PUBLIC LAW 94-467—OCT. 8, 1976
90 STAT. 1999
SEC. 5. Section 112 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ^'§112. Protection of foreign officials, official guests, and internationaly protected persons " (a) Whoever assaults, strikes, wounds, imprisons, or offers violence to a foreign official, official guest, or internationaly protected person or makes any other violent attack upon the person or liberty of such person, or, if likely to endanger his person or liberty, makes a violent attack upon his official premises, private accommodation, or means of transport or attempts to commit any of the foregoing shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whoever in the commission of any such act uses a deadly or dangerous weapon shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. "(b) Whoever willfully— " (1) intimidates, coerces, threatens, or harasses a foreign official or an official guest or obstructs a foreign official in the performance of his duties; " (2) attempts to intimidate, coerce, threaten, or harass a foreign official or an official guest or obstruct a foreign official in the performance of his duties; or " (3) within the United States but outside the District of Columbia and within one hundred feet of any building or premises in whole or in part owned, used, or occupied for official business or for diplomatic, consular, or residential purposes by— " (A) a foreign government, including such use as a mission to an international organization; "(B) an international organization; "(C) a foreign official; or "(D) an official guest; congregates with two or more other persons with intent to violate any other provision of this section; , shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. "(c) For the purpose of this section 'foreign government', 'foreign Definitions, official', 'internationaly protected person', 'international organization', and 'official guest' shall have the same meanings as those provided in section 1116(b) of this title. Ante, p. 1997. "(d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or applied so as to abridge the exercise of rights guaranteed under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. "(e) If the victim of an offense under subsection (a) is an inter- Jurisdiction, nationally protected person, the United States may exercise jurisdiction over the offense if the alleged offender is present within the United States, irrespective of the place where the offense was committed or the nationality of the victim or the alleged offender. As used in this subsection, the United States includes all areas under the jurisdiction of the United States including any of the places within the provisions of sections 5 and 7 of this title and section 101 (34) of the 18 USC 5, 7. Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1301(34)). "(f) In the course of enforcement of subsection (a) and any other Assistance for sections prohibiting a conspiracy or attempt to violate subsection (a), Attorney the Attorney General may request assistance from any Federal, State, General. or local agency, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force, any statute, rule, or regulation to the contrary, notwithstanding.".
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