Sec. 531. Punitive article on violent extremism

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Subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 916 (article 116 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) the following new section (article): Any person subject to this chapter who— knowingly commits a covered offense against— the Government of the United States; or any person or class of people; with the intent to intimidate or coerce any person or class of people; or with the intent to influence, affect, or retaliate against the policy or conduct of the Government of the United States or any State; and does so— to achieve political, ideological, religious, social, or economic goals; or in the case of an act against a person or class of people, for reasons relating to the race, religion, color, ethnicity, sex, age, disability status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity of the person or class of people concerned; is guilty of violent extremism and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Any person who attempts, solicits, or conspires to commit an offense under this section shall be punished in the same manner as a person who completes the offense. In this section: The term covered offense means— loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition of military property of the United States, in violation of section 908 of this title (article 108); waste, spoilage, or destruction of property other than military property of the United States, in violation of section 909 of this title (article 109); communicating threats, in violation of section 915 of this title (article 115); riot or breach of peace, in violation of section 916 of this title (article 116); provoking speech or gestures, in violation of section 917 of this title (article 117); murder, in violation of section 918 of this title (article 118); manslaughter, in violation of section 919 of this title (article 119); larceny or wrongful appropriation, in violation of section 921 of this title (article 121); robbery, in violation of section 922 of this title (article 122); kidnapping, in violation of section 925 of this title (article 125); assault, in violation of section 928 of this title (article 128); conspiracy to commit an offense specified in any of subparagraphs

(A)through (K), as punishable under section 881 of this title (article 81); solicitation to commit an offense specified in any of subparagraphs

(A)through (K), as punishable under section 882 of this title (article 82); or an attempt to commit an offense specified in any of subparagraphs

(A)through (K), as punishable under section 880 of this title (article 80). The term State includes any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other possession or territory of the United States. . The table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 916 (article 116) the following new item: 916a. 116a. Violent extremism. . The amendments made by subsection

(a)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to offenses committed on or after such date.