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[CITE: 18USC970]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                      CHAPTER 45--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
Sec. 970. Protection of property occupied by foreign governments

    (a) Whoever willfully injures, damages, or destroys, or attempts to 
injure, damage, or destroy, any property, real or personal, located 
within the United States and belonging to or utilized or occupied by any 
foreign government or international organization, by a foreign official 
or official guest, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not 
more than five years, or both.
    (b) Whoever, willfully with intent to intimidate, coerce, threaten, 
or harass--
        (1) forcibly thrusts any part of himself or any object within or 
    upon that portion of any building or premises located within the 
    United States, which portion is used or occupied for official 
    business or for diplomatic, consular, or residential purposes by--
            (A) a foreign government, including such use as a mission to 
        an international organization;
            (B) an international organization;
            (C) a foreign official; or
            (D) an official guest; or

        (2) refuses to depart from such portion of such building or 
    premises after a request--
            (A) by an employee of a foreign government or of an 
        international organization, if such employee is authorized to 
        make such request by the senior official of the unit of such 
        government or organization which occupies such portion of such 
        building or premises;
            (B) by a foreign official or any member of the foreign 
        official's staff who is authorized by the foreign official to 
        make such request;
            (C) by an official guest or any member of the official 
        guest's staff who is authorized by the official guest to make 
        such request; or
            (D) by any person present having law enforcement powers;

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, 
or both.
    (c) For the purpose of this section ``foreign government'', 
``foreign official'', ``international organization'', and ``official 
guest'' shall have the same meanings a