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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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type: "LegalText"
title: "42 U.S.C. § 2275"
description: "Receipt of Restricted Data"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
chapter_number: "23"
chapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY"
section: "2275"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2275"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
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---
# 42 U.S.C. § 2275 - Receipt of Restricted Data
## Text
Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, acquires, or attempts or conspires to acquire any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information involving or incorporating Restricted Data, shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for life, or by imprisonment for any term of years or a fine of not more than $100,000 or both.
(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 225, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 959; amended Pub. L. 91161, § 3(b), Dec. 24, 1969, 83 Stat. 444; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 10665, div. C, title XXXI, § 3148(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 938.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1999—Pub. L. 10665 substituted “$100,000” for “$20,000”. 1969—Pub. L. 91161 made death penalty inapplicable for willful violation, or attempted violation of this section with intent to injure the United States, or secure an advantage for any foreign nation.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1969 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91161 applicable to offenses committed on or after Dec. 24, 1969, see section 7 of Pub. L. 91161, set out as a note under section 2272 of this title.