18 U.S.C. § 3239 — Optional venue for espionage and related offenses
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 91 words · no verdicts yet
Certain espionage and related offenses committed outside any state or district may be tried in the District of Columbia or another district authorized by law.
A trial for an offense begun or committed on the high seas or elsewhere outside any particular State or district may be held in the District of Columbia or any other district authorized by law when the offense violates (1) section 793, 794, 798, or 1030(a)(1) of this title; (2) section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947; or (3) section 4(b) or 4(c) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950.
The trial for any offense involving a violation, begun or committed upon the high seas or elsewhere out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, of—
section 793, 794, 798, or section 1030(a)(1) of this title;
section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 421); 1 or
section 4(b) or 4(c) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b) or (c));
may be in the District of Columbia or in any other district authorized by law.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320909(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2127.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2127
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-322 on 1994-09-13.
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