                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                    CHAPTER 103--ROBBERY AND BURGLARY
 
Sec. 2111. Special maritime and territorial jurisdiction

    Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes or 
attempts to take from the person or presence of another anything of 
value, shall be imprisoned not more than fifteen years.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXII, 
Sec. 320903(a)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2124.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 463 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 
321, Sec. 284, 35 Stat. 1144).
    Words ``within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of 
the United States'' were added to restrict the place of the offense to 
those places described in section 451 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., now 
section 7 of this title.
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 inserted ``or attempts to take'' after 
``takes''.


                      Short Title of 1996 Amendment

    Pub. L. 104-217, Sec. 1, Oct. 1, 1996, 110 Stat. 3020, provided 
that: ``This Act [amending section 2119 of this title] may be cited as 
the `Carjacking Correction Act of 1996'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3559, 5032 of this title; 
title 49 section 46506.
