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 108 STAT. 1976 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 "(C) destroys a ship or causes damage to a ship or to its cargo which is likely to endanger the safe navigation of that ship; "(D) places or causes to be placed on a ship, by any means whatsoever, a device or substance which is likely to destroy that ship, or cause damage to that ship or its cargo which endangers or is likely to endanger the safe navigation of that ship; "(E) destroys or seriously damages maritime navigational facilities or seriously interferes with their operation, if such act is likely to endanger the safe navigation of a ship; "(F) communicates information, knowing the information to be false and under circumstances in which such information may reasonably be believed, thereby endangering the safe navigation of a ship; "(G) injures or kills any person in connection with the commission or the attempted commission of any of the offenses set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (F); or "(H) attempts to do any act prohibited under subparagraphs (A) through (G), shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and if the death of any person results from conduct prohibited by this paragraph, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life. "(2) THREAT TO NAVIGATION.— A person who threatens to do any act prohibited under paragraph (1)(B), (C) or (E), with apparent determination and will to carry the threat into execution, if the threatened act is likely to endanger the safe navigation of the ship in question, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. "(b) JURISDICTION. — There is jurisdiction over the activity prohibited in subsection (a)— "(1) in the case of a covered ship, if— "(A) such activity is committed— "(i) against or on board a ship flying the flag of the United States at the time the prohibited activity is committed; "(ii) in the United States and the activity is not prohibited as a crime by the State in which the activity takes place; or "(iii) the activity takes place on a ship flying the flag of a foreign country or outside the United States, by a national of the United States or by a stateless gerson whose habitual residence is in the United tates; "(B) during the commission of such activity, a national of the United States is seized, threatened, injured or killed; or "(C) the offender is later found in the United States after such activity is committed; "(2) in the case of a ship navigating or scheduled to navigate solely within the territorial sea or internal waters of a country other than the United States, if the offender is later found in the United States after such activity is committed; and

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