18 U.S.C. § 1367 — Interference with the operation of a satellite
submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-508 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 75 words · no verdicts yet
This section criminalizes unauthorized interference with communications or weather satellites. It preserves authorized law-enforcement and intelligence work.
(a) Without the satellite operator’s authority, a person who intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite, or blocks or hinders a satellite transmission, is subject to a fine, up to 10 years in prison, or both. (b) This does not prohibit investigative, protective, or intelligence activity lawfully authorized for a United States law-enforcement or intelligence agency*.
Whoever, without the authority of the satellite operator, intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite or obstructs or hinders any satellite transmission shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.
This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency* or of an intelligence agency of the United States.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 99–508, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1872.)
- 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-508 · 100 Stat. 1872
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-508 on 1986-10-21.
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