§2274 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

Anyone who, legally or not, has or is trusted with documents or other materials that include Restricted Data must not share them, try to share them, or agree with others to share them. If someone shares to harm the United States or to help a foreign nation, they can be punished by life imprisonment, a prison term of years, a fine up to $100,000, or both. If they share while having reason to believe the data will be used to harm the United States or help a foreign nation, the penalty is up to 10 years in prison, a fine up to $50,000, or both.

Title 42, §2274

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Whoever, lawfully or unlawfully, having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information involving or incorporating Restricted Data—

(a)communicates, transmits, or discloses the same to any individual or person, or attempts or conspires to do any of the foregoing, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for life, or by imprisonment for any term of years or a fine of not more than $100,000 or both;

(b)communicates, transmits, or discloses the same to any individual or person, or attempts or conspires to do any of the foregoing, with reason to believe such data will be utilized to injure the United States or to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $50,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.

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Amendments

2000—Cl. (b). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “$50,000” for “$500,000”. 1999—Cl. (a). Pub. L. 106–65, § 3148(a)(1), substituted “$100,000” for “$20,000”. Cl. (b). Pub. L. 106–65, § 3148(a)(2), substituted “$500,000” for “$10,000”. 1969—Pub. L. 91–161 made death penalty inapplicable for willful violation, or attempted violation of this section with intent to injure the United States, or secure an advantage for any foreign nation.

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Effective Date

of 2000 Amendment Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(g)(9)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–294, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective as of Oct. 5, 1999.

Effective Date

of 1969 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91–161 applicable to offenses committed on or after Dec. 24, 1969, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91–161, set out as a note under section 2272 of this title.

§2274 Communication of Restricted Data

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Title 42, §2274

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