                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                          CHAPTER 50A--GENOCIDE
 
Sec. 1091. Genocide

    (a) Basic Offense.--Whoever, whether in time of peace or in time of 
war, in a circumstance described in subsection (d) and with the specific 
intent to destroy, in whole or in substantial part, a national, ethnic, 
racial, or religious group as such--
        (1) kills members of that group;
        (2) causes serious bodily injury to members of that group;
        (3) causes the permanent impairment of the mental faculties of 
    members of the group through drugs, torture, or similar techniques;
        (4) subjects the group to conditions of life that are intended 
    to cause the physical destruction of the group in whole or in part;
        (5) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the 
    group; or
        (6) transfers by force children of the group to another group;

or attempts to do so, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
    (b) Punishment for Basic Offense.--The punishment for an offense 
under subsection (a) is--
        (1) in the case of an offense under subsection (a)(1),,\1\ where 
    death results, by death or imprisonment for life and a fine of not 
    more than $1,000,000, or both; and
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        (2) a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or imprisonment for not 
    more than twenty years, or both, in any other case.

    (c) Incitement Offense.--Whoever in a circumstance described in 
subsection (d) directly and publicly incites another to violate 
subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned not 
more than five years, or both.
    (d) Required Circumstance for Offenses.--The circumstance referred 
to in subsections (a) and (c) is that--
        (1) the offense is committed within the United States; or
        (2) the alleged offender is a national of the United States (as 
    defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
    U.S.C. 1101)).

    (e) Nonapplicability of Certain Limitations.--Notwithstanding 
section 3282 of this title, in the case of an offense under subsection 
(a)(1), an indictment may be found, or information instituted, at any 
time without limitation.

(Added Pub. L. 100-606, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3045; amended 
Pub. L. 103-322, title VI, Sec. 60003(a)(13), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
1970.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-322, which directed the 
substitution of ``, where death results, by death or imprisonment for 
life and a fine of not more than $1,000,000, or both;'' for ``a fine of 
not more than $1,000,000 or imprisonment for life,'', was executed by 
making the substitution in text which contained the phrase ``and 
imprisonment for life;'' rather than ``or imprisonment for life,'', to 
reflect the probable intent of Congress.


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 100-606 provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
this chapter] may be cited as the `Genocide Convention Implementation 
Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act)'.''
