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18 USC Sec. 1992
01/26/98
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 97 - RAILROADS
HEADING
Sec. 1992. Wrecking trains
STATUTE
(a) Whoever willfully derails, disables, or wrecks any train,
engine, motor unit, or car used, operated, or employed in interstate or foreign commerce by any railroad; or
Whoever willfully sets fire to, or places any explosive substance on or near, or undermines any tunnel, bridge, viaduct, trestle,
track, signal, station, depot, warehouse, terminal, or any other way, structure, property, or appurtenance used in the operation of
any such railroad in interstate or foreign commerce, or otherwise makes any such tunnel, bridge, viaduct, trestle, track, signal,
station, depot, warehouse, terminal, or any other way, structure, property, or appurtenance unworkable or unusable or hazardous to
work or use, with the intent to derail, disable, or wreck a train, engine, motor unit, or car used, operated, or employed in
interstate or foreign commerce; or Whoever willfully attempts to do any of the aforesaid acts or
things - Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) Whoever is convicted of a violation of subsection (a) that
has resulted in the death of any person, shall be subject also to the death penalty or to imprisonment for life.
Whoever is convicted of any such violation involving a train that, at the time the violation occurred, carried high-level
radioactive waste (as that term is defined in section 2(12) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42
U.S.C. 10101(12))) or spent nuclear fuel (as that term is defined in section 2(23) of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23))), shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for any term or (FOOTNOTE 1)
years not less than 30, or for life. (FOOTNOTE 1) So in original. Probably should be ''of''.
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L.
103-322, title VI, Sec. 60003(a)(8), title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 1969, 2147; Dec. 29, 1995, Pub. L. 104-88,
title IV, Sec. 402(b), 109 Stat. 955.)
MISCELLANEOUS
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 412a (June 8, 1940,
ch. 286, 54 Stat. 255). First clause in second paragraph of said section 412a of title
18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as covered by section 3231 of this title. Words ''and on conviction thereof'' were omitted as surplusage
since punishment cannot be imposed until a conviction is secured.
AMENDMENTS
1995 - Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 402(b)(5), which directed amendment
of section by inserting ''(c)'' before ''A judgment'', could not be executed because phrase ''A judgment'' did not appear subsequent to
amendment by Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 60003(a)(8). See 1994 Amendment note below.
Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 402(b)(1)-(4), inserted ''(a)'' before ''Whoever willfully derails'' and ''(b)'' before ''Whoever is
convicted'', substituted ''a violation of subsection (a) that'' for ''any such crime, which'', and inserted last par.
1994 - Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 330016(1)(L), substituted ''fined under this title'' for ''fined not more than $10,000'' in fourth
par.
Pub. L. 103-322, Sec. 60003(a)(8), substituted a period for the comma after ''imprisonment for life'' in penultimate par., and
struck out remainder of penultimate par. and last par. which read as follows: ''if the jury shall in its discretion so direct, or, in
the case of a plea of guilty, if the court in its discretion shall
so order. ''A judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of any State shall be a bar to any prosecution hereunder for
the same act or acts.''
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2
of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as an Effective Date note under section 701 of Title 49, Transportation.
CROSS REFERENCES
Destruction of property moving in commerce, see section 80501 of
Title 49, Transportation.
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 2332b, 2339A, 2516, 3592
of this title.
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