18 U.S.C. § 2332
Criminal penalties
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2332, Criminal penalties, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449593
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Whoever kills a national of the United States, while such national is outside the United States, shall—
Whoever outside the United States attempts to kill, or engages in a conspiracy to kill, a national of the United States shall—
Whoever outside the United States engages in physical violence—
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.
- Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991House: 312–82Senate: no recorded tally
- Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991
- Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1992
- Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996