18 U.S.C. § 2116
Railway or steamboat post office
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2116, Railway or steamboat post office, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449470
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Whoever, by violence, enters a post-office car, or any part of any car, steamboat, or vessel, assigned to the use of the mail service, or willfully or maliciously assaults or interferes with any postal clerk in the discharge of his duties in connection with such car, steamboat, vessel, or apartment thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Legislative history
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- Economic Espionage Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally