An Act to amend section 1362 of title 18 of the United States Code so as to further protect the internal security of the United States by providing penalties for malicious damage to certain communications facilities.
PL 87-306 (S.1990), enacted 09/26/1961

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ment credit or finance corporation, any land-grant college or uni-
versity, any college or school of business, engineering, commerce, or 
agriculture, or to any coi-poration formed by two or more of the 
entities hereinabove described which are eligible to receive such grants, 
for studies, research, and counseling concerning the managing, financ-
ing, and operation of small business enterprises and technical and 
statistical information necessary thereto in order to carry out the 
purposes of section 8(b) (1) by coordinating such information with 
existing information facilities within the State and by making such 
information available to State and local agencies. The Adminis-
trator may recommend to grant applicants particular studies or 
research which are to be financed by such grants. The total of all 
grants (including amendments and modifications thereof) made under 
this subsection within any one State in any one year shall not exceed 
S40,000. The Administration may require, as a condition to any 
grant (or amendment or modification thereof) made under this sub-
section, that an additional amount not exceeding the amount of such 
grant be provided from sources other than the Administration to assist 
in carrving out the purposes for which such grant is made: Provided^ 
That it such grant or any part thereof is to be utilized for the purpose 
of providing counseling services to individual small business enter-
E
rises the Administration shall req[uire that such additional amount 
e provided and in an amount which is equal to the amount of such 
grant. 
What constitutes such additional amount may be defined by 
the Administration." 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
Public Law 87-306 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1362 of title 18 of the United States Code so as to further 
protect the internal security of the United States by providing penalties for 
malicious damage to certain communications facilities. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and, House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 1362 
of title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: 
'*§ 1362. Communication lines, stations or systems. 
"Whoever willfully or maliciously injures or destroys any of the 
works, property, or material of any radio, telegraph, telephone or cable, 
line, station, or system, or other means of communication, oper-
ated or controlled by the United States, or used or intended to De used 
for military or civil defense functions of the United States, whether 
constructed or in process of construction, or willfully or maliciously 
interferes in any way with the working or use of any such line, or 
system, or willfully or maliciously obstructs, hinders, or delays the 
transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, shall 
be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, 
or both. 
"In the case of any works, property, or material, not operated or 
controlled by the United States, this section shall not apply to any 
lawful strike activity, 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 svstem uSed or intended 
to be used for the military or civil defense functions of the United 
States." 
Approved September 26, 1961. 
September 26, 1961 
[S. 1990] 
Communications 
facilities. 
P e n a l t i e s for 
malicious damage. 
62 Stat. 764.