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42 U.S.C. § 2275 — Receipt of Restricted Data

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42 U.S.C. § 2275 — Receipt of Restricted Data

Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, acquires, or attempts or conspires to acquire any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information involving or incorporating Restricted Data, shall upon conviction thereof, 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.

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Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, acquires, or attempts or conspires to acquire any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information involving or incorporating Restricted Data, shall upon conviction thereof, 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.

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42 U.S.C. § 2272 — Violation of specific sections

**(a)** Whoever willfully violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, any provision of sections 11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. 2077 or 2131 of this title, or whoever unlawfully interferes, attempts to interfere, or conspires to interfere with any recapture or entry under [section 2138 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2138&num=0&edition=prelim), shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both, except that whoever commits such an offense with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for life, or by imprisonment for any term of years or a fine of not more than $20,000 or both. **(b)** Any person who violates, or attempts or conspires to violate, [section 2122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2122&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be fined not more than $2,000,000 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment not less than 25 years or to imprisonment for life. Any person who, in the course of a violation of [section 2122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2122&num=0&edition=prelim), uses, attempts or conspires to use, or possesses and threatens to use, any atomic weapon shall be fined not more than $2,000,000 and imprisoned for not less than 30 years or imprisoned for life. If the death of another results from a person’s violation of [section 2122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2122&num=0&edition=prelim), the person shall be fined

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42 U.S.C. § 2275 — Receipt of Restricted Data

Page 5539 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2278a Pub. L. 91–161, set out as a note under section 2272 of this title. § 2275. Receipt of Restricted Data Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, acquires, or attempts or con- spires to acquire any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information involving or incorporating Restricted Data, shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for life, or by im- prisonment for any term of years or a fine of not more than $100,000 or both. (Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 225, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 959; amended Pub. L. 91–161, § 3(b), Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 444; renum- bered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 106–65, div. C, title XXXI, § 3148(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 938.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1999—Pub. L. 106–65 substituted ‘‘$100,000’’ for ‘‘$20,000’’. 1969—Pub. L. 91–161 made death penalty inapplicable for willful violation, or attempted violation of this sec- tion with intent to injure the United States, or secure an advantage for any foreign nation. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries 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. § 2276. Tampering with Restricted Data Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, removes, conceals, tampers with, alters, mutilates, or destroys any docu- ment, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrume

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