§1366 — Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedure | U.S. Code

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Damaging an energy facility on purpose, trying to do it, or planning it is a federal crime. If the damage actually exceeds $100,000, or any damage causes or tries to cause a major interruption of the facility’s functions, the person can be fined, get up to 20 years in prison, or both. If the damage actually exceeds $5,000, the person can be fined, get up to 5 years in prison, or both. If someone dies because of an offense under these rules, the person can be imprisoned for any number of years or for life. Energy facility: a place that makes, stores, moves, or distributes electricity, fuel, or other energy, or a site for energy research; includes places still under construction or not working, but excludes facilities regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and interstate gas pipelines as defined in 49 U.S.C. 60101.

Title 18, §1366

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(a)Whoever knowingly and willfully damages or attempts or conspires to damage the property of an energy facility in an amount that in fact exceeds or would if the attempted offense had been completed, or if the object of the conspiracy had been achieved, have exceeded $100,000, or damages or attempts or conspires to damage the property of an energy facility in any amount and causes or attempts or conspires to cause a significant interruption or impairment of a function of an energy facility, shall be punishable by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both.

(b)Whoever knowingly and willfully damages or attempts to damage the property of an energy facility in an amount that in fact exceeds or would if the attempted offense had been completed have exceeded $5,000 shall be punishable by a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

(c)For purposes of this section, the term “energy facility” means a facility that is involved in the production, storage, transmission, or distribution of electricity, fuel, or another form or source of energy, or research, development, or demonstration facilities relating thereto, regardless of whether such facility is still under construction or is otherwise not functioning, except a facility subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the custody of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an interstate gas pipeline facility as defined in section 60101 of title 49.

(d)Whoever is convicted of a violation of subsection (a) or (b) that has resulted in the death of any person shall be subject to imprisonment for any term of years or life.

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2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177 substituted “attempts or conspires” for “attempts” wherever appearing and inserted “, or if the object of the conspiracy had been achieved,” after “the attempted offense had been completed”. 2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–56, § 810(b)(1), substituted “20 years” for “ten years”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–56, § 810(b)(2), added subsec. (d). 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(2)(C), substituted “fine under this title” for “fine of not more than $50,000”. Pub. L. 103–322, § 320903(d)(3), inserted “or attempts to damage” after “damages” in two places, “or would if the attempted offense had been completed have exceeded” after “exceeds”, and “or attempts to cause” after “causes”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(2)(C), substituted “fine under this title” for “fine of not more than $25,000”. Pub. L. 103–322, § 320903(d)(3)(A), (C), inserted “or attempts to damage” after “damages” and “or would if the attempted offense had been completed have exceeded” after “exceeds”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–272 substituted “an interstate gas pipeline facility as defined in section 60101 of title 49” for “interstate transmission facilities, as defined in section 2 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968”. 1990—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–647, § 3545, substituted “section 2 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968” for “49 U.S.C. 1671”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–647, § 3546, struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: “The table of contents for chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: ‘1365 Destruction of an energy facility.’ ”

§1366 Destruction of an Energy Facility

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Title 18, §1366

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