Pub. L. 104-132, tit. V, subtit. A, sec. 502
EXPANSION OF SCOPE AND JURISDICTIONAL BASES OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS PROHIBITIONS.
SEC. 502. EXPANSION OF SCOPE AND JURISDICTIONAL BASES OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS PROHIBITIONS. Section 831 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “nuclear material” each place it appears and inserting “nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material”; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or to the environment” after “property”; and (ii) so that subparagraph (B) reads as follows: “(B) circumstances exist, or have been represented to the defendant to exist, that are likely to cause the death or serious bodily injury to any person, or substantial damage to property or to the environment;”; and (C) in paragraph (6), by inserting “or to the environment” after “property”; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) so that paragraph (2) reads as follows: “(2) an offender or a victim is— “(A) a national of the United States; or “(B) a United States corporation or other legal entity ”; (B) in paragraph (3)— 110 STAT. 1283 (i) by striking “at the time of the offense the nuclear material is in use, storage, or transport, for peaceful purposes, and”; and (ii) by striking “or” at the end of the paragraph; (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by striking “nuclear material for peaceful purposes” and inserting “nuclear material or nuclear byproduct material”; and (ii) by striking the period at the end of the paragraph and inserting “; or”; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) either— “(A) the governmental entity under subsection (a)(5) is the United States; or “(B) the threat under subsection (a)(6) is directed at the United States.”; and (3) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking “with an isotopic concentration not in excess of 80 percent plutonium 238”; and (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking “uranium” and inserting “enriched uranium, defined as uranium”; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: . “(2) the term ‘nuclear byproduct material’ means any material containing any radioactive isotope created through an irradiation process in the operation of a nuclear reactor or accelerator;”; (D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking “and” at the end; (E) in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (F) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(6) the term ‘national of the United States’ has the same meaning as in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)); and “(7) the term ‘United States corporation or other legal entity’ means any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or any State, Commonwealth, territory, possession, or district of the United States.”.