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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 · Sec. 122

Sec. 122. PROHIBITION OF NARCO-TERRORISM

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## SEC. 122 PROHIBITION OF NARCO-TERRORISM Part A of the Controlled Substance Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1010 the following: > > ## “SEC. 1010A Prohibited Acts > > > ###
(a)> > **[**[21 U.S.C. 960a](/us/usc/t21/s960a)**]** > > Whoever engages in conduct that would be punishable under section 841(a) of this title if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States, or attempts or conspires to do so, knowing or intending to provide, directly or indirectly, anything of pecuniary value to any person or organization that has engaged or engages in terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) or terrorism (as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989), shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than twice the minimum punishment under section 841(b)(1), and not more than life, a fine in accordance with the provisions of title 18, United States Code, or both. Notwithstanding section 3583 of title 18, United States Code, any sentence imposed under this subsection shall include a term of supervised release of at least 5 years in addition to such term of imprisonment. > > > ## “JURISDICTION > > > ### “(b) > > There is jurisdiction over an offense under this section if— > > > #### “(1) > > the prohibited drug activity or the terrorist offense is in violation of the criminal laws of the United States; > > > #### “(2) > > the offense, the prohibited drug activity, or the terrorist offense occurs in or affects interstate or foreign commerce; > > > #### “(3) > > an offender provides anything of pecuniary value for a terrorist offense that causes or is designed to cause death or serious bodily injury to a national of the United States while that national is outside the United States, or substantial damage to the property of a legal entity organized under the laws of the United States (including any of its States, districts, commonwealths, territories, or possessions) while that property is outside of the United States; > > > #### “(4) > > the offense or the prohibited drug activity occurs in whole or in part outside of the United States (including on the high seas), and a perpetrator of the offense or the prohibited drug activity is a national of the United States or a legal entity organized under the laws of the United States (including any of its States, districts, commonwealths, territories, or possessions); or > > > #### “(5) > > after the conduct required for the offense occurs an offender is brought into or found in the United States, even if the conduct required for the offense occurs outside the United States. > > > ## “PROOF REQUIREMENTS > > > ### “(c) > > To violate subsection (a), a person must have knowledge that the person or organization has engaged or engages in terrorist activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) or terrorism (as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989). > > > ## “DEFINITION > > > ### “(d) > > As used in this section, the term ‘**anything of pecuniary value**’ has the meaning given the term in section 1958(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code.” > .
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