18 U.S.C. § 956 — Conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons or damage property in a foreign country

(a) Conspiracy to murder, kidnap, or maim.
(1) A person within United States jurisdiction who conspires with one or more people, wherever those people are, to commit outside the United States an act that would be murder, kidnapping, or maiming if committed in the United States' special maritime and territorial jurisdiction is covered by this paragraph if one conspirator acts within United States jurisdiction to carry out an objective of the conspiracy.
(2) The punishment is:
(A) For conspiracy to murder or kidnap, imprisonment for any number of years or for life; and
(B) For conspiracy to maim, imprisonment for not more than 35 years.

(b) Conspiracy to damage foreign property. A person within United States jurisdiction who conspires with one or more people, wherever they are, to damage or destroy specific property in a foreign country is covered if the property belongs to a foreign government or one of its political subdivisions with which the United States is at peace, or is a railroad, canal, bridge, airport, airfield, other public utility, public conveyance, public structure, or religious, educational, or cultural property located there. If one conspirator acts within United States jurisdiction to carry out an objective of the conspiracy, the person shall be imprisoned for not more than 25 years. This section does not define “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction,” “in aid,” or “at peace.”