18-U.S.C.-1366
§1366 – Destruction of An Energy Facility
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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 65 > Section 1366
Details
- Reference: Section 1366
- Legend: §1366 – Destruction of An Energy Facility
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully damages or attempts or conspires to damage the property of an energy facility in an amount that in fact exceeds or would if the attempted offense had been completed, or if the object of the conspiracy had been achieved, have exceeded $100,000, or damages or attempts or conspires to damage the property of an energy facility in any amount and causes or attempts or conspires to cause a significant interruption or impairment of a function of an energy facility, shall be punishable by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both.
(b) Whoever knowingly and willfully damages or attempts to damage the property of an energy facility in an amount that in fact exceeds or would if the attempted offense had been completed have exceeded $5,000 shall be punishable by a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term energy facility means a facility that is involved in the production, storage, transmission, or distribution of electricity, fuel, or another form or source of energy, or research, development, or demonstration facilities relating thereto, regardless of whether such facility is still under construction or is otherwise not functioning, except a facility subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the custody of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an interstate gas pipeline facility as defined in section 60101 of title 49.
(d) Whoever is convicted of a violation of subsection (a) or (b) that has resulted in the death of any person shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or life.
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §1011(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2141, §1365; renumbered §1366, Pub. L. 99–646, §29(a), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3598; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, §§3545, 3546, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926; Pub. L. 103–272, §5(e)(9), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1374; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, §320903(d)(3), title XXXIII, §330016(2)(C), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2125, 2148; Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, §810(b), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 380; Pub. L. 109–177, title IV, §406(c)(2), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 245.)
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177 substituted attempts or conspires for attempts wherever appearing and inserted , or if the object of the conspiracy had been achieved, after the attempted offense had been completed.
2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–56, §810(b)(1), substituted 20 years for ten years.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–56, §810(b)(2), added subsec. (d).
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(2)(C), substituted fine under this title for fine of not more than $50,000.
Pub. L. 103–322, §320903(d)(3), inserted or attempts to damage after damages in two places, or would if the attempted offense had been completed have exceeded after exceeds, and or attempts to cause after causes.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(2)(C), substituted fine under this title for fine of not more than $25,000.
Pub. L. 103–322, §320903(d)(3)(A), (C), inserted or attempts to damage after damages and or would if the attempted offense had been completed have exceeded after exceeds.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–272 substituted an interstate gas pipeline facility as defined in section 60101 of title 49 for interstate transmission facilities, as defined in section 2 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968.
1990—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–647, §3545, substituted section 2 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 for 49 U.S.C. 1671.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–647, §3546, struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: The table of contents for chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: ‘1365 Destruction of an energy facility.’
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