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 PUBLIC LAW 97-285—OCT. 6, 1982

96 STAT. 1219

Public Law 97-285 97th Congress An Act To amend sections 351 and 1751 of title 18 of the United States Code to provide penalties for crimes against Cabinet officers, Supreme Court Justices, and Presidential staff members, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subsection (a) of section 351 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "(a) Whoever kills any individual who is a Member of Congress or a Member-of-Congress-elect, a member of the executive branch of the Government who is the head, or a person nominated to be head during the pendency of such nomination, of a department listed in section 101 of title 5 or the second ranking official in such department, the Director (or a person nominated to be Director during the pendency of such nomination) or Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, or a Justice of the United States, as defined in section 451 of title 28, or a person nominated to be a Justice of the United States, during the pendency of such nomination, shall be punished as provided by sections 1111 and 1112 of this title.". (b) Section 351 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: "(h) In a prosecution for an offense under this section the Government need not prove that the defendant knew that the victim of the offense was an official protected by this section. "(i) There is extraterritorial jurisdiction over the conduct prohibited by this section.". SEC. 2. (a) The section heading of section 351 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "§ 351. Congressional, Cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination, kidnaping, and assault; penalties". (b) In the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 18 of title 18 of the United States Code, the item relating to section 351 is amended to read as follows: "351. Congressional, Cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination, kidnaping, and assault; penalties.".

(c) The chapter heading of chapter 18 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "CHAPTER 18—CONGRESSIONAL, CABINET, AND SUPREME COURT ASSASSINATION, KIDNAPING, AND ASSAULT". (d) The table of chapters at the beginning of part I of title 18 of the United States Code is amended so that the item relating to chapter 18 reads as follows: "18. Congressional, Cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination, kidnaping, and assault 351".

Oct. 6, 1982 [S. 907]

Penalties for crimes against governmental officials.

5 USC 101.

28 USC 451.

18 USC nil, 1112.

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