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18 U.S.C. § 3241 — Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections
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The District Court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction of offenses under the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, committed within the territorial jurisdiction of such courts, and jurisdiction, concurrently with the district courts of the United States, of offenses against the laws of the United States committed upon the high seas.
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The District Court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction of offenses under the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, committed within the territorial jurisdiction of such courts, and jurisdiction, concurrently with the district courts of the United States, of offenses against the laws of the United States committed upon the high seas.
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**(a) Offenses.—**
(1) **Sale.—** — Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly sells a traffic signal preemption transmitter to a nonqualifying user shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(2) **Use.—** — Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, being a nonqualifying user makes unauthorized use of a traffic signal preemption transmitter shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
**(b) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Traffic signal preemption transmitter.—** — The term “traffic signal preemption transmitter” means any mechanism that can change or alter a traffic signal’s phase time or sequence.
(2) **Nonqualifying user.—** — The term “nonqualifying user” means a person who uses a traffic signal preemption transmitter and is not acting on behalf of a public agency or private corporation authorized by law to provide fire protection, law enforcement, emergency medical services, transit services, maintenance, or other services for a Federal, State, or local government entity, but does not include a person using a traffic signal preemption transmitter for classroom or instructional purposes.
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The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone.
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Alaska constitutes one judicial district.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 31, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 1, 40 Stat. 217; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, title I, § 1, 54 Stat. 79, related to unlawful obtaining or permitting to be obtained information affecting national defense. See [section 793 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section793&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Section 32, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 2, 40 Stat. 218, related to unlawful disclosures affecting national defense. See [section 794 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section794&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 33, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 3, 40 Stat. 219, related to seditious or disloyal acts or words in time of war. See [section 2388 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2388&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 33 was amended by act May 16, 1918, ch. 75, § 1, 40 Stat. 553, which was repealed and the original section reenacted by act Mar. 3, 1921, ch. 136, 41 Stat. 1359.
Section 34, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 4, 40 Stat. 219, related to conspiracy to violate sections 32 and 33 of this title. See sections 794 and 2388 of Title 18.
Section 35, acts June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 5, 40 Stat. 219; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, § 2, 54 Stat. 79, related to the harboring or concealing of violators of the law. See sections 792 and 2388 of Title 18.
Section 36, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 6, 40 Stat. 219, related to designation by proclamation of prohibited areas. See [section 793 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section793&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 37, act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, § 8,
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 3241
1 See References in Text note below.
offender, or any one of two or more joint offenders, is
arrested; an indictment or information to be filed in
the district of the last known residence of the offender
or of any one of two or more joint offenders where the
offender or offenders are not arrested or brought into
any district; and an indictment or information to be
filed in the District of Columbia where there is no
knowledge of the residence of the offender or of any one
of two or more joint offenders.
§ 3239. Optional venue for espionage and related
offenses
The trial for any offense involving a violation,
begun or committed upon the high seas or else-
where out of the jurisdiction of any particular
State or district, of—
(1) section 793, 794, 798, or section 1030(a)(1) of
this title;
(2) section 601 of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 421); 1 or
(3) section 4(b) or 4(c) of the Subversive Ac-
tivities Control Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b) or
(c));
may be in the District of Columbia or in any
other district authorized by law.
(Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320909(a),
Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2127.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The National Security Act of 1947, referred to in par.
(2), is act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, which was
formerly classified principally to chapter 15 (§ 401 et
seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to edi-
torial reclassification in chapter 44 (§ 3001 et seq.) of
Title 50. Section 601 of this Act is now classified to sec-
tion 3121 of Title 50. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 3239, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat.
827, related to threatening c
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