10 U.S.C. § 915 — Art. 115. Communicating threats

(a) Communicating Threats Generally .— Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person, property, or reputation of another must be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) Communicating Threat to Use Explosive, etc .— Any person subject to this chapter who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person or property of another by use of (1) an explosive, (2) a weapon of mass destruction, (3) a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or (4) a hazardous material, must be punished as a court-martial may direct. (c) Communicating False Threat Concerning Use of Explosive, etc .— Any person subject to this chapter who maliciously communicates a false threat concerning injury to the person or property of another by use of (1) an explosive, (2) a weapon of mass destruction, (3) a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon, or (4) a hazardous material, must be punished as a court-martial may direct. As used in the preceding sentence, the term “false threat” means a threat that, at the time the threat is communicated, is known to be false by the person communicating the threat.