18 U.S.C. § 2071 — Concealment, removal, or mutilation gen-

Page 496 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE [§ 1993 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23)); (14) the term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given to that term in section 2266; (15) the term ‘‘toxin’’ has the meaning given to that term in section 178(2); and (16) the term ‘‘vehicle’’ means any carriage or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land, on water, or through the air. (Added Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 110(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 205; amended Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1539, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 468; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3541(b)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2323.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 5302 of title 49, referred to in subsec. (d)(7), was amended generally by Pub. L. 112–141, div. B, § 20004, July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 623, and, as so amended, no longer defines the term ‘‘mass transportation’’. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 1992, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 794; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60003(a)(8), title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1969, 2147; Pub. L. 104–88, title IV, § 402(b), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 955; Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, § 811(e), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4002(a)(6), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1807, related to penalties for wrecking a train used by a railroad in interstate or for- eign commerce, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 110(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 205. AMENDMENTS 2018—Subsec. (d)(7). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted ‘‘sec- tion 2101(31)’’ for ‘‘section 2101(22)’’. 2007—Subsec. (d)(7). Pub. L. 110–53 inserted ‘‘intercity bus transportation’’ after ‘‘includes’’. [§ 1993. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 110(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 205] Section, added Pub. L. 107–56, title VIII, § 801, Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 374; amended Pub. L. 108–21, title VI, § 609, Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 692; Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3042(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1639, related to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against public trans- portation systems. See section 1992 of this title. [CHAPTER 99—REPEALED] [§§ 2031, 2032. Repealed. Pub. L. 99–646, § 87(c)(1), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3623; Pub. L. 99–654, § 3(a)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3663] Section 2031, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795, prescribed penalties for commission of rape within spe- cial maritime and territorial jurisdiction. Section 2032, act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795, prescribed penalties for carnal knowledge of female under 16 within special maritime and territorial juris- diction. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal by Pub. L. 99–646 and Pub. L. 99–654 effective, respectively, 30 days after Nov. 10, 1986, and 30 days after Nov. 14, 1986, see section 87 of Pub. L. 99–646 and section 4 of Pub. L. 99–654, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2241 of this title. CHAPTER 101—RECORDS AND REPORTS Sec. 2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation gen- erally. Sec. 2072. False crop reports. 2073. False entries and reports of moneys or securi- ties. 2074. False weather reports. 2075. Officer failing to make returns or reports. 2076. Clerk of United States District Court. § 2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation gen- erally (a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or impris- oned not more than three years, or both. (b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully con- ceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be dis- qualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘office’’ does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 234, 235 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §§ 128, 129, 35 Stat. 1111, 1112). Section consolidates sections 234 and 235 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. Reference in subsection (a) to intent to steal was omitted as covered by section 641 of this title. Minor changes were made in phraseology. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $2,000’’ in subsecs. (a) and (b). 1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–510 inserted at end ‘‘As used in this subsection, the term ‘office’ does not in- clude the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, § 552(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1567, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective as of January 1, 1989.’’ § 2072. False crop reports Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or any of its agencies, whose du- ties require the compilation or report of statis- tics or information relating to the products of the soil, knowingly compiles for issuance, or issues, any false statistics or information as a report of the United States or any of its agen-