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18 U.S.C. § 2155 — Destruction of national-defense materials, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities

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18 U.S.C. § 2155 — Destruction of national-defense materials, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities

**(a)** Whoever, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States, willfully injures, destroys, contaminates or infects, or attempts to so injure, destroy, contaminate or infect any national-defense material, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and, if death results to any person, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. **(b)** If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

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50 U.S.C. § 101 to 106 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862

### Statutory Notes Section 101, acts Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, § 1, 40 Stat. 533; Nov. 30, 1940, ch. 926, 54 Stat. 1220; Dec. 24, 1942, ch. 824, 56 Stat. 1087; 1946 Proc. No. 2695, eff. July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352, related to definition of war terms. See [section 2151 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2151&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Section 102, act Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, § 2, 40 Stat. 534, related to destruction or injury of war material in time of war. See [section 2153 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 103, act Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, § 3, 40 Stat. 534, related to making or causing to be made defective war material. See [section 2154 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2154&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 104, act Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, § 4, as added Nov. 30, 1940, ch. 926, 54 Stat. 1220; amended Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 388, 55 Stat. 655, related to definition of national-defense terms. See [section 2151 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2151&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 105, act Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, § 5, as added Nov. 30, 1940, ch. 926, 54 Stat. 1220, related to destruction or injury of national-defense materials. See [section 2155 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2155&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 106, act Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, § 6, as added Nov. 30, 1940, ch. 926, 54 Stat. 1220, related to making or causing to be made defective national-defense material. See [section 2156 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xh

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18 U.S.C. § 2155 — Destruction of national-defense materials,

Page 506 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 2155 the President or by the Congress, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in preparing for or carrying on the war or defense activities, or, with reason to believe that his act may injure, interfere with, or obstruct the United States or any associate nation in preparing for or car- rying on the war or defense activities, willfully makes, constructs, or causes to be made or con- structed in a defective manner, or attempts to make, construct, or cause to be made or con- structed in a defective manner any war mate- rial, war premises or war utilities, or any tool, implement, machine, utensil, or receptacle used or employed in making, producing, manufac- turing, or repairing any such war material, war premises or war utilities, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than thirty years, or both. (b) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 799; June 30, 1953, ch. 175, § 2, 67 Stat. 133; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1261, title I, § 103, 68 Stat. 1218; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on section 103 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National Defense (Apr. 20, 1918, ch. 59, § 3, 40 Stat. 534). The conspiracy provisions are new. Their addition to the section was strongly urged by the Criminal Divi- sion of the Department of Justice, considering the gravity of the substantive offense as evidenced by the prescribed pu

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