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other than an offense consisting of misleading conduct, or 
under section 1138. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a minor witness or victim, the 
court shall issue a protective order prohibiting harassment 
or intimidation of the minor victim or witness if the court 
finds evidence that the conduct at issue is reasonably like-
ly to adversely affect the willingness of the minor witness 
or victim to testify or otherwise participate in the Federal 
criminal case or investigation. Any hearing regarding a 
protective order under this paragraph shall be conducted 
in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (3), except that 
the court may issue an ex parte emergency protective 
order in advance of a hearing if exigent circumstances are 
present. If such an ex parte order is applied for or issued, 
the court shall hold a hearing not later than 14 days after 
the date such order was applied for or is issued. 
‘‘(3) At the hearing referred to in paragraph (1) of 
this subsection, any adverse party named in the complaint 
shall have the right to present evidence and cross-examine 
witnesses. 
‘‘(4) A protective order shall set forth the reasons for 
the issuance of such order, be specific in terms, describe 
in reasonable detail the act or acts being restrained. 
‘‘(5) The court shall set the duration of effect of the 
protective order for such period as the court determines 
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necessary to prevent harassment of the victim or witness 
but in no case for a period in excess of three years from 
the date of such order’s issuance. The attorney for the 
Government may, at any time within ninety days before 
the expiration of such order, apply for a new protective 
order under this section, except that in the case of a minor 
victim or witness, the court may order that such protective 
order expires on the later of 3 years after the date of 
issuance or the date of the eighteenth birthday of that 
minor victim or witness. 
‘‘(c) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly and inten-
tionally violates an order issued under this section shall 
be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 
years, or both. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—(1) As used in this section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘course of conduct’ means a se-
ries of acts over a period of time, however short, in-
dicating a continuity of purpose; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘harassment’ means a serious act 
or course of conduct directed at a specific person 
that— 
‘‘(i) causes substantial emotional distress 
in such person; and 
‘‘(ii) serves no legitimate purpose; 
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‘‘(C) the term ‘family’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 136 and includes grandchildren; 
‘‘(D) the term ‘intimidation’ means a serious 
act or course of conduct directed at a specific person 
that— 
‘‘(i) causes fear or apprehension in such 
person; and 
‘‘(ii) serves no legitimate purpose; 
‘‘(E) the term ‘restricted personal information’ 
has the meaning give that term in section 119; 
‘‘(F) the term ‘serious act’ means a single act 
of threatening, retaliatory, harassing, or violent con-
duct that is reasonably likely to influence the will-
ingness of a victim or witness to testify or partici-
pate in a Federal criminal case or investigation; and 
‘‘(G) the term ‘specific person’ means a victim 
or witness in a Federal criminal case or investiga-
tion, and includes a family member of such a victim 
or witness. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of subparagraphs (B)(ii) and 
(D)(ii) of paragraph (1), a court shall presume, subject 
to rebuttal by the person, that the distribution or publica-
tion using the Internet of a photograph of, or restricted 
personal information regarding, a specific person serves 
no legitimate purpose, unless that use is authorized by 
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that specific person, is for news reporting purposes, is de-
signed to locate that specific person (who has been re-
ported to law enforcement as a missing person), or is part 
of a government-authorized effort to locate a fugitive or 
person of interest in a criminal, antiterrorism, or national 
security investigation. 
‘‘§ 1140. Civil action to protect against retaliation in 
fraud cases 
‘‘(a) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR EMPLOY-
EES OF PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES.—No company 
with a class of securities registered under section 12 of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or that is required 
to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934, including any subsidiary or affiliate 
whose financial information is included in the consolidated 
financial statements of such company, or nationally recog-
nized statistical rating organization (as defined in section 
3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any offi-
cer, employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of such 
company or nationally recognized statistical rating organi-
zation, may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, 
or in any other manner discriminate against an employee 
in the terms and conditions of employment because of any 
lawful act done by the employee— 
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‘‘(1) to provide information, cause information 
to be provided, or otherwise assist in an investiga-
tion regarding any conduct which the employee rea-
sonably believes constitutes a violation of section 
801, 803, 804, or 807, any rule or regulation of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any provi-
sion of Federal law relating to fraud against share-
holders, when the information or assistance is pro-
vided to or the investigation is conducted by— 
‘‘(A) a Federal regulatory or law enforce-
ment agency; 
‘‘(B) any Member of Congress or any com-
mittee of Congress; or 
‘‘(C) a person with supervisory authority 
over the employee (or such other person work-
ing for the employer who has the authority to 
investigate, discover, or terminate misconduct); 
or 
‘‘(2) to file, cause to be filed, testify, participate 
in, or otherwise assist in a proceeding filed or about 
to be filed (with any knowledge of the employer) re-
lating to an alleged violation of section 801, 803, 
804, or 807, any rule or regulation of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, or any provision of Fed-
eral law relating to fraud against shareholders. 
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‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who alleges dis-
charge or other discrimination by any person in vio-
lation of subsection (a) may seek relief under sub-
section (c), by— 
‘‘(A) filing a complaint with the Secretary 
of Labor; or 
‘‘(B) if the Secretary has not issued a final 
decision within 180 days of the filing of the 
complaint and there is no showing that such 
delay is due to the bad faith of the claimant, 
bringing an action at law or equity for de novo 
review in the appropriate district court of the 
United States, which shall have jurisdiction 
over such an action without regard to the 
amount in controversy. 
‘‘(2) PROCEDURE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An action under para-
graph (1)(A) shall be governed under the rules 
and procedures set forth in section 42121(b) of 
title 49. 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—Notification 
made 
under section 42121(b)(1) of title 49, shall be 
made to the person named in the complaint and 
to the employer. 
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‘‘(C) BURDENS
OF
PROOF.—An action 
brought under paragraph (1)(B) shall be gov-
erned by the legal burdens of proof set forth in 
section 42121(b) of title 49. 
‘‘(D) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—An ac-
tion under paragraph (1) shall be commenced 
not later than 180 days after the date on which 
the violation occurs, or after the date on which 
the employee became aware of the violation. 
‘‘(E) JURY TRIAL.—A party to an action 
brought under paragraph (1)(B) shall be enti-
tled to trial by jury. 
‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An employee prevailing in 
any action under subsection (b)(1) shall be entitled 
to all relief necessary to make the employee whole. 
‘‘(2) COMPENSATORY DAMAGES.—Relief for any 
action under paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) reinstatement with the same seniority 
status that the employee would have had, but 
for the discrimination; 
‘‘(B) the amount of back pay, with inter-
est; and 
‘‘(C) compensation for any special damages 
sustained as a result of the discrimination, in-
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cluding litigation costs, expert witness fees, and 
reasonable attorney fees. 
‘‘(d) RIGHTS RETAINED BY EMPLOYEE.—Nothing in 
this section diminishes the rights, privileges, or remedies 
of any employee under any Federal or State law, or under 
any collective bargaining agreement. 
‘‘(e) NONENFORCEABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS 
WAIVING RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OR REQUIRING ARBI-
TRATION OF DISPUTES.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.—The 
rights and remedies provided for in this section may 
not be waived by any agreement, policy form, or con-
dition of employment, including by a predispute ar-
bitration agreement. 
‘‘(2) 
PREDISPUTE
ARBITRATION
AGREE-
MENTS.—No predispute arbitration agreement shall 
be valid or enforceable, if the agreement requires ar-
bitration of a dispute arising under this section. 
‘‘§ 1141. Definitions for certain provisions; general 
provision 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS FOR SECTIONS 1137 AND 1138.— 
As used in sections 1137 and 1138 and in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘official proceeding’ means— 
‘‘(A) a proceeding before a judge or court 
of the United States, a United States mag-
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istrate judge, a bankruptcy judge, a judge of 
the United States Tax Court, a special trial 
judge of the Tax Court, a judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims, or a Federal 
grand jury; 
‘‘(B) a proceeding before the Congress; 
‘‘(C) a proceeding before a Federal Gov-
ernment agency which is authorized by law; or 
‘‘(D) a proceeding involving the business of 
insurance whose activities affect interstate com-
merce before any insurance regulatory official 
or agency or any agent or examiner appointed 
by such official or agency to examine the affairs 
of any person engaged in the business of insur-
ance whose activities affect interstate com-
merce; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘physical force’ means physical 
action against another, and includes confinement; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘misleading conduct’ means— 
‘‘(A) knowingly making a false statement; 
‘‘(B) intentionally omitting information 
from a statement and thereby causing a portion 
of such statement to be misleading, or inten-
tionally concealing a material fact, and thereby 
creating a false impression by such statement; 
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‘‘(C) with intent to mislead, knowingly 
submitting or inviting reliance on a writing or 
recording that is false, forged, altered, or other-
wise lacking in authenticity; 
‘‘(D) with intent to mislead, knowingly 
submitting or inviting reliance on a sample, 
specimen, map, photograph, boundary mark, or 
other object that is misleading in a material re-
spect; or 
‘‘(E) knowingly using a trick, scheme, or 
device with intent to mislead; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘law enforcement officer’ means 
an officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
or a person authorized to act for or on behalf of the 
Federal Government or serving the Federal Govern-
ment as an adviser or consultant— 
‘‘(A) authorized under law to engage in or 
supervise the prevention, detection, investiga-
tion, or prosecution of an offense; or 
‘‘(B) serving as a probation or pretrial 
services officer under this title; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘corruptly persuades’ does not in-
clude conduct which would be misleading conduct 
but for a lack of a state of mind. 
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‘‘(b) DEFINITION FOR SECTION 1133.—As used in 
section 1133, the term ‘corruptly’ means acting with an 
improper purpose, personally or by influencing another, 
including making a false or misleading statement, or with-
holding, concealing, altering, or destroying a document or 
other information. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION.—This subchapter does not prohibit 
or punish the providing of lawful, bona fide, legal rep-
resentation services in connection with or anticipation of 
an official proceeding. 
‘‘§ 1142. Destruction of corporate audit records 
‘‘(a) REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.—(1) Any ac-
countant who conducts an audit of an issuer of securities 
to which section 10A(a) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 applies, shall maintain all audit or review 
workpapers for a period of 5 years from the end of the 
fiscal period in which the audit or review was concluded. 
‘‘(2) The Securities and Exchange Commission shall 
promulgate, within 180 days, after adequate notice and 
an opportunity for comment, such rules and regulations, 
as are reasonably necessary, relating to the retention of 
relevant records such as workpapers, documents that form 
the basis of an audit or review, memoranda, correspond-
ence, communications, other documents, and records (in-
cluding electronic records) which are created, sent, or re-
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ceived in connection with an audit or review and contain 
conclusions, opinions, analyses, or financial data relating 
to such an audit or review, which is conducted by any ac-
countant who conducts an audit of an issuer of securities 
to which section 10A(a) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 applies. The Commission may, from time to time, 
amend or supplement the rules and regulations that it is 
required to promulgate under this section, after adequate 
notice and an opportunity for comment, in order to ensure 
that such rules and regulations adequately comport with 
the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(b) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly violates sub-
section (a)(1), or any rule or regulation promulgated by 
the Securities and Exchange Commission under subsection 
(a)(2), shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion diminishes or relieves any person of any other duty 
or obligation imposed by Federal or State law or regula-
tion to maintain, or refrain from destroying, any docu-
ment. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER J—PRISONS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘1161. Providing or possessing contraband in prison. 
‘‘1162. Mutiny and riot prohibited. 
‘‘1163. Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land. 
‘‘§ 1161. Providing or possessing contraband in prison 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever— 
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‘‘(1) in violation of a statute or a rule or order 
issued under a statute, provides to an inmate of a 
prison a prohibited object, or attempts to do so; or 
‘‘(2) being an inmate of a prison, makes, pos-
sesses, or obtains, or attempts to make or obtain, a 
prohibited object; 
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—The punishment for an offense 
under this section is a fine under this title or— 
‘‘(1) imprisonment for not more than 20 years, 
or both, if the object is specified in subsection 
(d)(1)(C) of this section; 
‘‘(2) imprisonment for not more than 10 years, 
or both, if the object is specified in subsection 
(d)(1)(A) of this section; 
‘‘(3) imprisonment for not more than 5 years, 
or both, if the object is specified in subsection 
(d)(1)(B) of this section; 
‘‘(4) imprisonment for not more than one year, 
or both, if the object is specified in subsection 
(d)(1)(D), (d)(1)(E), or (d)(1)(F) of this section; 
and 
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‘‘(5) imprisonment for not more than 6 months, 
or both, if the object is specified in subsection 
(d)(1)(G) of this section. 
‘‘(c) CONSECUTIVE PUNISHMENT REQUIRED IN CER-
TAIN CASES.—Any punishment imposed under subsection 
(b) for a violation of this section involving a controlled 
substance shall be consecutive to any other sentence im-
posed by any court for an offense involving such a con-
trolled substance. Any punishment imposed under sub-
section (b) for a violation of this section by an inmate of 
a prison shall be consecutive to the sentence being served 
by such inmate at the time the inmate commits such viola-
tion. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘prohibited object’ means— 
‘‘(A) a firearm or destructive device or a 
controlled substance in schedule I or II, other 
than marijuana or a controlled substance re-
ferred to in subparagraph (C) of this sub-
section; 
‘‘(B) marijuana or a controlled substance 
in schedule III, other than a controlled sub-
stance referred to in subparagraph (C) of this 
subsection, ammunition, a weapon (other than a 
firearm or destructive device), or an object that 
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is designed or intended to be used as a weapon 
or to facilitate escape from a prison; 
‘‘(C) a narcotic drug, methamphetamine, 
its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers, lyser-
gic acid diethylamide, or phencyclidine; 
‘‘(D) a controlled substance (other than a 
controlled substance referred to in subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C) of this subsection) or an 
alcoholic beverage; 
‘‘(E) any United States or foreign cur-
rency; 
‘‘(F) a phone or other device used by a 
user of commercial mobile service (as defined in 
section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 
1934) in connection with such service; and 
‘‘(G) any other object that threatens the 
order, discipline, or security of a prison, or the 
life, health, or safety of an individual; 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘ammunition’, ‘firearm’, and ‘de-
structive device’ have, respectively, the meanings 
given those terms in section 581; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘narcotic drug’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 102 of the Controlled 
Substances Act; and 
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‘‘(4) the term ‘prison’ means a Federal correc-
tional, detention, or penal facility or any prison, in-
stitution, or facility in which persons are held in cus-
tody by direction of or pursuant to a contract or 
agreement with the Attorney General. 
‘‘§ 1162. Mutiny and riot prohibited 
‘‘Whoever instigates any mutiny or riot, at any Fed-
eral penal, detention, or correctional facility, shall be im-
prisoned not more than ten years. 
‘‘§ 1163. Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations 
and land 
‘‘Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, 
goes upon a reservation, land, or a facility of the Bureau 
of Prisons shall be imprisoned not more than six months. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER K—PUBLIC OFFICERS AND 
EMPLOYEES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘1171. Disclosure of confidential information generally. 
‘‘§ 1171. Disclosure of confidential information gen-
erally 
‘‘Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United 
States or of any department or agency thereof, any person 
acting on behalf of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 
or agent of the Department of Justice as defined in the 
Antitrust Civil Process Act, or being an employee of a pri-
vate sector organization who is or was assigned to an 
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agency under chapter 37 of title 5, publishes, divulges, dis-
closes, or makes known in any manner or to any extent 
not authorized by law any information coming to him in 
the course of his employment or official duties or by rea-
son of any examination or investigation made by, or re-
turn, report or record made to or filed with, such depart-
ment or agency or officer or employee thereof, which infor-
mation concerns or relates to the trade secrets, processes, 
operations, style of work, or apparatus, or to the identity, 
confidential statistical data, amount or source of any in-
come, profits, losses, or expenditures of any person, firm, 
partnership, corporation, or association; or permits any in-
come return or copy thereof or any book containing any 
abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by 
any person except as provided by law; shall be imprisoned 
not more than one year; and shall be removed from office 
or employment. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER L—RECORDS AND REPORTS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘1181. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally. 
‘‘1182. False entries and reports of moneys or securities. 
‘‘§ 1181. Concealment, removal, or mutilation gen-
erally 
‘‘Whoever knowingly and unlawfully conceals, re-
moves, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to 
do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any 
record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other 
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thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any 
court of the United States, or in any public office, or with 
any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall 
be imprisoned not more than three years. 
‘‘§ 1182. False entries and reports of moneys or secu-
rities 
‘‘Whoever— 
‘‘(1) being an officer, clerk, agent, or other em-
ployee of the United States or any of its agencies, 
charged with the duty of keeping accounts or records 
of any kind, with intent to deceive, mislead, injure, 
or defraud, makes in any such account or record any 
false or fictitious entry or record of any matter re-
lating to or connected with his duties; or 
‘‘(2) being an officer, clerk, agent, or other em-
ployee of the United States or any of its agencies, 
charged with the duty of receiving, holding, or pay-
ing over moneys or securities to, for, or on behalf of 
the United States, or of receiving or holding in trust 
for any person any moneys or securities, with like 
intent, makes a false report of such moneys or secu-
rities; 
shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER M—SEARCHES AND SEIZURES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘1191. Destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure. 
‘‘1192. Rescue of seized property. 
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‘‘§ 1191. Destruction or removal of property to pre-
vent seizure 
‘‘(a) DESTRUCTION OR REMOVAL OF PROPERTY TO 
PREVENT SEIZURE.—Whoever, before, during, or after 
any search for or seizure of property by any person au-
thorized to make such search or seizure, knowingly de-
stroys, damages, wastes, disposes of, transfers, or other-
wise takes any action, or knowingly attempts to destroy, 
damage, waste, dispose of, transfer, or otherwise take any 
action, for the purpose of preventing or impairing the Gov-
ernment’s lawful authority to take such property into its 
custody or control or to continue holding such property 
under its lawful custody and control, shall be imprisoned 
not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(b) IMPAIRMENT OF IN REM JURISDICTION.—Who-
ever, knowing that property is subject to the in rem juris-
diction of a United States court for purposes of civil for-
feiture under Federal law, knowingly and without author-
ity from that court, destroys, damages, wastes, disposes 
of, transfers, or otherwise takes any action, or knowingly 
attempts to destroy, damage, waste, dispose of, transfer, 
or otherwise take any action, for the purpose of impairing 
or defeating the court’s continuing in rem jurisdiction over 
the property, shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE OF SEARCH OR EXECUTION OF SEIZURE 
WARRANT OR WARRANT OF ARREST IN REM.—Whoever, 
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having knowledge that any person authorized to make 
searches and seizures, or to execute a seizure warrant or 
warrant of arrest in rem, in order to prevent the author-
ized seizing or securing of any person or property, gives 
notice or attempts to give notice in advance of the search, 
seizure, or execution of a seizure warrant or warrant of 
arrest in rem, to any person shall be imprisoned not more 
than 5 years. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONIC SURVEIL-
LANCE.—Whoever, having knowledge that a Federal inves-
tigative or law enforcement officer has been authorized or 
has applied for authorization under subchapter C of chap-
ter 37 to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communica-
tion, in order to obstruct, impede, or prevent such inter-
ception, gives notice or attempts to give notice of the pos-
sible interception to any person shall be imprisoned not 
more than 5 years. 
‘‘(e) FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE
SURVEILLANCE.— 
Whoever, having knowledge that a Federal officer has 
been authorized or has applied for authorization to con-
duct electronic surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978, in order to obstruct, impede, or 
prevent such activity, gives notice or attempts to give no-
tice of the possible activity to any person shall be impris-
oned not more than 5 years. 
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‘‘§ 1192. Rescue of seized property 
‘‘Whoever forcibly rescues, dispossesses, or attempts 
to rescue or dispossess any property, articles, or objects 
after the same shall have been taken, detained, or seized 
by any officer or other person under the authority of any 
revenue law of the United States, or by any person author-
ized to make searches and seizures, shall be imprisoned 
not more than two years. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER N—MALICIOUS MISCHIEF 
‘‘1201. Government property or contracts. 
‘‘1202. Communication lines, stations, or systems. 
‘‘1203. Buildings or property within special maritime and territorial jurisdic-
tion. 
‘‘1204. Tampering with consumer products. 
‘‘1205. Destruction of an energy facility. 
‘‘1206. Harming animals used in law enforcement. 
‘‘1207. Destruction of veterans’ memorials. 
‘‘§ 1201. Government property or contracts 
‘‘Whoever knowingly and without authority injures or 
commits any depredation against any property of the 
United States, or of any department or agency thereof, 
or any property which has been or is being manufactured 
or constructed for the United States, or any department 
or agency thereof, or attempts to commit any of the fore-
going offenses, shall be punished as follows: 
‘‘(1) If the damage or attempted damage to 
such property exceeds the sum of $1,000, by impris-
onment for not more than ten years. 
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‘‘(2) If the damage or attempted damage to 
such property does not exceed the sum of $1,000, by 
imprisonment for not more than one year. 
‘‘§ 1202. Communication lines, stations, or systems 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly and without au-
thority— 
‘‘(1) injures or destroys any of the works, prop-
erty, or material of any radio, telegraph, telephone 
or cable, line, station, or system, or other means of 
communication, operated or controlled by the United 
States, or used or intended to be used for military 
or civil defense functions of the United States, 
whether constructed or in process of construction; 
‘‘(2) interferes in any way with the working or 
use of any such line or system; or 
‘‘(3) obstructs, hinders, or delays the trans-
mission of any communication over any such line or 
system; 
shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSION.—In the case of any works, prop-
erty, or material, not operated or controlled by the United 
States, this section does not apply to any lawful strike ac-
tivity, or other lawful concerted activities for the purposes 
of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection 
which do not injure or destroy any line or system used 
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or intended to be used for the military or civil defense 
functions of the United States. 
‘‘§ 1203. Buildings or property within special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction 
‘‘Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States, knowingly and without 
authority destroys or injures any structure, conveyance, 
or other real or personal property shall be imprisoned not 
more than five years, and if the building be a dwelling, 
or the life of any person be placed in jeopardy, shall be 
imprisoned not more than twenty years. 
‘‘§ 1204. Tampering with consumer products 
‘‘(a) TAMPERING IN GENERAL.—Whoever, with reck-
less disregard for the risk that another person will be 
placed in danger of death or bodily injury and under cir-
cumstances manifesting extreme indifference to such risk, 
tampers with any consumer product that affects interstate 
or foreign commerce, or the labeling of, or container for, 
any such product, or attempts to do so, shall— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an attempt, be imprisoned 
not more than ten years; 
‘‘(2) if death of an individual results, be impris-
oned for any term of years or for life; 
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‘‘(3) if serious bodily injury to any individual 
results, be imprisoned not more than twenty years; 
and 
‘‘(4) in any other case, be imprisoned not more 
than ten years. 
‘‘(b) TAINTING WITH INTENT TO CAUSE SERIOUS 
INJURY THROUGH BUSINESS.—Whoever, with intent to 
cause serious injury to the business of any person, taints 
any consumer product or renders materially false or mis-
leading the labeling of, or container for, a consumer prod-
uct, if such consumer product affects interstate or foreign 
commerce, shall be imprisoned not more than three years. 
‘‘(c) FALSE INFORMATION.—(1) Whoever knowingly 
communicates false information that a consumer product 
has been tainted, if such product or the results of such 
communication affect interstate or foreign commerce, and 
if such tainting, had it occurred, would create a risk of 
death or bodily injury to another person, shall be impris-
oned not more than five years. 
‘‘(2) As used in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 
term ‘communicates false information’ means commu-
nicates information that is false and that the communi-
cator knows is false, under circumstances in which the in-
formation may reasonably be expected to be believed. 
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‘‘(d) 
THREATS.—Whoever 
knowingly 
threatens, 
under circumstances in which the threat may reasonably 
be expected to be believed, that conduct that, if it oc-
curred, would violate subsection (a) of this section will 
occur, shall be imprisoned not more than five years. 
‘‘(e) CONSPIRACY.—Whoever is a party to a con-
spiracy of two or more persons to commit an offense under 
subsection (a) of this section, if any of the parties inten-
tionally engages in any conduct in furtherance of such of-
fense, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years. 
‘‘(f) TAMPERING WITH WRITING.—(1) Whoever, 
without the consent of the manufacturer, retailer, or dis-
tributor, intentionally tampers with a consumer product 
that is sold in interstate or foreign commerce by knowingly 
placing or inserting any writing in the consumer product, 
or in the container for the consumer product, before the 
sale of the consumer product to any consumer shall be 
imprisoned not more than 1 year. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if any person 
commits a violation of this subsection after a prior convic-
tion under this section becomes final, such person shall 
be imprisoned for not more than 3 years. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘writing’ means any 
form of representation or communication, including hand- 
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bills, notices, or advertising, that contain letters, words, 
or pictorial representations. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORITY OF FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRA-
TION AND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—In addition 
to any other agency which has authority to investigate vio-
lations of this section, the Food and Drug Administration 
and the Department of Agriculture, respectively, have au-
thority to investigate violations of this section involving 
a consumer product that is regulated by a provision of 
law such Administration or Department, as the case may 
be, administers. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘consumer product’ means— 
‘‘(A) any ‘food’, ‘drug’, ‘device’, or ‘cos-
metic’, as those terms are respectively defined 
in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act; or 
‘‘(B) any article, product, or commodity 
which is customarily produced or distributed for 
consumption by individuals, or use by individ-
uals for purposes of personal care or in the per-
formance of services ordinarily rendered within 
the household, and which is designed to be con-
sumed or expended in the course of such con-
sumption or use; and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘labeling’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 201(m) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
‘‘§ 1205. Destruction of an energy facility 
‘‘(a) DAMAGE
EXCEEDING
$100,000.—Whoever 
knowingly and without authority— 
‘‘(1) damages the property of an energy facility 
in an amount that exceeds $100,000; or 
‘‘(2) damages the property of an energy facility 
in any amount and thereby causes a significant 
interruption or impairment of a function of an en-
ergy facility; 
shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years. 
‘‘(b) DAMAGE EXCEEDING $5,000.—Whoever know-
ingly and without authority damages the property of an 
energy facility in an amount that exceeds $5,000 shall be 
imprisoned for not more than five years. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘energy facility’ means a facility that is involved in the 
production, storage, transmission, or distribution of elec-
tricity, fuel, or another form or source of energy, or re-
search, development, or demonstration facilities relating 
thereto, regardless of whether such facility is still under 
construction or is otherwise not functioning, except a facil-
ity subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the 
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custody of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an 
interstate gas pipeline facility as defined in section 60101 
of title 49. 
‘‘(d) INCREASED PUNISHMENT WHERE DEATH RE-
SULTS.—Whoever is convicted of a violation of subsection 
(a) or (b) that has resulted in the death of any person 
shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years 
or life. 
‘‘§ 1206. Harming animals used in law enforcement 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever maliciously harms any po-
lice animal shall be imprisoned not more than 1 year. If 
the offense permanently disables or disfigures the animal, 
or causes serious bodily injury to or the death of the ani-
mal, the maximum term of imprisonment shall be 10 
years. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘police 
animal’ means a dog or horse employed by a Federal agen-
cy (whether in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch) 
for the principal purpose of aiding in the detection of 
criminal activity, enforcement of laws, or apprehension of 
criminal offenders. 
‘‘§ 1207. Destruction of veterans’ memorials 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, as made applicable by 
subsection (b), knowingly and without authority injures or 
destroys any structure, plaque, statue, or other monument 
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on public property commemorating the service of any per-
son or persons in the armed forces of the United States 
shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL NEXUS.—Subsection (a) applies if— 
‘‘(1) in committing the offense, the defendant 
travels or causes another to travel in interstate or 
foreign commerce, or uses the mail or an instrumen-
tality of interstate or foreign commerce; or 
‘‘(2) the structure, plaque, statue, or other 
monument is located on property owned by, or under 
the jurisdiction of, the Federal Government. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER O—PUBLIC LANDS 
‘‘1211. Timber removed or transported. 
‘‘1212. Trees cut or injured. 
‘‘1213. Timber set afire. 
‘‘1214. Fires left unattended and unextinguished. 
‘‘1215. Trespass on national forest lands. 
‘‘1216. Hazardous or injurious devices on Federal lands. 
‘‘§ 1211. Timber removed or transported 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly and without au-
thority— 
‘‘(1) cuts or destroys any timber growing on the 
public lands of the United States; 
‘‘(2) removes any timber from those public 
lands, with intent to export or to dispose of that 
timber; or 
‘‘(3) being the owner, master, pilot, operator, or 
consignee of any vessel, motor vehicle, or aircraft or 
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the owner, director, or agent of any railroad, know-
ingly transports any timber so cut or removed, or 
lumber manufactured from that timber; 
shall be imprisoned not more than one year. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSION.—This section does not prevent any 
miner or agriculturist from clearing land in the ordinary 
working of the miner’s mining claim, or in the preparation 
of the agriculturalist’s farm for tillage, or from taking the 
timber necessary to support improvements, or the taking 
of timber for the use of the United States; nor shall it 
interfere with or take away any right or privilege under 
any existing law of the United States to cut or remove 
timber from any public lands. 
‘‘§ 1212. Trees cut or injured 
‘‘Whoever knowingly and without authority cuts, in-
jures, or destroys any tree growing, standing, or being 
upon any land of the United States which, in pursuance 
of law, has been reserved or purchased by the United 
States for any public use, or upon any Indian reservation, 
or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians 
under the authority of the United States, or any Indian 
allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust 
by the Government, or while the same shall remain in-
alienable by the allottee without the consent of the United 
States, shall be imprisoned not more than one year. 
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‘‘§ 1213. Timber set afire 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, knowingly and without 
authority, sets on fire any timber, underbrush, or grass 
or other inflammable material upon the public domain or 
upon any lands owned or leased by or under the partial, 
concurrent, or exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, 
or under contract for purchase or for the acquisition of 
which condemnation proceedings have been instituted, or 
upon any Indian reservation or lands belonging to or occu-
pied by any tribe or group of Indians under authority of 
the United States, or upon any Indian allotment while the 
title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, 
or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee 
without the consent of the United States, shall be impris-
oned not more than five years. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSION.—This section does not apply in the 
case of a fire set by an allottee in the reasonable exercise 
of his proprietary rights in the allotment. 
‘‘§ 1214. Fires left unattended and unextinguished 
‘‘Whoever, having kindled or caused to be kindled, a 
fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable 
material upon any lands owned, controlled or leased by, 
or under the partial, concurrent, or exclusive jurisdiction 
of the United States, including lands under contract for 
purchase or for the acquisition of which condemnation 
proceedings have been instituted, and including any In-
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dian reservation or lands belonging to or occupied by any 
tribe or group of Indians under the authority of the 
United States, or any Indian allotment while the title to 
the same is held in trust by the United States, or while 
the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without 
the consent of the United States, leaves said fire without 
totally extinguishing the same, or permits or suffers the 
fire to burn or spread beyond his control, or leaves or suf-
fers the fire to burn unattended, shall be imprisoned not 
more than six months. 
‘‘§ 1215. Trespass on national forest lands 
‘‘Whoever, without authority goes upon any national 
forest land while it is closed to the public pursuant to law-
ful regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be im-
prisoned not more than six months. 
‘‘§ 1216. Hazardous or injurious devices on Federal 
lands 
‘‘(a) ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE.—Whoever— 
‘‘(1) with the intent to violate the Controlled 
Substances Act, 
‘‘(2) with the intent to obstruct or harass the 
harvesting of timber, or 
‘‘(3) with reckless disregard to the risk that an-
other person will be placed in danger of death or 
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which has engaged in the providing or obtaining of labor 
or services by any of the means described in subsection 
(a), knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the 
venture has engaged in the providing or obtaining of labor 
or services by any of such means, shall be punished as 
provided in subsection (d). 
‘‘(c) In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘abuse or threatened abuse of 
law or legal process’ means the use or threatened 
use of a law or legal process, whether administrative, 
civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose 
for which the law was not designed, in order to exert 
pressure on another person to cause that person to 
take some action or refrain from taking some action. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘serious harm’ means any harm, 
whether physical or nonphysical, including psycho-
logical, financial, or reputational harm, that is suffi-
ciently serious, under all the surrounding cir-
cumstances, to compel a reasonable person of the 
same background and in the same circumstances to 
perform or to continue performing labor or services 
in order to avoid incurring that harm. 
‘‘(d) Whoever violates this section shall be imprisoned 
not more than 20 years. If death results from a violation 
of this section, or if the violation includes kidnaping, an 
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‘‘(3) causes the permanent impairment of the 
mental faculties of members of the group through 
drugs, torture, or similar techniques; 
‘‘(4) subjects the group to conditions of life that 
are intended to cause the physical destruction of the 
group in whole or in part; 
‘‘(5) imposes measures intended to prevent 
births within the group; or 
‘‘(6) transfers by force children of the group to 
another group; 
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT FOR BASIC OFFENSE.—The pun-
ishment for an offense under subsection (a) is— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an offense under subsection 
(a)(1), where death results, by death or imprison-
ment for life and a fine of not more than 
$1,000,000, or both; and 
‘‘(2) in any other case, a fine of not more than 
$1,000,000 or imprisonment for not more than 
twenty years, or both. 
‘‘(c) INCITEMENT OFFENSE.—Whoever directly and 
publicly incites another to violate subsection (a) shall be 
imprisoned not more than five years. 
‘‘(d) JURISDICTION.—There is jurisdiction over the 
offenses described in subsections (a) and (c) if— 
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