‘‘(13) ‘vessel’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 1502(19) of title 33; and 
‘‘(14) ‘vessel of the United States’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 70502 of title 
46.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 113B of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2332h 
the following: 
‘‘2332i. Acts of nuclear terrorism.’’. 
(c) DISCLAIMER.—Nothing contained in this section 
is intended to affect the applicability of any other Federal 
or State law that might pertain to the underlying conduct. 
SEC. 202. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 831 OF TITLE 18 OF THE 
U.S. CODE. 
Section 831 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(a) in subsection (a)— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(8) as (4) through (9); 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) without lawful authority, intentionally car-
ries, sends or moves nuclear material into or out of 
a country;’’;
(3) in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘an offense under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or 
(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘any act prohibited under para-
graphs (1) through (5)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (9), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘an offense under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or 
(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘any act prohibited under para-
graphs (1) through (7)’’; 
(b) in subsection (b)— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(7)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(8)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(8)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(9)’’; 
(c) in subsection (c)— 
(1) in subparagraph (2)(A), by adding after 
‘‘United States’’ the following: ‘‘or a stateless person 
whose habitual residence is in the United States’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (5); 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) the offense is committed on board a vessel 
of the United States or a vessel subject to the juris-
diction of the United States (as defined in section
70502 of title 46) or on board an aircraft that is 
registered under United States law, at the time the 
offense is committed; 
‘‘(6) the offense is committed outside the 
United States and against any state or government 
facility of the United States; or 
‘‘(7) the offense is committed in an attempt to 
compel the United States to do or abstain from 
doing any act, or constitutes a threat directed at the 
United States.’’. 
(d) by redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as 
(e) through (g), respectively; 
(e) by inserting after subsection (c): 
‘‘(d) NONAPPLICABILITY.—This section does not 
apply to— 
‘‘(1) the activities of armed forces during an 
armed conflict, as those terms are understood under 
the law of war, which are governed by that law; or 
‘‘(2) activities undertaken by military forces of 
a state in the exercise of their official duties.’’; and 
(f) in subsection (g), as redesignated— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (7), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) the term ‘armed conflict’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 2332f(e)(11) of this title; 
‘‘(9) the term ‘military forces of a state’ means 
the armed forces of a country that are organized, 
trained and equipped under its internal law for the 
primary purpose of national defense or security and 
persons acting in support of those armed forces who 
are under their formal command, control and re-
sponsibility; 
‘‘(10) the term ‘state’ has the same meaning as 
that term has under international law, and includes 
all political subdivisions thereof; 
‘‘(11) the term ‘state or government facility’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
2332f(e)(3) of this title; and 
‘‘(12) the term ‘vessel of the United States’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 70502 of 
title 46.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 28, 2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5889 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
for protection of maritime navigation and preven-
tion of nuclear terrorism, and for other purposes.