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18 U.S.C. § 1957 — Engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity

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18 U.S.C. § 1957 — Engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity

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**(a)** Whoever, in any of the circumstances set forth in subsection (d), knowingly engages or attempts to engage in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000 and is derived from specified unlawful activity, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). **(b)** (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the punishment for an offense under this section is a fine under title 18, United States Code, or imprisonment for not more than ten years or both. If the offense involves a pre-retail medical product (as defined in section 670) the punishment for the offense shall be the same as the punishment for an offense under section 670 unless the punishment under this subsection is greater. (2) The court may impose an alternate fine to that imposable under paragraph (1) of not more than twice the amount of the criminally derived property involved in the transaction. **(c)** In a prosecution for an offense under this section, the Government is not required to prove the defendant knew that the offense from which the criminally derived property was derived was specified unlawful activity. **(d)** The circumstances referred to in subsection (a) are— (1) that the offense under this section takes place in the United States or in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; or (2) that the offense under this section takes place outside the United States and such special jurisdiction, but the defendant is a United States person (as defined in [section 3077 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3077&num=0&edition=prelim), but excluding the class described in paragraph (2)(D) of such section). **(e)** Violations of this section may be investigated by such components of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may direct, and by such components of the Department of the Treasury as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, as appropriate, and, with respect to offenses over which the Department of Homeland Security has jurisdiction, by such components of the Department of Homeland Security as the Secretary of Homeland Security may direct, and, with respect to offenses over which the United States Postal Service has jurisdiction, by the Postal Service. Such authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Postal Service shall be exercised in accordance with an agreement which shall be entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Postal Service, and the Attorney General. **(f)** As used in this section— (1) the term “monetary transaction” means the deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or exchange, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of funds or a monetary instrument (as defined in [section 1956(c)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1956/c/5&num=0&edition=prelim)) by, through, or to a financial institution (as defined in [section 1956 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1956&num=0&edition=prelim)), including any transaction that would be a financial transaction under [section 1956(c)(4)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1956/c/4/B&num=0&edition=prelim), but such term does not include any transaction necessary to preserve a person’s right to representation as guaranteed by the sixth amendment to the Constitution; (2) the term “criminally derived property” means any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained from a criminal offense; and (3) the terms “specified unlawful activity” and “proceeds” shall have the meaning given those terms in [section 1956 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1956&num=0&edition=prelim).

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31 U.S.C. § 5312 — Definitions and application

**(a)** In this subchapter— (1) “financial agency” means a person acting for a person (except for a country, a monetary or financial authority acting as a monetary or financial authority, or an international financial institution of which the United States Government is a member) as a financial institution, bailee, depository trustee, or agent, or acting in a similar way related to money, credit, securities, gold, a transaction in money, credit, securities or gold, or a service provided with respect to money, securities, futures, precious metals, stones and jewels, or value that substitutes for currency. (2) “financial institution” means— (A) an insured bank (as defined in section 3(h) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ([12 U.S.C. 1813(h)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813/h&num=0&edition=prelim))); (B) a commercial bank or trust company; (C) a private banker; (D) an agency or branch of a foreign bank in the United States; (E) any credit union; (F) a thrift institution; (G) a broker or dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ([15 U.S.C. 78a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); (H) a broker or dealer in securities or commodities; (I) an investment banker or investment company; (J) a currency exchange, or a business engaged in the exchange of currency, funds, or value that substitutes for currency or funds; (K) an issuer, redeemer, or cashier of travelers’ checks, checks, money orders, or similar instruments; (L) an operator of a credit card system; (M) an insurance company; (N) a dealer in precious metals, stones, or jewels; (O) a pawnbro

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18 U.S.C. § 1956 — Laundering of monetary instruments

**(a)** (1) Whoever, knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, conducts or attempts to conduct such a financial transaction which in fact involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activity— (A) (i) with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or (ii) with intent to engage in conduct constituting a violation of section 7201 or 7206 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or (B) knowing that the transaction is designed in whole or in part— (i) to conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership, or the control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity; or (ii) to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under State or Federal law, shall be sentenced to a fine of not more than $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved in the transaction, whichever is greater, or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both. For purposes of this paragraph, a financial transaction shall be considered to be one involving the proceeds of specified unlawful activity if it is part of a set of parallel or dependent transactions, any one of which involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, and all of which are part of a single plan or arrangement. (2) Whoever transports, transmits, or transfers, or attempts to transport, transmit, or transfer a monetary instrument or funds from a place in the United States to or through a place outside the United States or to a place in the United States from or through a place outside the United States— (A) with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or (B) knowing that the monetary instrument or funds involved in the transportation,

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18 U.S.C. § 3077 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term— (1) “act of terrorism” means an act of domestic or international terrorism as defined in section 2331; (2) “United States person” means— (A) a national of the United States as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/22&num=0&edition=prelim)); (B) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/20&num=0&edition=prelim)); (C) any person within the United States; (D) any employee or contractor of the United States Government, regardless of nationality, who is the victim or intended victim of an act of terrorism by virtue of that employment; (E) a sole proprietorship, partnership, company, or association composed principally of nationals or permanent resident aliens of the United States; and (F) a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any State, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States, and a foreign subsidiary of such corporation; (3) “United States property” means any real or personal property which is within the United States or, if outside the United States, the actual or beneficial ownership of which rests in a United States person or any Federal or State governmental entity of the United States; (4) “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, includes Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions of the United States; (5) “State” includes any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth o

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22 U.S.C. § 2714 — Denial of passports to certain convicted drug traffickers

**(a) Ineligibility for passport** (1) **In general** — A passport may not be issued to an individual who is convicted of an offense described in subsection (b) during the period described in subsection (c) if the individual used a passport or otherwise crossed an international border in committing the offense. (2) **Passport revocation** — The Secretary of State shall revoke a passport previously issued to an individual who is ineligible to receive a passport under paragraph (1). **(b) Drug law offenses** (1) **Felonies** — Subsection (a) applies with respect to any individual convicted of a Federal drug offense, or a State drug offense, if the offense is a felony. (2) **Certain misdemeanors** — Subsection (a) also applies with respect to an individual convicted of a Federal drug offense, or a State drug offense, if the offense is 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “a”. misdemeanor, but only if the Secretary of State determines that subsection (a) should apply with respect to that individual on account of that offense. This paragraph does not apply to an individual’s first conviction for a misdemeanor which involves only possession of a controlled substance. **(c) Period of ineligibility** Subsection (a) applies during the period that the individual— (1) is imprisoned, or is legally required to be imprisoned, as the result of the conviction for the offense described in subsection (b); or (2) is on parole or other supervised release after having been imprisoned as the result of that conviction. **(d) Emergency and humanitarian exceptions** Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of State may issue a passport, in emergency circumstances or for humanitarian reasons, to an individual with respect to whom that subsection applies. **(e) Definit

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5 U.S.C. § 8332 — Creditable service

**(a)** The total service of an employee or Member is the full years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate the fractional part of a month, if any. **(b)** The service of an employee shall be credited from the date of original employment to the date of separation on which title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the Government. Except as provided in paragraph (13) 11 So in original. Probably should be paragraph “(14)”. of this subsection, credit may not be allowed for a period of separation from the service in excess of 3 calendar days. The service includes— (1) employment as a substitute in the postal field service; (2) service in the Pan American Sanitary Bureau; (3) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(i) of this title, service performed before July 10, 1960, as an employee of a county committee established under [section 590h(b) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or of a committee or an association of producers described by [section 610(b) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section610/b&num=0&edition=prelim); (4) service as a student-employee as defined by [section 5351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5351&num=0&edition=prelim) only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter; (5) a period of satisfactory service of a volunteer or volunteer leader under chapter 34 of title 22 only if he later becomes subject to this subchapter; (6) employment under [section 709 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section709&num=0&edition=prelim) or any prior corresponding provision of law; (7) a period of service of

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18 U.S.C. § 1957 — Engaging in monetary transactions in

Page 480 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1957 after ‘‘section 875 (relating to interstate communica- tions),’’. Pub. L. 101–647, § 1404(a)(2), inserted ‘‘; or’’ after ‘‘Trading with the Enemy Act’’ at end. Pub. L. 101–647, § 107, substituted ‘‘a felony violation of the Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1988’’ for ‘‘section 310 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 830)’’. Subsec. (c)(7)(E). Pub. L. 101–647, § 1404(a)(2), inserted heading and added subpar. (E). Subsec. (c)(8). Pub. L. 101–647, § 1205(j), added par. (8). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–647, § 1404(b), inserted at end ‘‘Violations of this section involving offenses described in paragraph (c)(7)(E) may be investigated by such com- ponents of the Department of Justice as the Attorney General may direct, and the National Enforcement In- vestigations Center of the Evironmental [sic] Protec- tion Agency.’’ 1988—Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100–690, § 6471(a), amended subpar. (A) generally, designating existing provisions as cl. (i) and adding cl. (ii). Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100–690, § 6471(b), substituted ‘‘transports, transmits, or transfers, or attempts to transport, transmit, or transfer’’ for ‘‘transports or at- tempts to transport’’ in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 100–690, § 6465, added par. (3). Subsec. (c)(7)(D). Pub. L. 100–690, § 7031, substituted ‘‘section 513’’ for ‘‘section 511’’ and ‘‘section 545’’ for ‘‘section 543’’ and inserted ‘‘section 657 (relating to lending, credit, and insurance institutions), section 658 (relating to property mortgaged or pledged to farm credit agencies),’’. Pub. L. 100–690, § 6466, inserted ‘‘section 542 (relating to entry of goods by means of false statements),’’, ‘‘sec- tion 549 (relating to removing goods

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