                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                      CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 16. Crime of violence defined

    The term ``crime of violence'' means--
        (a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or 
    threatened use of physical force against the person or property of 
    another, or
        (b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, 
    involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person 
    or property of another may be used in the course of committing the 
    offense.

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1001(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2136.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3181, 3663A of this title; 
title 8 sections 1101, 1227; title 20 section 1232g; title 21 section 
841; title 22 sections 2728, 4304b; title 40 sections 212a, 212a-3; 
title 42 sections 1437f, 13981, 14503.
