18-U.S.C.-1958
§1958 – Use of Interstate Commerce Facilities In The Commission of Murder-For-Hire
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- Reference: Section 1958
- Legend: §1958 – Use of Interstate Commerce Facilities In The Commission of Murder-For-Hire
- USCode Year: 2013
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(a) Whoever travels in or causes another (including the intended victim) to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or causes another (including the intended victim) to use the mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce, with intent that a murder be committed in violation of the laws of any State or the United States as consideration for the receipt of, or as consideration for a promise or agreement to pay, anything of pecuniary value, or who conspires to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and if personal injury results, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than twenty years, or both; and if death results, shall be punished by death or life imprisonment, or shall be fined not more than $250,000, or both.
(b) As used in this section and section 1959—
(1) anything of pecuniary value means anything of value in the form of money, a negotiable instrument, a commercial interest, or anything else the primary significance of which is economic advantage;
(2) facility of interstate or foreign commerce includes means of transportation and communication; and
(3) State includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §1002(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2136, §1952A; renumbered §1958 and amended Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, §§7053(a), 7058(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4402, 4403; Pub. L. 101–647, title XII, §1205(k), title XXXV, §3558, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831, 4927; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, §60003(a)(11), title XIV, §140007(b), title XXXII, §320105, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), (N), (Q), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1969, 2033, 2111, 2147, 2148; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §§601(g)(3), 605(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3500, 3509; Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, §6704, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3766.)
Amendments
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–458, §6704(1), substituted facility of for facility in.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 108–458, §6704(2), inserted or foreign after interstate.
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–294 substituted comma for or who conspires to do so after or who conspires to do so and substituted this title or imprisoned for this title and imprisoned before for not more than twenty years.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(Q), which directed the amendment of this section by substituting under this title for not more than $50,000, could not be executed because the phrase not more than $50,000 did not appear in text subsequent to amendment of subsec. (a) by Pub. L. 103–322, §60003(a)(11). See below.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(N), substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $20,000 after injury results, shall be.
Pub. L. 103–322, §330016(1)(L), substituted fined under this title for fined not more than $10,000 before or imprisoned for not more than ten years.
Pub. L. 103–322, §§140007(b), 320105, each amended subsec. (a) by inserting or who conspires to do so after anything of pecuniary value,.
Pub. L. 103–322, §60003(a)(11), substituted and if death results, shall be punished by death or life imprisonment, or shall be fined not more than $250,000, or both for and if death results, shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or for life, or shall be fined not more than $50,000, or both before period at end.
1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–647, §3558, substituted section 1959 for section 1952B in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101–647, §1205(k), added par. (3).
1988—Pub. L. 100–690, §7053(a), renumbered section 1952A of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–690, §7058(b), substituted ten years for five years.
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