                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                         CHAPTER 113B--TERRORISM
 
Sec. 2337. Suits against Government officials

    No action shall be maintained under section 2333 of this title 
against--
        (1) the United States, an agency of the United States, or an 
    officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof 
    acting within his or her official capacity or under color of legal 
    authority; or
        (2) a foreign state, an agency of a foreign state, or an officer 
    or employee of a foreign state or an agency thereof acting within 
    his or her official capacity or under color of legal authority.

(Added Pub. L. 102-572, title X, Sec. 1003(a)(4), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 
Stat. 4523.)


                             Effective Date

    Section applicable to any pending case or any cause of action 
arising on or after 4 years before Oct. 29, 1992, see section 1003(c) of 
Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 2331 of this title.
