2016 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 23 - Development and Control of Atomic Energy
Division A - Atomic Energy
Subchapter XVII - Enforcement of Chapter
Sec. 2276 - Tampering with Restricted Data
| 42 U.S.C. § 2276 (2016) |
| §2276. Tampering with Restricted Data |
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Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, removes, conceals, tampers with, alters, mutilates, or destroys any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, or note involving or incorporating Restricted Data and used by any individual or person in connection with the production of special nuclear material, or research or development relating to atomic energy, conducted by the United States, or financed in whole or in part by Federal funds, or conducted with the aid of special nuclear material, shall be punished by imprisonment for life, or by imprisonment for any term of years or a fine of not more than $20,000 or both. |
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(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, §226, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, §1, 68 Stat. 959; amended Pub. L. 91–161, §3(b), Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 444; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, §902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1969—Pub. L. 91–161 made death penalty inapplicable for willful violation, or attempted violation of this section with intent to injure the United States, or secure an advantage for any foreign nation. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1969 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 91–161 applicable to offenses committed on or after Dec. 24, 1969, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91–161, set out as a note under section 2272 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 23 - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY Division A - Atomic Energy SUBCHAPTER XVII - ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER Sec. 2276 - Tampering with Restricted Data |
| section 2276 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
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| 68 Stat. 959 83 Stat. 444 106 Stat. 2944 |
| Public Law 91-161, Public Law 102-486 |
