{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1367","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1367.","heading":"Interference with the operation of a satellite","status":null,"guid":"idbcdcdedd-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 99–508, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1872.)","seq_in_title":510,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch65","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch65","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 65—","heading":"MALICIOUS MISCHIEF","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74adce11-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1367\"><num value=\"1367\">§ 1367.</num><heading> Interference with the operation of a satellite</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74adce12-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1367/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><content> Whoever, without the authority of the satellite operator, intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite or obstructs or hinders any satellite transmission shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id74adce13-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1367/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><content> This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency or of an intelligence agency of the United States.</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id74adce14-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/508/tIII/s303/a\">Pub. L. 99–508, title III, § 303(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1986-10-21\">Oct. 21, 1986</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/100/1872\">100 Stat. 1872</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74adce15-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id74adce16-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id74adce17-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section effective 90 days after <date date=\"1986-10-21\">Oct. 21, 1986</date>, and, in case of conduct pursuant to court order or extension, applicable only with respect to court orders and extensions made after such date, with special rule for State authorizations of interceptions, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/99/508/s302\">section 302 of Pub. L. 99–508</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s3121\">section 3121 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}