                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                 CHAPTER 90--PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS
 
Sec. 1837. Applicability to conduct outside the United States

    This chapter also applies to conduct occurring outside the United 
States if--
        (1) the offender is a natural person who is a citizen or 
    permanent resident alien of the United States, or an organization 
    organized under the laws of the United States or a State or 
    political subdivision thereof; or
        (2) an act in furtherance of the offense was committed in the 
    United States.

(Added Pub. L. 104-294, title I, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3490.)
