. n 2010 Statutory Supplement for Federal Criminal Law DAVID ALAN JORDAN This Document is in the Public Domain. No Rights Reserved. 2010 Statutory Supplement for Federal Criminal Law (June 2010) By David Alan Jordan Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Washington and Lee University IntelligenceLaw.com Creative Commons Supplement Series United States of America, 2010 _______________________________ Page 2 To the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund [http://naacpldf.org] _______________________________ Page 3 Preface This supplement contains constitutional provisions and codified statutes relevant to federal criminal law in the United States. CAVEAT: The code sections contained in this supplement were current as of June 2010 but may have changed by the time you study them. This supplement is intended to be used only as a learning aid and not for actual legal practice. Be sure to verify the text of these statutes and obtain a copy of the most recent version before using them for any practical purpose. DAVID ALAN JORDAN June, 2010 _______________________________ Page 4 Title-Level Table of Contents Preface ____________________________________________ 4 Title-Level Table of Contents _____________________________ 5 Chapter-Level Table of Contents __________________________ 6 Full Table of Contents _________________________________ 10 I. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA __ 33 A. AMENDMENTS ___________________________________ 34 II. U.S. CODE TITLE 18: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE __ 37 Part I: Crimes ______________________________________ 38 _______________________________ Page 5 Chapter-Level Table of Contents Preface ____________________________________________ 4 Title-Level Table of Contents _____________________________ 5 Chapter-Level Table of Contents __________________________ 6 Full Table of Contents _________________________________ 10 I. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA __ 33 A. AMENDMENTS ___________________________________ 34 The First Amendment ____________________________________ 35 The Fourth Amendment __________________________________ 35 The Fifth Amendment ___________________________________ 35 The Sixth Amendment ___________________________________ 35 The Eighth Amendment __________________________________ 35 The Fourteenth Amendment _______________________________ 36 II. U.S. CODE TITLE 18: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE __ 37 Part I: Crimes ______________________________________ 38 CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ________________________ 41 CHAPTER 2: AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES ________________ 50 CHAPTER 3: ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND PLANTS ______________ 59 CHAPTER 5: ARSON ____________________________________ 66 CHAPTER 7: ASSAULT ___________________________________ 67 CHAPTER 9: BANKRUPTCY _______________________________ 75 CHAPTER 10: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS _______________________ 79 CHAPTER 11: BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ____ 85 CHAPTER 11A: CHILD SUPPORT ___________________________ 118 CHAPTER 11B: CHEMICAL WEAPONS _______________________ 120 _______________________________ Page 6 CHAPTER 12: CIVIL DISORDERS __________________________ 126 CHAPTER 13: CIVIL RIGHTS _____________________________ 128 CHAPTER 15: CLAIMS AND SERVICES IN MATTERS AFFECTING GOVERNMENT _______________________________________ 139 CHAPTER 17: COINS AND CURRENCY _______________________ 143 CHAPTER 17A: COMMON CARRIER OPERATION UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS ______________________ 146 CHAPTER 18: CONGRESSIONAL, CABINET, AND SUPREME COURT ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT _______________ 147 CHAPTER 19: CONSPIRACY ______________________________ 149 CHAPTER 21: CONTEMPTS _______________________________ 151 CHAPTER 23: CONTRACTS _______________________________ 153 CHAPTER 25: COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY ______________ 157 CHAPTER 26: CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ____________________ 182 CHAPTER 27: CUSTOMS ________________________________ 184 CHAPTER 29: ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES _________ 191 CHAPTER 31: EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT __________________ 201 CHAPTER 33: EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES ______________ 217 CHAPTER 35: ESCAPE AND RESCUE ________________________ 231 CHAPTER 37: ESPIONAGE AND CENSORSHIP _________________ 234 CHAPTER 39: EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER DANGEROUS ARTICLES __ 242 CHAPTER 40: IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS ______________________ 248 CHAPTER 41: EXTORTION AND THREATS ___________________ 265 CHAPTER 42: EXTORTIONATE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS _________ 271 CHAPTER 43: FALSE PERSONATION _______________________ 275 CHAPTER 44: FIREARMS ________________________________ 277 CHAPTER 45: FOREIGN RELATIONS _______________________ 326 CHAPTER 46: FORFEITURE ______________________________ 336 CHAPTER 47: FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS _______________ 361 CHAPTER 49: FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE ___________________ 402 CHAPTER 50: GAMBLING _______________________________ 404 CHAPTER 50A: GENOCIDE_______________________________408 CHAPTER 51: HOMICIDE ________________________________ 410 CHAPTER 53: INDIANS _________________________________ 417 _______________________________ Page 7 CHAPTER 55: KIDNAPPING ______________________________ 429 CHAPTER 57: LABOR ___________________________________ 433 CHAPTER 59: LIQUOR TRAFFIC ___________________________ 434 CHAPTER 61: LOTTERIES _______________________________ 436 CHAPTER 63: MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES ______ 440 CHAPTER 65: MALICIOUS MISCHIEF _______________________ 446 CHAPTER 67: MILITARY AND NAVY ________________________ 452 CHAPTER 69: NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP _______________ 458 CHAPTER 71: OBSCENITY _______________________________ 463 CHAPTER 73: OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE ___________________ 471 CHAPTER 74: PARTIALBIRTH ABORTIONS ___________________ 489 CHAPTER 75: PASSPORTS AND VISAS ______________________ 491 CHAPTER 77: PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS496 CHAPTER 79: PERJURY _________________________________ 506 CHAPTER 81: PIRACY AND PRIVATEERING __________________ 508 CHAPTER 83: POSTAL SERVICE ___________________________ 512 CHAPTER 84: PRESIDENTIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL STAFF ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPPING, AND ASSAULT _______________ 538 CHAPTER 85: PRISONMADE GOODS _______________________ 541 CHAPTER 87: PRISONS _________________________________ 543 CHAPTER 88: PRIVACY _________________________________ 545 CHAPTER 89: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS______________ 546 CHAPTER 90: PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS ______________ 547 CHAPTER 90A: PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN __________ 551 CHAPTER 91: PUBLIC LANDS _____________________________ 553 CHAPTER 93: PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES ____________ 560 CHAPTER 95: RACKETEERING ____________________________ 569 CHAPTER 96: RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS _____________________________________ 585 CHAPTER 97: RAILROAD CARRIERS AND MASS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON LAND, ON WATER, OR THROUGH THE AIR _______ 600 CHAPTER 101: RECORDS AND REPORTS ____________________ 604 CHAPTER 102: RIOTS __________________________________ 606 CHAPTER 103: ROBBERY AND BURGLARY ___________________608 CHAPTER 105: SABOTAGE _______________________________ 614 _______________________________ Page 8 CHAPTER 107: SEAMEN AND STOWAWAYS __________________ 619 CHAPTER 109: SEARCHES AND SEIZURES ___________________ 623 CHAPTER 109A: SEXUAL ABUSE __________________________ 627 CHAPTER 109B: SEX OFFENDER AND CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN REGISTRY __________________________________________ 634 CHAPTER 110: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN __________________________________________ 635 CHAPTER 110A: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING _________ 666 CHAPTER 111: SHIPPING ________________________________ 674 CHAPTER 111A: DESTRUCTION OF, OR INTERFERENCE WITH, VESSELS OR MARITIME FACILITIES ______________________________ 686 CHAPTER 113: STOLEN PROPERTY _________________________ 690 CHAPTER 113A: TELEMARKETING FRAUD ___________________ 708 CHAPTER 113B: TERRORISM _____________________________ 710 CHAPTER 113C: TORTURE _______________________________ 737 CHAPTER 114: TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO _________________________________ 739 CHAPTER 115: TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES 745 CHAPTER 117: TRANSPORTATION FOR ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED CRIMES _________________________________ 752 CHAPTER 118: WAR CRIMES _____________________________ 757 CHAPTER 119: WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTION AND INTERCEPTION OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 761 CHAPTER 121: STORED WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSACTIONAL RECORDS ACCESS ___________________ 789 CHAPTER 123: PROHIBITION ON RELEASE AND USE OF CERTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM STATE MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS __________________________________________________ 807 _______________________________ Page 9 Full Table of Contents Preface ____________________________________________ 4 Title-Level Table of Contents _____________________________ 5 Chapter-Level Table of Contents __________________________ 6 Full Table of Contents _________________________________ 10 I. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA __ 33 A. AMENDMENTS ___________________________________ 34 The First Amendment ____________________________________ 35 The Fourth Amendment __________________________________ 35 The Fifth Amendment ___________________________________ 35 The Sixth Amendment ___________________________________ 35 The Eighth Amendment __________________________________ 35 The Fourteenth Amendment _______________________________ 36 Section 1 _______________________________________________________ 36 Section 5 _______________________________________________________ 36 II. U.S. CODE TITLE 18: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE __ 37 Part I: Crimes ______________________________________ 38 CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ________________________ 41 18 U.S.C. § 2: Principals _____________________________________________ 41 18 U.S.C. § 3: Accessory after the fact ____________________________________ 41 18 U.S.C. § 4: Misprision of felony ______________________________________ 41 18 U.S.C. § 5: United States defined _____________________________________ 42 18 U.S.C. § 6: Department and agency defined ______________________________ 42 18 U.S.C. § 7: Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States defined __ 42 18 U.S.C. § 8: Obligation or other security of the United States defined _____________ 43 18 U.S.C. § 9: Vessel of the United States defined ____________________________ 44 18 U.S.C. § 10: Interstate commerce and foreign commerce defined _______________ 44 18 U.S.C. § 11: Foreign government defined ________________________________ 44 18 U.S.C. § 12: United States Postal Service defined __________________________ 44 18 U.S.C. § 13: Laws of States adopted for areas within Federal jurisdiction __________ 45 18 U.S.C. § 15: Obligation or other security of foreign government defined ___________ 46 _______________________________ Page 10