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01/19/04
Sec. 2331. Definitions
As used in this chapter -
(1) the term "international terrorism" means activities that -
(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that
are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of
any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed
within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended -
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by
intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass
destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of
the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of
the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they
appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which
their perpetrators operate or seek asylum;
(2) the term "national of the United States" has the meaning
given such term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act;
(3) the term "person" means any individual or entity capable of
holding a legal or beneficial interest in property;
(4) the term "act of war" means any act occurring in the course
of -
(A) declared war;
(B) armed conflict, whether or not war has been declared,
between two or more nations; or
(C) armed conflict between military forces of any origin; and
(5) the term "domestic terrorism" means activities that -
(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation
of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
(B) appear to be intended -
(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
(ii) to influence the policy of a government by
intimidation or coercion; or
(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass
destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and
(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of
the United States.
AMENDMENTS
2001 - Par. (1)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 802(a)(1),
substituted "by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping" for
"by assassination or kidnapping".
Par. (5). Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 802(a)(2)-(4), added par. (5).
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 1003(c) of Pub. L. 102-572 provided that: "This section
[enacting this section and sections 2333 to 2338 of this title,
amending former section 2331 of this title, and renumbering former
section 2331 of this title as 2332] and the amendments made by this
section shall apply to any pending case or any cause of action
arising on or after 4 years before the date of enactment of this
Act [Oct. 29, 1992]."
SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107-197, title I, Sec. 101, June 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 721,
provided that: "This title [enacting section 2332f of this title
and provisions set out as notes under section 2332f of this title]
may be cited as the 'Terrorist Bombings Convention Implementation
Act of 2002'."
Pub. L. 107-197, title II, Sec. 201, June 25, 2002, 116 Stat.
724, provided that: "This title [enacting section 2339C of this
title and provisions set out as notes under section 2339C of this
title] may be cited as the 'Suppression of the Financing of
Terrorism Convention Implementation Act of 2002'."
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