42-U.S.C.-2275
§2275 – Receipt of Restricted Data
Pathway
Title 42 > Chapter 23 > Subchapter XVII > Section 2275
Details
- Reference: Section 2275
- Legend: §2275 – Receipt of Restricted Data
- USCode Year: 2011
Provision Content
Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, acquires, or attempts or conspires to acquire any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information involving or incorporating Restricted Data, shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for life, or by imprisonment for any term of years or a fine of not more than $100,000 or both.
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, §225, 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; Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, §3148(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 938.)
Amendments
1999—Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “$100,000” for “$20,000”.
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 Amendment
Amendment 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.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
42-U.S.C.-2286A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Atomic Energy
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