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5-54-202. Soliciting material support for terrorism — Providing material support for a terrorist act.
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5-54-202. Soliciting material support for terrorism — Providing material support for a terrorist act.
(a)(1)(A) A person commits the offense of soliciting material support for terrorism if the person knowingly raises, solicits, or collects material support or resources knowing:
(i) That the material support or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or avoid apprehension for committing terrorism or causing a catastrophe as defined under § 5-38-202; or
(ii) That the material support or resources so raised, solicited, or collected will be used by an organization designated under 8 U.S.C. § 1189, as the list of organizations existed March 1, 2003, and that designates foreign terrorist organizations.
(B) It is not an element of the offense that the defendant knows that an organization has been designated under 8 U.S.C. § 1189, as it existed March 1, 2003.
(2) Soliciting material support for terrorism is a Class Y felony.
(b)(1) A person commits the offense of providing material support for a terrorist act if the person knowingly provides material support or resources to a person knowing that the person will use the material support or resources, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, facilitate, or avoid apprehension for committing an act of terrorism or to cause a catastrophe as defined under § 5-38-202.
(2) Providing material support for a terrorist act is a Class Y felony.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-54-202
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5-54-202. Soliciting material support for terrorism — Providing material support for a terrorist act.
(a)(1)(A) A person commits the offense of soliciting material support for terrorism if the person knowingly raises, solicits, or collects material support or resources knowing:
(i) That the material support or resources will be used, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, or avoid apprehension for committing terrorism or causing a catastrophe as defined under § 5-38-202; or
(ii) That the material support or resources so raised, solicited, or collected will be used by an organization designated under 8 U.S.C. § 1189, as the list of organizations existed March 1, 2003, and that designates foreign terrorist organizations.
(B) It is not an element of the offense that the defendant knows that an organization has been designated under 8 U.S.C. § 1189, as it existed March 1, 2003.
(2) Soliciting material support for terrorism is a Class Y felony.
(b)(1) A person commits the offense of providing material support for a terrorist act if the person knowingly provides material support or resources to a person knowing that the person will use the material support or resources, in whole or in part, to plan, prepare, carry out, facilitate, or avoid apprehension for committing an act of terrorism or to cause a catastrophe as defined under § 5-38-202.
(2) Providing material support for a terrorist act is a Class Y felony.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Designation**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary is authorized to designate an organization as a foreign terrorist organization in accordance with this subsection if the Secretary finds that—
(A) the organization is a foreign organization;
(B) the organization engages in terrorist activity (as defined in [section 1182(a)(3)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a/3/B&num=0&edition=prelim) or terrorism (as defined in [section 2656f(d)(2) of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2656f/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim)), or retains the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism) 11 So in original. The closing parenthesis probably should follow “[section 1182(a)(3)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a/3/B&num=0&edition=prelim)”.; and
(C) the terrorist activity or terrorism of the organization threatens the security of United States nationals or the national security of the United States.
(2) **Procedure**
(A) *Notice*
(i) *To congressional leaders* — Seven days before making a designation under this subsection, the Secretary shall, by classified communication, notify the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the members of the relevant committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in writing, of the intent to designate an organization under this subsection, together with the findings made under paragraph (1) with respect to that organization, and the factual basis therefor.
(ii) *Publication in Federal Register* — The Secretary shall publish th
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Page 274
TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1189
1999—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 106–78, § 748(1), substituted
‘‘45 days’’ for ‘‘60 days’’.
Subsec. (c)(3)(A). Pub. L. 106–78, § 748(2), substituted
‘‘30 days’’ for ‘‘20 days’’ in introductory provisions.
1994—Subsec. (i)(1). Pub. L. 103–416 made technical
correction to directory language of Pub. L. 102–232,
§ 309(b)(8). See 1991 Amendment note below.
1991—Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 102–232, § 307(l)(4), sub-
stituted
‘‘section
1182(a)(5)(A)(i)’’
for
‘‘section
1182(a)(14)’’.
Subsec. (i)(1). Pub. L. 102–232, § 309(b)(8), as amended
by Pub. L. 103–416, substituted ‘‘1324a(h)(3)’’ for
‘‘1324a(h)’’.
1988—Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(l)(2)(A), made technical
amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 99–603,
§ 301(c), which enacted this section.
Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(l)(3), substituted
‘‘accommodations’’ for ‘‘accomodations’’ wherever ap-
pearing.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 103–416, title II, § 219(z), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat.
4318, provided that the amendment made by subsec.
(z)(8) of that section is effective as if included in the
Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Natu-
ralization Amendments of 1991, Pub. L. 102–232.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1991 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 307(l), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat.
1756, provided that the amendment made by section
307(l) is effective as if included in section 603(a) of the
Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–649.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–525 effective as if included
in enactment of Immigration Reform and Control Act
of 1986, Pub. L. 99–603, see section 2(s) of Pub. L. 100–525,
set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE; REGU
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 8 U.S.C. § 1189
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-38-202. Causing a catastrophe — Threatening to cause a catastrophe.
(a)(1) A person commits the offense of causing a catastrophe if he or she knowingly causes a catastrophe by:
(A) Explosion;
(B) Fire;
(C) Flood;
(D) Avalanche;
(E) Collapse of building;
(F) Distribution of a poison, radioactive material, bacteria, or virus; or
(G) Another dangerous and difficult to confine force or substance.
(2) Causing a catastrophe is a Class Y felony.
(b)(1) A person commits the offense of threatening to cause a catastrophe if he or she:
(A) Contacts any person, company, corporation, or governmental entity; and
(B) Threatens to cause a catastrophe by explosion, fire, flood, avalanche, collapse of building, release of a poison, radioactive material, bacteria, or virus, or another dangerous and difficult to confine force or substance, unless:
(i) Paid a sum of money or any type of property; or
(ii) The person, company, corporation, or governmental entity performs a requested act.
(2) Threatening to cause a catastrophe is a Class D felony.
(c) In addition to any other restitution ordered under § 5-4-205, a court may order that a person who violates this section make restitution to the state or any political subdivision of the state for any cleanup costs associated with the commission of the offense.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-38-202
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