96 STAT. 1664
PUBLIC LAW 97-351—OCT. 18, 1982
"(5) with intent to compel any person, international organization, or governmental entity to do or refrain from doing any act, knowingly threatens to engage in conduct described in paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of this subsection; "(6) knowingly threatens to use nuclear material to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person or substantial damage to property under circumstances in which the threat may reasonably be understood as an expression of serious purposes; "(7) attempts to commit an offense under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection; or "(8) is a party to a conspiracy of two or more persons to commit an offense under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection, if any of the parties intentionally engages in any conduct in furtherance of such offense; shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section. "(b) The punishment for an offense under— "(1) paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) of this section is— "(A) a fine of not more than $250,000; and "(B) imprisonment— "(i) for any term of years or for life (I) if, while committing the offense, the offender knowingly causes the death of any person; or (II) if, while committing an offense under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section, the offender, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the life of an individual, knowingly engages in any conduct and thereby recklessly causes the death of or serious bodily injury to any person; and (ii) for not more than 20 years in any other case; and "(2) paragraph (8) of subsection (a) of this section is— ^*(A) a fine of not more than $250,000; and "(B) imprisonment— "(i) for not more than 20 years if the offense which is the object of the conspiracy is punishable under paragraph (l)(B)(i); and "(ii) for not more than 10 years in any other case. "(c) The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) of this section are that— "(1) the offense is committed in the United States or the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1301)); "(2) the defendant is a national of the United States, as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101); "(3) at the time of the offense the nuclear material is in use, storage, or transport, for peaceful purposes, and after the conduct required for the offense occurs the defendant is found in the United States, even if the conduct required for the offense occurs outside the United States; or "(4) the conduct required for the offense occurs with respect to the carriage of a consignment of nuclear material for peaceful purposes by any means of transportation intended to go beyond the territory of the state where the shipment originates begin-
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