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18 USC Sec. 1958
01/26/98
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 95 - RACKETEERING
HEADING
Sec. 1958. Use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission
of murder-for-hire
STATUTE
(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 in 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 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.
SOURCE
(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1002(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98
Stat. 2136, Sec. 1952A; renumbered Sec. 1958 and amendedPub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7053(a), 7058(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat.
4402, 4403; Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, Sec. 1205(k), title XXXV, Sec. 3558, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831, 4927; Pub. L. 103-322,
title VI, Sec. 60003(a)(11), title XIV, Sec. 140007(b), title XXXII, Sec. 320105, title
XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), (N), (Q), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1969, 2033, 2111, 2147, 2148; Pub. L.
104-294, title VI, Sec. 601(g)(3), 605(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3500, 3509.)
MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS
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, Sec. 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, Sec. 60003(a)(11). See below.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(N), substituted ''fined under this title'' for ''fined not more than $20,000''
after ''injury results, shall be''.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 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, Sec. 140007(b), 320105, each amended subsec. (a) by inserting ''or who conspires to do so'' after ''anything of
pecuniary value,''.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 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, Sec. 3558, substituted ''section 1959'' for ''section 1952B'' in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 1205(k), added par. (3).
1988 - Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7053(a), renumbered section 1952A of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7058(b), substituted ''ten
years'' for ''five years''.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2332b, 2516 of this
title.
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