 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                     CHAPTER 65--MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
 
Sec. 1363. Buildings or property within special maritime and 
        territorial jurisdiction
        
    Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States, willfully and maliciously destroys or injures or 
attempts to destroy or injure any structure, conveyance, or other real 
or personal property, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than five years, or both, and if the building be a dwelling, or the 
life of any person be placed in jeopardy, shall be fined under this 
title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(H), (K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104-132, 
title VII, Sec. 703, Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1294.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 464, 465 (Mar. 4, 1909, 
ch. 321, Secs. 285, 286, 35 Stat. 1144).
    Said sections were consolidated and rewritten both as to form and 
substance. The provisions relating to arson are incorporated in section 
81 of this title. (See reviser's note under said section 81 of this 
title for explanation of changes.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-132 substituted ``any structure, conveyance, or 
other real or personal property'' for ``any building, structure or 
vessel, any machinery or building materials and supplies, military or 
naval stores, munitions of war or any structural aids or appliances for 
navigation or shipping''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $1,000'' after ``shipping, shall be'' and for 
``fined not more than $5,000'' after ``jeopardy, shall be''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1956, 2332b, 2339A, 3050 of 
this title.
