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USA PATRIOT Act Titles
Title I: Enhancing Domestic Security against Terrorism
Title II: Enhanced Surveillance Procedures
Title III: International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-terrorist Financing Act of 2001
Title IV: Protecting the border
Title V: Removing obstacles to investigating terrorism
Title VI: Providing for victims of terrorism, public safety officers and their families
Title VII: Increased information sharing for critical infrastructure protection
Title VIII: Strengthening the criminal laws against terrorism
Title IX: Improved intelligence
Title X: Miscellaneous
Title VIII: Strengthening the criminal laws against terrorism is the eighth of ten titles which comprise the USA PATRIOT Act, an anti-terrorism bill passed in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Title VIII contains 17 sections. This title creates definitions of terrorism, and establishes or re-defines rules with which to deal with it.

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Section 801: Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems

Section 801 modifies 18 U.S.C. [Chapter 97]: Railroads. To this chapter, it adds [§ 1993]: Terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems, a provision which defines terrorism in the context of transit systems and sets punishments in the case that this code is violated. The definitions contain a wide variety of acts to be potentially taken against a transit vehicle, including "wrecks, derails, sets fire to, or disables a mass transportation vehicle or ferry,USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VIII, Sec. 801 (a)(1) 18 U.S.C. [§ 1993(a)(1)]" "commits an act, including the use of a dangerous weapon, with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to an employee or passenger...,Ibid, (6)" and "attempts, threatens, or conspires to do any of the aforesaid acts.Ibid, (8)" The punishments set are a fine and imprisonment of up to twenty yearsIbid, (a); if the offense is aggravated (defined as the transportation vehicle involved carrying a passenger during the attack, or resulting in the death of a personIbid, (b)) then a fine, life imprisonment, or both.

In , § 1993 is added to , with the effect that those who provide support to people who commit crimes as described under § 1993 will be fined, imprisoned for up to 15 years, or both. If the death of a person results, imprisonment may be up to life.USA PATRIOT Act U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VIII, Sec. 805; #redirect

Section 802: Definition of domestic terrorism

Section 802 amends (which is a part of Chapter 113B, TerrorismTitle 18, [Chapter 113B]: Terrorism) by inserting "mass destruction" into the definition of terrorism. It continues by appending a definition of domestic terrorism which defines it as "activities that involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State"USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VIII, Sec. 802 (a)(5)(A); #redirect (5)(A) and which "appear to be intended" "to intimidate or coerce a civilian population," "to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion" or "to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping" within the United States.Ibid, (B)

To conform the amendment, it adds to (1) of , "'act of terrorism' means an act of domestic or international terrorism as defined in section 2331."

Section 803: Prohibition against harboring terrorists

Section 803 amends to include a new section, [§ 2339]: Harboring or concealing terrorists.USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VIII, Sec. 803 This code states than any person who "harbors or conceals" someone who he knows or believes to have committed an offense designated by 11 specific other codesThese codes are, in turn, #redirect ; #redirect ; #redirect ; #redirect ; 18 U.S.C. [§ 844(f)(2) and (3)]; 18 U.S.C. [§ 1366(a)]; #redirect ; #redirect ; #redirect ; section 236(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (#redirect ); and #redirect (source: #redirect ) is subject to a fine or imprisonment of up to ten years, or both.18 U.S.C. [§ 2339(a)] It continues to say that a violation may be prosecuted in any Federal judicial district where the offense was committed, or in another Federal district as provided by law.Ibid, (b)

Section 804: Jurisdiction over crimes committed at U.S. facilities abroad

Section 804 amends . #redirect is a list of things or places that fall within the "special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States" within the usage of Title 18, the title of the U.S.C. that deals with crime.#redirect and [18 U.S.C.] It is amended so that when a crime is committed by or against an U.S. national, "the premises of United States diplomatic, consular, military or other United States Government missions or entities in foreign States" are considered to be part of the aforesaid jurisdiction. This includes "residences in foreign States...irrespective of ownership, used for purposes of those missions or entities or used by United States personnel...."USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VIII, Sec. 804; #redirect It ends by adding a clause saying that this paragraph does not trump any international agreement that it comes into conflict with, and that it does not apply to members of the Armed forces who commit an offense outside the U.S. that would have resulted in a year or longer imprisonment had it been committed within the U.S.

Section 805: Material support for terrorism

Section 805 modifies so that a person being prosecuted under § 2339A "may be prosecuted in any Federal judicial district" where the offense was committed, "or in any other Federal judicial district as provided by law."USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VIII, Sec. 805; #redirect It also adds four codes to be considered under the title.These codes are #redirect , #redirect , #redirect , and 49 U.S.C. [§ 60123(b)] (source: USA PATRIOT Act (U.S. H.R. 3162, Public Law 107-56), Title VIII, Sec. 805, (a)(1).

§ 2339A defines "providing material support to terrorists" in subsection (b). Section 805 changes this definition by adding "expert advice or assistance" and "monetary instruments."Ibid, (a)(1)(A)-(B)

Section 806: Assets of terrorist organizations

Section 807: Technical clarification relating to provision of material support to terrorism

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Section 809: No statute of limitation for certain terrorism offenses

Section 810: Alternate maximum penalties for terrorism offenses

Section 811: Penalties for terrorist conspiracies

Section 812: Post-release supervision of terrorists

Section 813: Inclusion of acts of terrorism as racketeering activity

Section 814: Deterrence and prevention of cyberterrorism

Section 815: Additional defense to civil actions relating to preserving records in response to Government requests

Section 816: Development and support of cybersecurity forensic capabilities

Section 817: Expansion of the biological weapons statute

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