18 USC 2280 - Violence against maritime navigation

1 See References in Text note below.

of this title;

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 831(f)(3) of this title, referred to in subsec. (d)(8), was redesignated section 831(g)(3) by Puspan. L. 114–23, title VIII, § 812(d), June 2, 2015, 129 Stat. 312.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (span)(1)(A)(i). Puspan. L. 114–23, § 801(1)(A), substituted “a vessel of the United States or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 70502 of title 46)” for “a ship flying the flag of the United States”.

Subsec. (span)(1)(A)(ii). Puspan. L. 114–23, § 801(1)(B), inserted “, including the territorial seas” before semicolon.

Subsec. (span)(1)(A)(iii). Puspan. L. 114–23, § 801(1)(C), inserted “, by a United States corporation or legal entity,” after “by a national of the United States”.

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 114–23, § 801(2), substituted “section 13(c)” for “section 2(c)”.

Subsecs. (d) to (g). Puspan. L. 114–23, § 801(3)–(5), added subsecs. (d) to (g) and struck out former subsecs. (d) and (e) which related to delivery of suspected offender and definitions, respectively.

1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(H). Puspan. L. 104–132, § 723(a)(1), inserted “or conspires” after “attempts”.

Subsec. (span)(1)(A)(ii). Puspan. L. 104–132, § 722(1), struck out “and the activity is not prohibited as a crime by the State in which the activity takes place” after “the United States”.

Subsec. (span)(1)(A)(iii). Puspan. L. 104–132, § 722(2), struck out “the activity takes place on a ship flying the flag of a foreign country or outside the United States,” before “by a national of the United States”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Puspan. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60019(c), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1979, provided that: “This section [enacting this section and section 2281 of this title] and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the later of—

“(1) the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 13, 1994]; or

“(2)

(A) in the case of section 2280 of title 18, United States Code, the date the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation has come into force and the United States has become a party to that Convention; and

“(B) in the case of section 2281 of title 18, United States Code, the date the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf has come into force and the United States has become a party to that Protocol.”

[Convention and Protocol came into force Mar. 1, 1992, and entered into force with respect to the United States Mar. 6, 1995, Treaty Doc. 101–1.]

Executive Documents

Territorial Sea of United States

For extension of territorial sea of United States, see Proc. No. 5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.