18 U.S.C. § 7
Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States defined
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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The term “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States”, as used in this title, includes:
With respect to offenses committed by or against a national of the United States as that term is used in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001