Possessions and Territories Criminal Law Clarification Act

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1332 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1332

    To clarify the application of certain Federal criminal laws to
  territories, possessions, and commonwealths, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 1995

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

    To clarify the application of certain Federal criminal laws to
  territories, possessions, and commonwealths, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Possessions and Territories Criminal
Law Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF VARIOUS OFFENSES TO POSSESSIONS AND TERRITORIES.

    (a) Sections 241 and 242 of title 18, United States Code, are each
amended by striking ``any State, Territory, or District'' and inserting
``any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District''.
    (b) Sections 793(h)(1) and 794(d)(1) of title 18, United States
Code, are each amended by adding at the end the following: ``For the
purposes of this subsection, the term `State' includes a State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (c) Section 925(a)(5) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``For the purpose of paragraphs (3) and (4)'' and inserting
``For the purpose of paragraph (3)''.
    (d) Sections 1014 and 2113(g) of title 18, United States Code, are
each amended by adding at the end the following: ``The term `State-
chartered credit union' includes a credit union chartered under the
laws of a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (e) Section 1073 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end of the first paragraph the following: ``For the
purposes of clause (3) of this paragraph, the term `State' includes a
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (f) Section 1715 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``State, Territory, or District'' each place those words
appear and inserting ``State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or
District''.
    (g) Section 1716 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ``State, Territory, or
        the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``State'';
            (2) in subsection (g)(3) by striking ``the municipal
        government of the District of Columbia or of the government of
        any State or territory, or any county, city, or other political
        subdivision of a State'' and inserting ``any State, or any
        political subdivision of a State''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) For purposes of this section, the term `State' includes a
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (h) Section 1761 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) For the purposes of this section, the term `State' means a
State of the United States and any commonwealth, territory, or
possession of the United States.''.
    (i) Section 3156(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
            (2) by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' at the
        end of paragraph (4); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) the term `State' includes a State of the United
        States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
        territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (j) Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is
amended--
            (1) by amending paragraph (26) to read as follows:
            ``(26) The term `State' means a State of the United States,
        the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or
        possession of the United States.''; and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (43), as added by section
        90105(d) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
        of 1994, as paragraph (44).
    (k) Section 1121 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) For the purposes of this section, the term `State' means a
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (l) Section 228(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by inserting ``commonwealth,'' before ``possession or territory of the
United States''.
    (m) Section 1546(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of this section, the
term `State' means a State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.''.
    (n) Section 1541 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first undesignated paragraph, by striking ``or
        possession''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``For purposes of this section, the term `State' means a State of
the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.''.
    (o) Section 37(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in
the final sentence by inserting before the period the following: ``,
and the term `State' means a State of the United States, the District
of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States''.
    (p) Section 2281(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in
the final sentence by inserting before the period the following: ``,
and the term `State' means a State of the United States, the District
of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States''.
    (q) Section 521(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following: ```State' means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or
possession of the United States.''.
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