Title 18 of the United States Code

The fifth part, concerning witness immunity, was not included in the original title but was added in 1970.

1891, deals with Congressional, Cabinet, and Supreme Court assassination, kidnapping, and assault.

Importation or exportation of stolen motor vehicles, off-highway mobile equipment, vessels, or aircraft § 554.

Participation in nuclear and weapons of mass destruction threats to the United States [§§ 833 to 835.

Flight to avoid prosecution for damaging or destroying any building or other real or personal property Added in 1949.

Killing persons aiding Federal investigations or State correctional officers § 1122.

Illegal trafficking in Native American human remains and cultural items § 1201.

Section catchline was not amended to conform to change made in the text by Pub.

Prohibition on attacks on United States servicemen on account of service Repealed in 1970, relating to narcotics and heroin.

Possession with intent to sell, and sale, of obscene matter on Federal property § 1461.

Recording, listening to, or observing proceedings of grand or petit juries while deliberating or voting § 1509.

Trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor § 1591.

Unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of trafficking, peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or forced labor § 1593.

Trespass on Bureau of Prisons reservations and land This chapter, added in 2004 by 118 Stat.

Offer, acceptance, or solicitation to influence operations of employee benefit plan § 1955.

Terrorist attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air [§ 1993.

205] This chapter, included in the original Title 18, prescribed penalties for committing of rape within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States and for committing "carnal knowledge" with a minor under sixteen in the same jurisdiction.

Criminal sanctions for failure to heave to, obstruction of boarding, or providing false information § 2241.

Use to combat child pornography of technical elements relating to reports made to the CyberTipline § 2258D.

Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States § 2260A.

Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations § 2339C.

Manufacture, distribution, possession, and advertising of wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepting devices prohibited § 2513.

Prohibition on release and use of certain personal information from State motor vehicle records § 2722.

Definitions As per Part I, the odd-numbered chapters (201 to 237) were enacted with the original Title 18, and the even-numbered or additional sections were added at a later date.

Section catchline was not amended to conform to change made in text by Pub.

Persons released pending further judicial proceedings Section catchline editorially supplied.

Congressional proceedings This statute covers a specific way to satisfy the Fifth Amendment (right to silence as a form of protection against self-incrimination) to the Constitution, but still force witnesses to testify.

Basically, if a witness—whether in a federal court such as a United States District Court or in testimony before a Congressional subcommittee—refuses to answer questions and pleads the 5th, the presiding officer can use the provisions of Title 18 Chapter 601 to forcibly compel the witness to answer the questions.

Since this would violate the 5th amendment rights of the witness, the statute requires that the presiding officer must mandatorily preserve those rights, by guaranteeing the witness legal immunity for anything they might truthfully say under such compulsion.

Although congress must notify the federal attorney general 10 days in advance of submitting their request for compulsion to the federal district court, the AG cannot veto the order (but they can at their option instruct the federal district court to delay issuing the compulsion order for a period up to 20 days total).