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title: "18 U.S.C. § 1837"
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 1837 - Applicability to conduct outside the United States

## Text

This chapter also applies to conduct occurring outside the United States if—

(1) the offender is a natural person who is a citizen or permanent resident alien of the United States, or an organization organized under the laws of the United States or a State or political subdivision thereof; or

(2) an act in furtherance of the offense was committed in the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 104–294, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3490.)