SEC. 2. ACTS OF TERRORISM OCCURRING IN THE TERRI-
TORIAL 
JURISDICTION 
OF 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 113B of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2332i 
the following: 
‘‘§ 2332j. Acts of terrorism occurring in the territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTS.— 
‘‘(1) OFFENSES.—Whoever, in a circumstance 
described in subsection (b), and with the intent to 
intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence 
the policy of a government by intimidation or coer-
cion, or affect the conduct of a government by mass 
destruction, assassination, or kidnapping— 
‘‘(A) knowingly kills, kidnaps, maims, com-
mits an assault resulting in serious bodily in-
jury, or assaults with a dangerous weapon any 
person within the United States; or 
‘‘(B) creates a substantial risk of serious 
bodily injury to any other person by knowingly 
destroying or damaging any structure, convey-
ance, or other real or personal property within 
the United States or by attempting or con-
spiring to destroy or damage any structure, 
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conveyance, or other real or personal property 
within the United States, 
in violation of the laws of any State, or the United 
States, shall be punished under section 2332b(c). 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF THREATS, ATTEMPTS AND 
CONSPIRACIES.—Whoever threatens to commit an 
offense under paragraph (1), or attempts or con-
spires to do so, shall be punished under section 
2332b(c). 
‘‘(b) JURISDICTIONAL BASES.— 
‘‘(1) CIRCUMSTANCES.—The circumstances re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are— 
‘‘(A) the mail or any facility of interstate 
or foreign commerce is used in furtherance of 
the offense; 
‘‘(B) the offense obstructs, delays, or af-
fects interstate or foreign commerce, or would 
have so obstructed, delayed, or affected inter-
state or foreign commerce if the offense had 
been consummated; 
‘‘(C) the offense occurs during the course 
of, or as a result of, the travel of the defendant 
or the victim— 
‘‘(i) across a State line or national 
border; or 
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‘‘(ii) using a facility of interstate or 
foreign commerce; 
‘‘(D) the victim, or intended victim, is the 
United States Government, a member of the 
uniformed services, or any official, officer, em-
ployee, or agent of the legislative, executive, or 
judicial branches, or of any department or 
agency, of the United States; 
‘‘(E) the structure, conveyance, or other 
real or personal property is, in whole or in part, 
owned, possessed, or leased to the United 
States, or any department or agency of the 
United States; 
‘‘(F) in connection with the conduct de-
scribed in subsection (a), the defendant employs 
a firearm, dangerous weapon, weapon of mass 
destruction, or other weapon that has traveled 
in interstate or foreign commerce; 
‘‘(G) the offense is committed in the terri-
torial sea (including the airspace above and the 
seabed and subsoil below, and artificial islands 
and fixed structures erected thereon) of the 
United States; or 
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‘‘(H) the offense is committed within the 
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States. 
‘‘(2) 
CO-CONSPIRATORS
AND
ACCESSORIES 
AFTER THE FACT.—Jurisdiction shall exist over all 
principals and co-conspirators of an offense under 
this section, and accessories after the fact to any of-
fense under this section, if at least one of the cir-
cumstances described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(H) of paragraph (1) is applicable to at least one of-
fender. 
‘‘(c) PROOF REQUIREMENTS.—The following shall 
apply to prosecutions under this section: 
‘‘(1) KNOWLEDGE.—The prosecution is not re-
quired to prove knowledge by any defendant of a ju-
risdictional base alleged in the indictment. 
‘‘(2) STATE LAW.—In a prosecution under this 
section that is based upon the adoption of State law, 
only the elements of the offense under State law, 
and not any provisions pertaining to criminal proce-
dure or evidence, are adopted. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘facility of interstate or foreign 
commerce’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 1958(b)(2); 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1365(h)(3); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘firearm’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 921(a)(3); 
‘‘(4) the term ‘weapon of mass destruction’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 2332a(c)(2); 
and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘territorial sea of the United 
States’ means all waters extending seaward to 12 
nautical miles from the baselines of the United 
States, determined in accordance with international 
law. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON PROSECUTION.—No prosecution 
for any offense described in this section shall be under-
taken by the United States except on written certification 
of the Attorney General or the highest ranking subordi-
nate of the Attorney General with responsibility for crimi-
nal prosecutions of the offenses in this chapter that, in 
the judgment of the certifying official, such offense was 
intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, in-
fluence the policy of a government by intimidation or coer-
cion, or affect the conduct of a government by mass de-
struction, assassination, or kidnapping.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is 
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