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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 211— JURISDICTION AND VENUE · § 3239

§ 3239. Optional venue for espionage and related offenses

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The trial for any offense involving a violation, begun or committed upon the high seas or elsewhere out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, of—
(1)section 793, 794, 798, or section 1030(a)(1) of this title;
(2)section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 421); 1 or
(3)section 4(b) or 4(c) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b) or (c));
may be in the District of Columbia or in any other district authorized by law.
(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320909(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2127.)
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  • Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320909(a)
  • 108 Stat. 2127
  • act July 26, 1947, ch. 343
  • 61 Stat. 495
  • act June 25, 1948, ch. 645
  • 62 Stat. 827
  • Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1204(b)
  • 98 Stat. 2152
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§ 3239
Optional venue for espionage and related offenses
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320909(a)
Stat.108 Stat. 2127
Actact July 26, 1947, ch. 343
Stat.61 Stat. 495
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