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[CITE: 40USC193h]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
                 CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS
 
Sec. 193h. Prosecution and punishment of offenses


(a) Firearms, dangerous weapons, explosives, or incendiary device 
        offenses

    Any violation of section 193f(a) of this title, and any attempt to 
commit any such violation, shall be a felony punishable by a fine not 
exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.

(b) Other offenses

    Any violation of section 193b, 193c, 193d, 193e, 193f(b), or 193g of 
this title, and any attempt to commit any such violation, shall be a 
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not 
exceeding six months, or both.

(c) Procedure

    Violations of sections 193a to 193m, 207a, 212a, 212a-2, 212a-3, and 
212b of this title, including attempts or conspiracies to commit such 
violations, shall be prosecuted by the United States attorney or his 
assistants in the name of the United States. None of the general laws of 
the United States and none of the laws of the District of Columbia shall 
be superseded by any provision of said sections. Where the conduct 
violating said sections also violates the general laws of the United 
States or the laws of the District of Columbia, both violations may be 
joined in a single prosecution. Prosecution for any violation of section 
193f(a) of this title or for conduct which constitutes a felony under 
the general laws of the United States or the laws of the District of 
Columbia shall be in the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia. All other prosecutions for violations of said sections may 
be in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Whenever any 
person is convicted of a violation of said sections and of the general 
laws of the United States or the laws of the District of Columbia, in a 
prosecution under this subsection, the penalty which may be imposed for 
such violation is the highest penalty authorized by any of the laws for 
violation of which the defendant is convicted.

(July 31, 1946, ch. 707, Sec. 8, 60 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 88-60, Secs. 1, 
7, July 8, 1963, 77 Stat. 77, 78; Pub. L. 90-108, Sec. 1(c), Oct. 20, 
1967, 81 Stat. 277; Pub. L. 91-358, title I, Sec. 155(a), July 29, 1970, 
84 Stat. 570.)

                          Codification

    Section is also set out in D.C. Code, Sec. 9-114.


                               Amendments

    1967--Pub. L. 90-108 struck out provisions setting a blanket 
punishment of not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 60 days 
for offenses against sections 193b to 193g of this title, with 
prosecution for such offenses to be had in the District of Columbia 
Court of General Sessions upon information by the United States Attorney 
or any of his assistants and raising the imprisonment to not more than 
five years in cases where public property is damaged in an amount 
exceeding $100 and inserted provisions dividing the offenses into 
felonies and misdemeanors with different punishments for each and 
setting out the procedures to be followed in the prosecution for such 
felonies or misdemeanors, including provisions when the conduct involved 
violates both the general laws of the United States and the District of 
Columbia in addition to sections 193a to 193m, 212a, 212a-2, and 212b, 
of this title.

                         Change of Name

    ``District of Columbia Court of General Sessions'' was changed to 
``Superior Court of the District of Columbia'' pursuant to Pub. L. 91-
358, which provides that such change is effective the first day of the 
seventh calendar month which begins after July 29, 1970.
    ``District of Columbia Court of General Sessions'' was the 
designation given to the ``Municipal Court for the District of 
Columbia'' by Pub. L. 88-60, Secs. 1, 7, July 8, 1963, 77 Stat. 77, 78, 
which provided that, eff. Jan. 1, 1963, whenever reference is made in 
any Act of Congress to the ``Municipal Court for the District of 
Columbia'', such reference shall be held to be a reference to the 
``District of Columbia Court of General Sessions.''


                    Effective Date of 1967 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-108 effective Oct. 20, 1967, see section 3 
of Pub. L. 90-108, set out as a note under section 193a of this title.


                Offenses Committed Prior to July 31, 1946

    Section 15 of act July 31, 1946, provided that: ``Any violation of 
any of the provisions of said Acts hereby repealed [sections 194 to 205 
and 213 of this title], occurring before the date of this repeal [July 
31, 1946], may be prosecuted to the same extent as if this Act [enacting 
sections 193a to 193m, 212a, 212a-2, and 212b of this title] had not 
been enacted.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 136, 174b-1, 184a, 193i, 
193k, 193l, 193m, 212a of this title.
