Have to post this one too.Sorry for the long posts but I think these should be read.
18USC1951
CITE
18 USC Sec. 1951 01/03/95
EXPCITE
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 95 - RACKETEERING
HEAD
Sec. 1951. Interference with commerce by threats or violence
STATUTE
(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion
or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in
violation of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) As used in this section -
(1) The term ''robbery'' means the unlawful taking or obtaining of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by
means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property, or property in his custody or
possession, or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or obtaining.
(2) The term ''extortion'' means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force,
violence, or fear, or under color of official right.
(3) The term ''commerce'' means commerce within the District of Columbia, or any Territory or Possession of the United States; all commerce between
any point in a State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and any point outside thereof; all commerce between points within the same
State through any place outside such State; and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction.
(c) This section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or affect section 17 of Title 15, sections 52, 101-115, 151-166 of Title 29 or sections 151-188 of
Title 45.
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 793; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147.)
MISC1 HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 420a-420e-1 (June 18, 1934, ch. 569, Sec. 1-6, 48 Stat. 979, 980; July 3, 1946, ch. 537, 60 Stat. 420).
Section consolidates sections 420a to 420e-1 of Title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes in phraseology and arrangement necessary to effect consolidation.
Provisions designating offense as felony were omitted as unnecessary in view of definitive section 1 of this title. (See reviser's note under section 550 of this
title.)
Subsection (c) of the revised section is derived from title II of the 1946 amendment. It substitutes references to specific sections of the United States Code,
1940 ed., in place of references to numerous acts of Congress, in conformity to the style of the revision bill. Subsection (c) as rephrased will preclude any
construction of implied repeal of the specified acts of Congress codified in the sections enumerated.
The words ''attempts or conspires so to do'' were substituted for sections 3 and 4 of the 1946 act, omitting as unnecessary the words ''participates in an
attempt'' and the words ''or acts in concert with another or with others'', in view of section 2 of this title which makes any person who participates in an
unlawful enterprise or aids or assists the principal offender, or does anything towards the accomplishment of the crime, a principal himself.
Words ''shall, upon conviction thereof,'' were omitted as surplusage, since punishment cannot be imposed until a conviction is secured.
REFTE REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 101-115 of Title 29, referred to in subsec. (c), is a reference to act Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70, popularly known as the Norris-LaGuardia
Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 101 of Title 29, Labor, and Tables.
Section 11 of that act, formerly classified to section 111 of Title 29, was repealed and reenacted as section 3692 of this title by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645,
Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
Section 12 of that act, formerly classified to section 112 of Title 29, was repealed by act June 25, 1948, and is covered by rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure, set out in Appendix to this title.
Section 164 of Title 45, included within the reference in subsec. (c) to sections 151-188 of Title 45, was repealed by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, Sec. 4, 54
Stat. 1111. See section 5 of Title 41, Public Contracts.
Section 186 of Title 45, included within the reference in subsec. (c) to sections 151-188 of Title 45, was omitted from the Code.
MISC2 AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for ''fined not more than $10,000''.
SHORT TITLE
This section is popularly known as the ''Hobbs Act''.
CROSS CROSS REFERENCES
Wire or oral communications, authorization for interception, to provide evidence of offenses under this section, see section 2516 of this title.
SECREF SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2516 of this title; title 26 section 6050I; title 29 section 1111.
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beemerb
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world;
and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men
every day who don't know anything and can't read.
-Mark Twain
18USC1951
CITE
18 USC Sec. 1951 01/03/95
EXPCITE
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 95 - RACKETEERING
HEAD
Sec. 1951. Interference with commerce by threats or violence
STATUTE
(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion
or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in
violation of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) As used in this section -
(1) The term ''robbery'' means the unlawful taking or obtaining of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by
means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property, or property in his custody or
possession, or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or obtaining.
(2) The term ''extortion'' means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force,
violence, or fear, or under color of official right.
(3) The term ''commerce'' means commerce within the District of Columbia, or any Territory or Possession of the United States; all commerce between
any point in a State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and any point outside thereof; all commerce between points within the same
State through any place outside such State; and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction.
(c) This section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or affect section 17 of Title 15, sections 52, 101-115, 151-166 of Title 29 or sections 151-188 of
Title 45.
SOURCE
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 793; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), 108 Stat. 2147.)
MISC1 HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 420a-420e-1 (June 18, 1934, ch. 569, Sec. 1-6, 48 Stat. 979, 980; July 3, 1946, ch. 537, 60 Stat. 420).
Section consolidates sections 420a to 420e-1 of Title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes in phraseology and arrangement necessary to effect consolidation.
Provisions designating offense as felony were omitted as unnecessary in view of definitive section 1 of this title. (See reviser's note under section 550 of this
title.)
Subsection (c) of the revised section is derived from title II of the 1946 amendment. It substitutes references to specific sections of the United States Code,
1940 ed., in place of references to numerous acts of Congress, in conformity to the style of the revision bill. Subsection (c) as rephrased will preclude any
construction of implied repeal of the specified acts of Congress codified in the sections enumerated.
The words ''attempts or conspires so to do'' were substituted for sections 3 and 4 of the 1946 act, omitting as unnecessary the words ''participates in an
attempt'' and the words ''or acts in concert with another or with others'', in view of section 2 of this title which makes any person who participates in an
unlawful enterprise or aids or assists the principal offender, or does anything towards the accomplishment of the crime, a principal himself.
Words ''shall, upon conviction thereof,'' were omitted as surplusage, since punishment cannot be imposed until a conviction is secured.
REFTE REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 101-115 of Title 29, referred to in subsec. (c), is a reference to act Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70, popularly known as the Norris-LaGuardia
Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 101 of Title 29, Labor, and Tables.
Section 11 of that act, formerly classified to section 111 of Title 29, was repealed and reenacted as section 3692 of this title by act June 25, 1948, ch. 645,
Sec. 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.
Section 12 of that act, formerly classified to section 112 of Title 29, was repealed by act June 25, 1948, and is covered by rule 42(b) of the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure, set out in Appendix to this title.
Section 164 of Title 45, included within the reference in subsec. (c) to sections 151-188 of Title 45, was repealed by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, Sec. 4, 54
Stat. 1111. See section 5 of Title 41, Public Contracts.
Section 186 of Title 45, included within the reference in subsec. (c) to sections 151-188 of Title 45, was omitted from the Code.
MISC2 AMENDMENTS
1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ''fined under this title'' for ''fined not more than $10,000''.
SHORT TITLE
This section is popularly known as the ''Hobbs Act''.
CROSS CROSS REFERENCES
Wire or oral communications, authorization for interception, to provide evidence of offenses under this section, see section 2516 of this title.
SECREF SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2516 of this title; title 26 section 6050I; title 29 section 1111.
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beemerb
We have a criminal jury system which is superior to any in the world;
and its efficiency is only marred by the difficulty of finding twelve men
every day who don't know anything and can't read.
-Mark Twain