Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 116 Part 1.djvu/748

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116 STAT. 722 PUBLIC LAW 107-197-JUNE 25, 2002 "(A) the offense is committed against another state or a government facihty of such state, including its embassy or other diplomatic or consular premises of that state; "(B) the offense is committed in an attempt to compel another state or the United States to do or abstain from doing any act; "(C) at the time the offense is committed, it is committed— "(i) on board a vessel flying the flag of another state; "(ii) on board an aircraft which is registered under the laws of another state; or "(iii) on board an aircraft which is operated by the government of another state; "(D) a perpetrator is found outside the United States; "(E) a perpetrator is a national of another state or a stateless person; or "(F) a victim is a national of another state or a stateless person; "(2) the offense takes place outside the United States and— "(A) a perpetrator is a national of the United States or is a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States; "(B) a victim is a national of the United States; "(C) a perpetrator is found in the United States; "(D) the offense is committed in an attempt to compel the United States to do or abstain from doing any act; "(E) the offense is committed against a state or government facility of the United States, including an embassy or other diplomatic or consular premises of the United States; "(F) the offense is committed on board a vessel flying the flag of the United States or an aircraft which is registered under the laws of the United States at the time the offense is committed; or "(G) the offense is committed on board an aircraft which is operated by the United States. "(c) PENALTIES.— Whoever violates this section shall be punished as provided under section 2332a(a) of this title. "(d) EXEMPTIONS TO JURISDICTION.— This section does not apply to— "(1) the activities of armed forces during an armed conflict, as those terms are understood under the law of war, which are governed by that law, "(2) activities undertaken by military forces of a state in the exercise of their official duties; or "(3) offenses committed within the United States, where the alleged offender and the victims are United States citizens and the alleged offender is found in the United States, or where jurisdiction is predicated solely on the nationality of the victims or the alleged offender and the offense has no substantial effect on interstate or foreign commerce. "(e) DEFINITIONS. — As used in this section, the term— "(1) 'serious bodily injury' has the meaning given that term in section 1365(g)(3) of this title;