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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2339A. Providing material support to terrorists
(a) Offense. - Whoever provides material support or resources or
conceals or disguises the nature, location, source, or ownership of
material support or resources, knowing or intending that they are
to be used in preparation for, or in carrying out, a violation of
section 32, 37, 81, 175, 229, 351, 831, 842(m) or (n), 844(f) or
(i), 930(c), 956, 1114, 1116, 1203, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1366, 1751,
1992, 1993, 2155, 2156, 2280, 2281, 2332, 2332a, 2332b, 2332f, or
2340A of this title, section 236 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2284), or section 46502 or 60123(b) of title 49, or in
preparation for, or in carrying out, the concealment of an escape
from the commission of any such violation, or attempts or conspires
to do such an act, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not
more than 15 years, or both, and, if the death of any person
results, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life. A
violation of this section may be prosecuted in any Federal judicial
district in which the underlying offense was committed, or in any
other Federal judicial district as provided by law.
(b) Definition. - In this section, the term "material support or
resources" means currency or monetary instruments or financial
securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or
assistance, safehouses, false documentation or identification,
communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances,
explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assets,
except medicine or religious materials.
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