both; 

4 ‘‘(4) for assault with a dangerous weapon or as5 sault resulting in serious bodily injury, by imprison6 ment for not more than 30 years, a fine under this 

7 title, or both; 

8 ‘‘(5) for threatening to commit a crime of vio9 lence, by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, 

10 a fine under this title, or both; 

11 ‘‘(6) for attempting or conspiring to commit 

12 murder, kidnapping, maiming, or sexual assault, by 

13 imprisonment for not more than 30 years, a fine 

14 under this title, or both; and 

15 ‘‘(7) for attempting or conspiring to commit as16 sault with a dangerous weapon or assault which 

17 would result in serious bodily injury, by imprison18 ment for not more than 20 years, a fine under this 

19 title, or both.’’. 

20 SEC. 6. MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COM21 MITTED DURING AND IN RELATION TO A 

22 DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of the Controlled Sub24 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 841 et seq.) is amended by adding 

25 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘MURDER AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED

2 DURING AND IN RELATION TO A DRUG TRAFFICKING

3 CRIME

4 ‘‘SEC. 424. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who, dur5 ing and in relation to any drug trafficking crime, murders, 

6 kidnaps, sexually assaults, maims, assaults with a dan7 gerous weapon, commits assault resulting in serious bodily 

8 injury upon, or threatens to commit a crime of violence 

9 against, any individual, or attempts or conspires to do so, 

10 shall be punished, in addition and consecutive to the pun11 ishment provided for the drug trafficking crime— 

12 ‘‘(1) in the case of murder, by death or impris13 onment for any term of years or for life, a fine 

14 under title 18, United States Code, or both; 

15 ‘‘(2) in the case of kidnapping or sexual assault 

16 by imprisonment for any term of years or for life, 

17 a fine under such title 18, or both; 

18 ‘‘(3) in the case of maiming, by imprisonment 

19 for any term of years or for life, a fine under such 

20 title 18, or both; 

21 ‘‘(4) in the case of assault with a dangerous 

22 weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury, 

23 by imprisonment not more than 30 years, a fine 

24 under such title 18, or both; 


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1 ‘‘(5) in the case of threatening to commit a 

2 crime of violence specified in paragraphs (1) through 

3 (4), by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, a 

4 fine under such title 18, or both; 

5 ‘‘(6) in the case of attempting or conspiring to 

6 commit murder, kidnapping, maiming, or sexual as7 sault, by imprisonment for not more than 30 years, 

8 a fine under such title 18, or both; and 

9 ‘‘(7) in the case of attempting or conspiring to 

10 commit a crime involving assault with a dangerous 

11 weapon or assault resulting in serious bodily injury, 

12 by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, a fine 

13 under such title 18, or both. 

14 ‘‘(b) VENUE.—A prosecution for a violation of this 

15 section may be brought in— 

16 ‘‘(1) the judicial district in which the murder or 

17 other crime of violence occurred; or 

18 ‘‘(2) any judicial district in which the drug traf19 ficking crime may be prosecuted. 

20 ‘‘(c) APPLICABLE DEATH PENALTY PROCEDURES.— 

21 A defendant who has been found guilty of an offense under 

22 this section for which a sentence of death is provided shall 

23 be subject to the provisions of chapter 228 of title 18, 

24 United States Code. 

25 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime of violence’ has the mean2 ing given that term in section 924(c)(3) of title 18, 

3 United States Code; and 

4 ‘‘(2) the term ‘drug trafficking crime’ has the 

5 meaning given that term in section 924(c)(2) of title 

6 18, United States Code.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

8 for the Controlled Substances Act is amended by inserting 

9 after the item relating to section 423, the following: 

‘‘Sec. 424. Murder and other violent crimes committed during and in relation 

to a drug trafficking crime.’’. 

10 SEC. 7. SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR GANG CRIMES, IN11 CLUDING AN INCREASE IN OFFENSE LEVEL 

12 FOR PARTICIPATION IN CRIME AS A GANG 

13 MEMBER. 

14 Pursuant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 

15 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing 

16 Commission shall amend the Federal sentencing guidelines 

17 to eliminate the policy statement in section 5K2.18 of the 

18 guidelines regarding section 521 of title 18, United States 

19 Code, and instead provide a base offense level in chapter 

20 2 of the guidelines for offenses described in sections 521, 

21 522, and 523 of title 18, United States Code, that reflects 

22 the seriousness of these offenses. Such guidelines shall in23 clude an appropriate enhancement (which shall be in addi24 tion to any other adjustment under chapter 3 of the FedVerDate Nov 24 2008 06:02 Jun 11, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2815.IH H2815

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1 eral Sentencing guidelines) for any offense described in 

2 section 521, 522, or 523 if the offense was committed in 

3 furtherance or in aid of the activities of a criminal street 

4 gang. 

5 SEC. 8. ENHANCEMENT OF PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBOR6 HOODS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE ENFORCE7 MENT OF CRIMINAL LAWS AGAINST VIOLENT 

8 GANGS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall ex10 pand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to require 

11 each United States attorney to— 

12 (1) identify, investigate, and prosecute signifi13 cant criminal street gangs operating within their dis14 trict; 

15 (2) coordinate the identification, investigation, 

16 and prosecution of criminal street gangs among Fed17 eral, State, and local law enforcement agencies; and 

18 (3) coordinate and establish criminal street 

19 gang enforcement teams, established under section 

20 101(b), in high intensity interstate gang activity 

21 areas within a United States attorney’s district. 

22 (b) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTOR23 NEYS FOR PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 

2 hire 94 additional Assistant United States attorneys 

3 to carry out the provisions of this section. 

4 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 

6 for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2008 to 

7 carry out this section. 

8 SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED BY THE FED9 ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO INVES10 TIGATE AND PROSECUTE VIOLENT CRIMINAL 

11 STREET GANGS. 

12 (a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 

13 The Attorney General shall require the Federal Bureau 

14 of Investigation to— 

15 (1) increase funding for the Safe Streets Pro16 gram; and 

17 (2) support the criminal street gang enforce18 ment teams, established under section 110(b), in 

19 designated high intensity interstate gang activity 

20 areas. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth23 erwise authorized, there are authorized to be appro24 priated to the Federal Bureau of Investigation 


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1 $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 

2 2008 to carry out the Safe Streets Program. 

3 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts appropriated 

4 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 SEC. 10. MULTIPLE INTERSTATE MURDER. 

7 Part I of chapter 51 of title 18, United States Code, 

8 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 1123. USE OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE FACILITIES IN 

10 THE COMMISSION OF MULTIPLE MURDER. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who travels in or 

12 causes another (including the intended victim) to travel 

13 in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or causes an14 other (including the intended victim) to use the mail or 

15 any facility in interstate or foreign commerce, with intent 

16 that 2 or more murders be committed in violation of the 

17 laws of any State or the United States, or who conspires 

18 to do so— 

19 ‘‘(1) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned 

20 for not more than 30 years, or both; 

21 ‘‘(2) if personal injury results, shall be fined 

22 under this title, imprisoned for not more than 30 

23 years, or both; and 

24 ‘‘(3) if death results, may be fined not more 

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1 ished by death or imprisoned for any term of years 

2 or for life. 

3 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) FACILITY IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE.— 

5 The term ‘facility in interstate commerce’ includes 

6 means of transportation and communication. 

7 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

8 the several States of the United States, the District 

9 of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or 

10 possession of the United States.’’. 

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