Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
18 U.S.C. § 2290: Jurisdiction and scope
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within the United States and within waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; or an offender or a victim is a national of the United States (as that term is defined under section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22) ); 1 1 So in original. There probably should be an additional closing parenthesis. the activity involves a vessel in which a national of the United States was on board; or the activity involves a vessel of the United States (as that term is defined under section 2 2 of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. App. 1903). 2 See References in Text note below. 1 Nothing in this chapter shall apply to otherwise lawful activities carried out by or at the direction of the United States Government.
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