TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 113B - TERRORISM
HEAD
Sec. 2332d. Financial transactions
STATUTE
(a) Offense. - Except as provided in regulations issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, whoever, being a United States person, knowing or having
reasonable cause to know that a country is designated under section
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405)
as a country supporting international terrorism, engages in a
financial transaction with the government of that country, shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or
both.
(b) Definitions. - As used in this section -
(1) the term "financial transaction" has the same meaning as in
section 1956(c)(4); and
(2) the term "United States person" means any -
(A) United States citizen or national;
(B) permanent resident alien;
(C) juridical person organized under the laws of the United
States; or
(D) any person in the United States.
SOURCE
(Added Pub. L. 104-132, title III, Sec. 321(a), Apr. 24, 1996, 110
Stat. 1254; amended Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec.
4002(a)(5), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1806.)
CODIFICATION
Another section 2332d was renumbered section 2332e of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-273 inserted "of 1979" after
"Export Administration Act".
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 321(c) of Pub. L. 104-132 provided that: "The amendments
made by this section [enacting this section] shall become effective
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Apr. 24, 1996]."
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