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[CITE: 42USC2274]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XVII--ENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER
 
Sec. 2274. Communication of Restricted Data

    Whoever, lawfully or unlawfully, having possession of, access to, 
control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, sketch, 
photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information 
involving or incorporating Restricted Data--
        (a) communicates, transmits, or discloses the same to any 
    individual or person, or attempts or conspires to do any of the 
    foregoing, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to 
    secure an advantage to any foreign nation, upon conviction thereof, 
    shall be punished by imprisonment for life, or by imprisonment for 
    any term of years or a fine of not more than $100,000 or both;
        (b) communicates, transmits, or discloses the same to any 
    individual or person, or attempts or conspires to do any of the 
    foregoing, with reason to believe such data will be utilized to 
    injure the United States or to secure an advantage to any foreign 
    nation, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more 
    than $500,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 224, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 958; amended Pub. L. 91-161, Sec. 3(b), Dec. 24, 
1969, 83 Stat. 444; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, 
Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 106-65, div. C, 
title XXXI, Sec. 3148(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 938.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Cl. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 3148(a)(1), substituted 
``$100,000'' for ``$20,000''.
    Cl. (b). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 3148(a)(2), substituted ``$500,000'' 
for ``$10,000''.
    1969--Pub. L. 91-161 made death penalty inapplicable for willful 
violation, or attempted violation of this section with intent to injure 
the United States, or secure an advantage for any foreign nation.


                    Effective Date of 1969 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-161 applicable to offenses committed on or 
after Dec. 24, 1969, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91-161, set out as a note 
under section 2272 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See also Transfer of Functions 
notes set out under those sections.


                            Cross References

    Conspiracy to commit offense, see section 371 of Title 18, Crimes 
and Criminal Procedure.
    Federal retirement benefits, forfeiture upon conviction of offense 
described hereunder, see section 8312 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.
    Forfeiture of veterans' benefits upon conviction under this section, 
see section 6105 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.
    Wire or oral communications, authorization for interception, to 
provide evidence of offenses punishable by death or by imprisonment for 
more than one year under sections 2274 to 2277 of this title, see 
section 2516 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2000aa, 2278, 2279 of this 
title; title 5 section 8312; title 18 section 2516; title 22 section 
2778; title 38 section 6105.
