H. R. 3723
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect proprietary economic information,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Economic Espionage Act of
1996’’.
TITLE I—PROTECTION OF TRADE
SECRETS
SEC. 101. PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after chapter 89 the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 90—PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS
‘‘Sec.
‘‘1831. Economic espionage.
‘‘1832. Theft of trade secrets.
‘‘1833. Exceptions to prohibitions.
‘‘1834. Criminal forfeiture.
‘‘1835. Orders to preserve confidentiality.
‘‘1836. Civil proceedings to enjoin violations.
‘‘1837. Conduct outside the United States.
‘‘1838. Construction with other laws.
‘‘1839. Definitions.
‘‘§ 1831. Economic espionage
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, intending or knowing that the
offense will benefit any foreign government, foreign instrumentality,
or foreign agent, knowingly—
‘‘(1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes,
carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception
obtains a trade secret;
‘‘(2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches,
draws, photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photo-
copies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, commu-
nicates, or conveys a trade secret;
‘‘(3) receives, buys, or possesses a trade secret, knowing
the same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or
converted without authorization;
‘‘(4) attempts to commit any offense described in any of
paragraphs (1) through (3); or
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‘‘(5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit
any offense described in any of paragraphs (1) through (3),
and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the
object of the conspiracy,
shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined not more than
$500,000 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
‘‘(b) ORGANIZATIONS.—Any organization that commits any
offense described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than
$10,000,000.
‘‘§ 1832. Theft of trade secrets
‘‘(a) Whoever, with intent to convert a trade secret, that is
related to or included in a product that is produced for or placed
in interstate or foreign commerce, to the economic benefit of anyone
other than the owner thereof, and intending or knowing that the
offense will, injure any owner of that trade secret, knowingly—
‘‘(1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes,
carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception
obtains such information;
‘‘(2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches,
draws, photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photo-
copies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, commu-
nicates, or conveys such information;
‘‘(3) receives, buys, or possesses such information, knowing
the same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or
converted without authorization;
‘‘(4) attempts to commit any offense described in para-
graphs (1) through (3); or
‘‘(5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit
any offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3), and one
or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of
the conspiracy,
shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
‘‘(b) Any organization that commits any offense described in
subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $5,000,000.
‘‘§ 1833. Exceptions to prohibitions
‘‘This chapter does not prohibit—
‘‘(1) any otherwise lawful activity conducted by a govern-
mental entity of the United States, a State, or a political
subdivision of a State; or
‘‘(2) the reporting of a suspected violation of law to any
governmental entity of the United States, a State, or a political
subdivision of a State, if such entity has lawful authority with
respect to that violation.
‘‘§ 1834. Criminal forfeiture
‘‘(a) The court, in imposing sentence on a person for a violation
of this chapter, shall order, in addition to any other sentence
imposed, that the person forfeit to the United States—
‘‘(1) any property constituting, or derived from, any
proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the
result of such violation; and
‘‘(2) any of the person’s property used, or intended to be
used, in any manner or part, to commit or facilitate the commis-
sion of such violation, if the court in its discretion so determines,
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taking into consideration the nature, scope, and proportionality
of the use of the property in the offense.
‘‘(b) Property subject to forfeiture under this section, any seizure
and disposition thereof, and any administrative or judicial proceed-
ing in relation thereto, shall be governed by section 413 of the
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970
(21 U.S.C. 853), except for subsections (d) and (j) of such section,
which shall not apply to forfeitures under this section.
‘‘§ 1835. Orders to preserve confidentiality
‘‘In any prosecution or other proceeding under this chapter,
the court shall enter such orders and take such other action as
may be necessary and appropriate to preserve the confidentiality
of trade secrets, consistent with the requirements of the Federal
Rules of Criminal and Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evi-
dence, and all other applicable laws. An interlocutory appeal by
the United States shall lie from a decision or order of a district
court authorizing or directing the disclosure of any trade secret.
‘‘§ 1836. Civil proceedings to enjoin violations
‘‘(a) The Attorney General may, in a civil action, obtain appro-
priate injunctive relief against any violation of this section.
‘‘(b) The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive
original jurisdiction of civil actions under this subsection.
‘‘§ 1837. Applicability to conduct outside the United States
This chapter also applies to conduct occurring outside the
United States if—
‘‘(1) the offender is a natural person who is a citizen or
permanent resident alien of the United States, or an organiza-
tion organized under the laws of the United States or a State
or political subdivision thereof; or
‘‘(2) an act in furtherance of the offense was committed
in the United States.
‘‘§ 1838. Construction with other laws
‘‘This chapter shall not be construed to preempt or displace
any other remedies, whether civil or criminal, provided by United
States Federal, State, commonwealth, possession, or territory law
for the misappropriation of a trade secret, or to affect the otherwise
lawful disclosure of information by any Government employee under
section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the Freedom of Informa-
tion Act).
‘‘§ 1839. Definitions
‘‘As used in this chapter—
‘‘(1) the term ‘foreign instrumentality’ means any agency,
bureau, ministry, component, institution, association, or any
legal, commercial, or business organization, corporation, firm,
or entity that is substantially owned, controlled, sponsored,
commanded, managed, or dominated by a foreign government;
‘‘(2) the term ‘foreign agent’ means any officer, employee,
proxy, servant, delegate, or representative of a foreign govern-
ment;
‘‘(3) the term ‘trade secret’ means all forms and types
of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic, or
engineering information, including patterns, plans, compila-
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tions, program devices, formulas, designs, prototypes, methods,
techniques, processes, procedures, programs, or codes, whether
tangible or intangible, and whether or how stored, compiled,
or memorialized physically, electronically, graphically, photo-
graphically, or in writing if—
‘‘(A) the owner thereof has taken reasonable measures
to keep such information secret; and
‘‘(B) the information derives independent economic
value, actual or potential, from not being generally known
to, and not being readily ascertainable through proper
means by, the public; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘owner’, with respect to a trade secret, means
the person or entity in whom or in which rightful legal or
equitable title to, or license in, the trade secret is reposed.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters at the begin-
ning part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to chapter 89 the following:
‘‘90. Protection of trade secrets ....................................................................... 1831’’.
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years and 4 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
report to Congress on the amounts received and distributed from
fines for offenses under this chapter deposited in the Crime Victims
Fund established by section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act
of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).
SEC. 102. WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION
AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Section 2516(1)(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by inserting ‘‘chapter 90 (relating to protection of trade secrets),’’
after ‘‘chapter 37 (relating to espionage),’’.
TITLE 
II—NATIONAL 
INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACT
OF 1996.
SEC. 201. COMPUTER CRIME.
Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘knowingly accesses’’ and inserting
‘‘having knowingly accessed’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘exceeds’’ and inserting ‘‘exceeding’’;
(iii) by striking ‘‘obtains information’’ and inserting
‘‘having obtained information’’;
(iv) by striking ‘‘the intent or’’;
(v) by striking ‘‘is to be used’’ and inserting ‘‘could
be used’’; and
(vi) by inserting before the semicolon at the end
the following: ‘‘willfully communicates, delivers, trans-
mits, or causes to be communicated, delivered, or
transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver,
transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or
transmitted the same to any person not entitled to
receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to
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deliver it to the officer or employee of the United
States entitled to receive it’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘obtains information’’ and inserting
‘‘obtains—
‘‘(A) information’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs:
‘‘(B) information from any department or agency of
the United States; or
‘‘(C) information from any protected computer if the
conduct involved an interstate or foreign communication;’’;
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘nonpublic’’ before ‘‘computer of
a department or agency’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘adversely’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘the use of the Government’s oper-
ation of such computer’’ and inserting ‘‘that use by
or for the Government of the United States’’;
(D) in paragraph (4)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Federal interest’’ and inserting
‘‘protected’’; and
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon the following:
‘‘and the value of such use is not more than $5,000
in any 1-year period’’;
(E) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(5)(A) knowingly causes the transmission of a program,
information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct,
intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a pro-
tected computer;
‘‘(B) intentionally accesses a protected computer without
authorization, and as a result of such conduct, recklessly causes
damage; or
‘‘(C) intentionally accesses a protected computer without
authorization, and as a result of such conduct, causes damage;’’;
and
(F) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(7) with intent to extort from any person, firm, association,
educational institution, financial institution, government entity,
or other legal entity, any money or other thing of value,
transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication
containing any threat to cause damage to a protected com-
puter;’’;
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘such subsection’’
each place that term appears and inserting ‘‘this section’’;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘, (a)(5)(C),’’ after ‘‘(a)(3)’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘such subsection’’ and inserting
‘‘this section’’;
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C);
(iii) by inserting immediately after subparagraph
(A) the following:
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‘‘(B) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not
more than 5 years, or both, in the case of an offense
under subsection (a)(2), if—
‘‘(i) the offense was committed for purposes of
commercial advantage or private financial gain;
‘‘(ii) the offense was committed in furtherance of
any criminal or tortious act in violation of the
Constitution or laws of the United States or of any
State; or
‘‘(iii) the value of the information obtained exceeds
$5,000;’’; and
(iv) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated)—
(I) by striking ‘‘such subsection’’ and inserting
‘‘this section’’; and
(II) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(a)(4) or (a)(5)(A)’’ and inserting
‘‘(a)(4), (a)(5)(A), (a)(5)(B), or (a)(7)’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘such subsection’’ and inserting
‘‘this section’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(a)(4) or (a)(5)’’ and inserting
‘‘(a)(4), (a)(5)(A), (a)(5)(B), (a)(5)(C), or (a)(7)’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘such subsection’’ and inserting
‘‘this section’’; and
(D) by striking paragraph (4);
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘subsections (a)(2)(A),
(a)(2)(B), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), and (a)(6) of’’ before ‘‘this section.’’;
(4) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Federal interest’’ and inserting
‘‘protected’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the use of
the 
financial 
institution’s 
operation 
or 
the
Government’s operation of such computer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘that use by or for the financial institution or
the Government’’; and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(B) which is used in interstate or foreign commerce
or communication;’’;
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(8) the term ‘damage’ means any impairment to the
integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or
information, that—
‘‘(A) causes loss aggregating at least $5,000 in value
during any 1-year period to one or more individuals;
‘‘(B) modifies or impairs, or potentially modifies or
impairs, the medical examination, diagnosis, treatment,
or care of one or more individuals;
‘‘(C) causes physical injury to any person; or
‘‘(D) threatens public health or safety; and
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‘‘(9) the term ‘government entity’ includes the Government
of the United States, any State or political subdivision of the
United States, any foreign country, and any state, province,
municipality, or other political subdivision of a foreign coun-
try.’’; and
(5) in subsection (g)—
(A) by striking ‘‘, other than a violation of subsection
(a)(5)(B),’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘of any subsection other than subsection
(a)(5)(A)(ii)(II)(bb) or (a)(5)(B)(ii)(II)(bb)’’ and inserting
‘‘involving damage as defined in subsection (e)(8)(A)’’.
TITLE 
III—TRANSFER 
OF 
PERSONS
FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF
INSANITY
SEC. 301. TRANSFER OF PERSONS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF INSANITY.
(a) AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4243 OF TITLE 18.—Section 4243
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) CERTAIN PERSONS FOUND NOT GUILTY
BY REASON
OF
INSANITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—
‘‘(1) TRANSFER TO CUSTODY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—
Notwithstanding section 301(h) of title 24 of the District of
Columbia Code, and notwithstanding subsection 4247(j) of this
title, all persons who have been committed to a hospital for
the mentally ill pursuant to section 301(d)(1) of title 24 of
the District of Columbia Code, and for whom the United States
has continuing financial responsibility, may be transferred to
the custody of the Attorney General, who shall hospitalize
the person for treatment in a suitable facility.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may establish
custody over such persons by filing an application in the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia,
demonstrating that the person to be transferred is a person
described in this subsection.
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—The Attorney General shall, by any
means reasonably designed to do so, provide written notice
of the proposed transfer of custody to such person or such
person’s guardian, legal representative, or other lawful
agent. The person to be transferred shall be afforded an
opportunity, not to exceed 15 days, to respond to the pro-
posed transfer of custody, and may, at the court’s discretion,
be afforded a hearing on the proposed transfer of custody.
Such hearing, if granted, shall be limited to a determination
of whether the constitutional rights of such person would
be violated by the proposed transfer of custody.
‘‘(C) 
ORDER.—Upon 
application 
of 
the 
Attorney
General, the court shall order the person transferred to
the custody of the Attorney General, unless, pursuant to
a hearing under this paragraph, the court finds that the
proposed transfer would violate a right of such person
under the United States Constitution.
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‘‘(D) EFFECT.—Nothing in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to—
‘‘(i) create in any person a liberty interest in being
granted a hearing or notice on any matter;
‘‘(ii) create in favor of any person a cause of action
against the United States or any officer or employee
of the United States; or
‘‘(iii) limit in any manner or degree the ability
of the Attorney General to move, transfer, or otherwise
manage any person committed to the custody of the
Attorney General.
‘‘(3) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER SECTIONS.—Subsections (f)
and (g) and section 4247 shall apply to any person transferred
to the custody of the Attorney General pursuant to this sub-
section.’’.
(b) TRANSFER OF RECORDS.—Notwithstanding any provision of
the District of Columbia Code or any other provision of law, the
District of Columbia and St. Elizabeth’s Hospital—
(1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, shall provide to the Attorney General copies of
all records in the custody or control of the District or the
Hospital on such date of enactment pertaining to persons
described in section 4243(i) of title 18, United States Code
(as added by subsection (a));
(2) not later than 30 days after the creation of any records
by employees, agents, or contractors of the District of Columbia
or of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital pertaining to persons described
in section 4243(i) of title 18, United States Code, provide to
the Attorney General copies of all such records created after
the date of enactment of this Act;
(3) shall not prevent or impede any employee, agent, or
contractor of the District of Columbia or of St. Elizabeth’s
Hospital who has obtained knowledge of the persons described
in section 4243(i) of title 18, United States Code, in the
employee’s professional capacity from providing that knowledge
to the Attorney General, nor shall civil or criminal liability
attach to such employees, agents, or contractors who provide
such knowledge; and
(4) shall not prevent or impede interviews of persons
described in section 4243(i) of title 18, United States Code,
by representatives of the Attorney General, if such persons
voluntarily consent to such interviews.
(c) CLARIFICATION
OF
EFFECT
ON
CERTAIN
TESTIMONIAL
PRIVILEGES.—The amendments made by this section shall not be
construed to affect in any manner any doctor-patient or
psychotherapist-patient testimonial privilege that may be otherwise
applicable to persons found not guilty by reason of insanity and
affected by this section.
(d) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section, an amend-
ment made by this section, or the application of such provision
or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of this section and the amendments made
by this section shall not be affected thereby.
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TITLE IV—ESTABLISHMENT OF BOYS
AND GIRLS CLUBS.
SEC. 401. ESTABLISHING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.
(a) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.—
(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(A) the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, chartered
by an Act of Congress on December 10, 1991, during its
90-year history as a national organization, has proven itself
as a positive force in the communities it serves;
(B) there are 1,810 Boys and Girls Clubs facilities
throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United
States Virgin Islands, serving 2,420,000 youths nationwide;
(C) 71 percent of the young people who benefit from
Boys and Girls Clubs programs live in our inner cities
and urban areas;
(D) Boys and Girls Clubs are locally run and have
been exceptionally successful in balancing public funds with
private sector donations and maximizing community
involvement;
(E) Boys and Girls Clubs are located in 289 public
housing sites across the Nation;
(F) public housing projects in which there is an active
Boys and Girls Club have experienced a 25 percent reduc-
tion in the presence of crack cocaine, a 22 percent reduction
in overall drug activity, and a 13 percent reduction in
juvenile crime;
(G) these results have been achieved in the face of
national trends in which overall drug use by youth has
increased 105 percent since 1992 and 10.9 percent of the
Nation’s young people use drugs on a monthly basis; and
(H) many public housing projects and other distressed
areas are still underserved by Boys and Girls Clubs.
(2) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to provide
adequate resources in the form of seed money for the Boys
and Girls Clubs of America to establish 1,000 additional local
Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing projects and other
distressed areas by 2001.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘project’’ have the same
meanings as in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937; and
(2) the term ‘‘distressed area’’ means an urban, suburban,
or rural area with a high percentage of high risk youth as
defined in section 509A of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 290aa–8(f)).
(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal years 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, and 2001, the Director of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance of the Department of Justice shall provide a grant
to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America for the purpose of
establishing Boys and Girls Clubs in public housing projects
and other distressed areas.
(2) CONTRACTING
AUTHORITY.—Where appropriate, the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation
with the Attorney General, shall enter into contracts with the
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Boys and Girls Clubs of America to establish clubs pursuant
to the grants under paragraph (1).
(d) REPORT.—Not later than May 1 of each fiscal year for
which amounts are made available to carry out this Act, the Attor-
ney General shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that details
the progress made under this Act in establishing Boys and Girls
Clubs in public housing projects and other distressed areas, and
the effectiveness of the programs in reducing drug abuse and
juvenile crime.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section—
(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
(B) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
(C) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
(D) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and
(E) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
(2) VIOLENT
CRIME
REDUCTION
TRUST
FUND.—The sums
authorized to be appropriated by this subsection may be made
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
TITLE 
V—USE 
OF 
CERTAIN 
TECH-
NOLOGY TO FACILITATE CRIMINAL
CONDUCT
SEC. 501. USE OF CERTAIN TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE CRIMINAL
CONDUCT.
(a) INFORMATION.—The Administrative Office of the United
States courts shall establish policies and procedures for the
inclusion in all presentence reports of information that specifically
identifies and describes any use of encryption or scrambling tech-
nology that would be relevant to an enhancement under section
3C1.1 (dealing with Obstructing or Impeding the Administration
of Justice) of the Sentencing Guidelines or to offense conduct under
the Sentencing Guidelines.
(b) COMPILING
AND REPORT.—The United States Sentencing
Commission shall—
(1) compile and analyze any information contained in docu-
mentation described in subsection (a) relating to the use of
encryption or scrambling technology to facilitate or conceal
criminal conduct; and
(2) based on the information compiled and analyzed under
paragraph (1), annually report to the Congress on the nature
and extent of the use of encryption or scrambling technology
to facilitate or conceal criminal conduct.
TITLE VI—TECHNICAL AND MINOR
AMENDMENTS
SEC. 601. GENERAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) FURTHER CORRECTIONS TO MISLEADING FINE AMOUNTS AND
RELATED TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.—
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(1) Sections 152, 153, 154, and 610 of title 18, United
States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘fined not more
than $5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘fined under this title’’.
(2) Section 970(b) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘fined not more than $500’’ and inserting
‘‘fined under this title’’.
(3) Sections 661, 1028(b), 1361, and 2701(b) of title 18,
United States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘fine of
under’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘fine under’’.
(4) Section 3146(b)(1)(A)(iv) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘a fined under this title’’ and inserting
‘‘a fine under this title’’.
(5) The section 1118 of title 18, United States Code, that
was enacted by Public Law 103–333—
(A) is redesignated as section 1122; and
(B) is amended in subsection (c) by—
(i) inserting ‘‘under this title’’ after ‘‘fine’’; and
(ii) striking ‘‘nor more than $20,000’’.
(6) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 51
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘1122. Protection against the human immunodeficiency virus.’’.
(7) Sections 1761(a) and 1762(b) of title 18, United States
Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘fined not more than
$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘fined under this title’’.
(8) Sections 1821, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1905, 1916,
1918, 1991, 2115, 2116, 2191, 2192, 2194, 2199, 2234, 2235,
and 2236 of title 18, United States Code, are each amended
by striking ‘‘fined not more than $1,000’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘fined under this title’’.
(9) Section 1917 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000’’
and inserting ‘‘fined under this title not less than $100’’.
(10) Section 1920 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘of not more than $250,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘of not more than $100,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘under this title’’.
(11) Section 2076 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned
not more than one year’’ and inserting ‘‘fined under this title
or imprisoned not more than one year, or both’’.
(12) Section 597 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘fined not more than $10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘fined
under this title’’.
(b) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTIONS
AND CORRECTIONS
OF
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.—
(1) Section 3286 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘2331’’ and inserting ‘‘2332’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘2339’’ and inserting ‘‘2332a’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘36’’ and inserting ‘‘37’’.
(2) Section 2339A(b) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘2331’’ and inserting ‘‘2332’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘2339’’ and inserting ‘‘2332a’’;
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(C) by striking ‘‘36’’ and inserting ‘‘37’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘of an escape’’ and inserting ‘‘or an
escape’’.
(3) Section 1961(1)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘that title’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’.
(4) Section 2423(b) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘2245’’ and inserting ‘‘2246’’.
(5) Section 3553(f) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘section 1010 or 1013 of the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 961, 963)’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 1010 or 1013 of the Controlled Substances
Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 960, 963)’’.
(6) Section 3553(f)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘21 U.S.C. 848’’ and inserting ‘‘section
408 of the Controlled Substances Act’’.
(7) Section 3592(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘2339’’ and inserting ‘‘2332a’’.
(c) SIMPLIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION OF WORDING.—
(1) The third undesignated paragraph of section 5032 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or as
authorized under section 3401(g) of this title’’ after ‘‘shall
proceed by information’’.
(2) Section 1120 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘Federal prison’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Federal correctional institution’’.
(3) Section 247(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘notification’’ and inserting ‘‘certification’’.
(d) CORRECTION OF PARAGRAPH CONNECTORS.—Section 2516(1)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (l), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon;
and
(2) in paragraph (n), by striking ‘‘and’’ where it appears
after the semicolon and inserting ‘‘or’’.
(e) CORRECTION CAPITALIZATION
OF ITEMS
IN LIST.—Section
504 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it
appears and inserting ‘‘The’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the’’ the first place it
appears and inserting ‘‘The’’.
(f) CORRECTIONS
OF PUNCTUATION
AND OTHER ERRONEOUS
FORM.—
(1) Section 656 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
in the first paragraph by striking ‘‘Act,,’’ and inserting ‘‘Act,’’.
(2) Section 1114 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘1112.’’ and inserting ‘‘1112,’’.
(3) Section 504(3) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘importation, of’’ and inserting ‘‘importa-
tion of’’.
(4) Section 3059A(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘section 215 225,,’’ and inserting ‘‘section
215, 225,’’.
(5) Section 3125(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking the close quotation mark at the end.
(6) Section 1956(c)(7)(B)(iii) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘1978)’’ and inserting ‘‘1978’’.
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(7) The item relating to section 656 in the table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 31 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘embezzlement’’.
(8) The item relating to section 1024 in the table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘veterans’’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran’s’’.
(9) Section 3182 (including the heading of such section)
and the item relating to such section in the table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 209, of title 18, United States
Code, are each amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘District’’
each place it appears.
(10) The item relating to section 3183 in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 209 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘Territory’’.
(11) The items relating to section 2155 and 2156 in the
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 105 of title 18,
United States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘or’’ and
inserting ‘‘, or’’.
(12) The headings for sections 2155 and 2156 of title 18,
United States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘or’’ and
inserting ‘‘, or’’.
(13) Section 1508 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by realigning the matter beginning ‘‘shall be fined’’
and ending ‘‘one year, or both.’’ so that it is flush to the
left margin.
(14) The item relating to section 4082 in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 305 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘centers,’’ and inserting
‘‘centers;’’.
(15) Section 2101(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and by redesignating subparagraphs
(A) through (D) as paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively.
(16) Section 5038 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘section 841, 952(a), 955, or 959 of title
21’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 401 of the
Controlled Substances Act or section 1001(a), 1005, or 1009
of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act’’.
(g) CORRECTIONS OF PROBLEMS ARISING FROM UNCOORDINATED
AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION
5032.—The first undesignated paragraph of
section 5032 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘section 922(x)’’ before ‘‘or section
924(b)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘or (x)’’.
(2) STRIKING MATERIAL UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO BE
STRICKEN
FROM
SECTION
1116
BY
PUBLIC
LAW
103–322.—Sub-
section (a) of section 1116 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘, except’’ and all that follows through
the end of such subsection and inserting a period.
(3) ELIMINATION
OF
DUPLICATE
AMENDMENT
IN
SECTION
1958.—Section 1958(a) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘or who conspires to do so’’ where it
appears following ‘‘or who conspires to do so’’ and inserting
a comma.
(h) INSERTION OF MISSING END QUOTE.—Section 80001(a) of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is