18 U.S.C. § 2281a
Additional offenses against maritime fixed platforms
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2281a, Additional offenses against maritime fixed platforms, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449558
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A person who unlawfully and intentionally—
when the purpose of the act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act—
There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if—
such activity is committed against or on board a fixed platform—
This section does not apply to—
In this section—
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.
- USA FREEDOM Act of 2015