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![handle is hein.animal/apaeps0001 and id is 1 raw text is: PUBLIC LAW 102-346-AUG. 26, 1992
Public Law 102-346
102d Congress
An Act
Aug. 26, 1992 To protect animal enterprises.
[S. 544]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
Animal the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Enterprise
Protection Act of SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
1992.
18 USC 43 note. This Act may be cited as the Animal Enterprise Protection
Act of 1992.
SEC. 2. ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM.
(a) IN GENERAL.-Title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 42 the following:
I43. Animal enterprise terrorism
(a) OFFENSE.-Whoever-
(1) travels in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses or
causes to be used the mail or any facility in interstate or
foreign commerce, for the purpose of causing physical disruption
to the functioning of an animal enterprise; and
(2) intentionally causes physical disruption to the function-
ing of an animal enterprise by intentionally stealing, damaging,
or causing the loss of, any property (including animals or
records) used by the animal enterprise, and thereby causes
economic damage exceeding $10,000 to that enterprise, or con-
spires to do so;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both.
(b) AGGRAVATED OFFENSE.-
(1) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.-Whoever in the course of a
violation of subsection (a) causes serious bodily injury to
another individual shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than 10 years, or both.
(2) DEATH.-Whoever in the course of a violation of sub-
section (a) causes the death of an individual shall be fined
under this title and imprisoned for life or for any term of
years.
(c) RESTITuTION.-An order of restitution under section 3663
of this title with respect to a violation of this section may also
include restitution-
(1) for the reasonable cost of repeating any experimentation
that was interrupted or invalidated as a result of the offense;
and
(2) the loss of food production or farm income reasonably
attributable to the offense.
(d) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section-
(1) the term 'animal enterprise' means-
(A) a commercial or academic enterprise that uses ani-
mals for food or fiber production, agriculture, research,
or testing;
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