                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                          CHAPTER 105--SABOTAGE
 
Sec. 2153. Destruction of war material, war premises, or war 
        utilities
        
    (a) Whoever, when the United States is at war, or in times of 
national emergency as declared by the President or by the Congress, with 
intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any 
associate nation in preparing for or carrying on the war or defense 
activities, or, with reason to believe that his act may injure, 
interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in 
preparing for or carrying on the war or defense activities, willfully 
injures, destroys, contaminates or infects, or attempts to so injure, 
destroy, contaminate or infect any war material, war premises, or war 
utilities, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
thirty years, or both.
    (b) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one 
or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the 
conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as 
provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 799; June 30, 1953, ch. 175, Sec. 2, 
67 Stat. 133; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1261, title I, Sec. 102, 68 Stat. 1217; 
Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on section 102 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National 
Defense (Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 534).
    ``As herein defined'' was deleted as surplusage.
    The conspiracy provisions are new. Their addition to the section was 
strongly urged by the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, 
considering the gravity of the substantive offense as evidenced by the 
prescribed punishment therefor. The punishment provisions of the general 
conspiracy statute, section 371 of this title, are inadequate.
    Words ``upon conviction thereof'' were omitted as unnecessary since 
punishment cannot be imposed until a conviction is secured.
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this 
title'' for ``fined not more than $10,000''.
    1954--Act Sept. 3, 1954, made section applicable in time of national 
emergency as well as war, and recognized the possibility of 
bacteriological warfare by making ``contamination'' a crime.
    1953--Subsec. (a). Act June 30, 1953, inserted ``or defense 
activities'' after ``carrying on the war''.


                                 Repeals

    Section 7 of act June 30, 1953, ch. 175, 67 Stat. 134, repealed 
Joint Res. July 3, 1952, ch. 570, Sec. 1(a)(29), 66 Stat. 333; Joint 
Res. Mar. 31, 1953, ch. 13, Sec. 1, 67 Stat. 18, formerly cited as 
credits to this section and also formerly set out as a note under this 
section.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14 of this title; title 8 
section 1101.
