18 U.S.C. § 1369 — Destruction of veterans’ memorials
submitted 23 years ago by Pub. L. 108-29 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 129 words · no verdicts yet
This section makes willfully damaging certain veterans’ memorials a Federal crime when the offense involves interstate or foreign commerce or Federal property.
(a) In a circumstance in (b), a person who willfully injures, destroys, or tries to injure or destroy a structure, plaque, statue, or other monument on public property commemorating United States armed-forces service is subject to a fine, up to 10 years in prison, or both. (b) The circumstance is that (1) while committing (a), the defendant travels or causes travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses the mail or an instrumentality of interstate commerce; or (2) the memorial is on property owned by or under Federal Government jurisdiction.
Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (b), willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any structure, plaque, statue, or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the United States shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
A circumstance described in this subsection is that—
in committing the offense described in subsection (a), the defendant travels or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses the mail or an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce; or
the structure, plaque, statue, or other monument described in subsection (a) is located on property owned by, or under the jurisdiction of, the Federal Government.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 108–29, § 2(a), May 29, 2003, 117 Stat. 772.)
- 2003Enacted · Pub. L. 108-29 · 117 Stat. 772
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 108-29 on 2003-05-29.
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