18 USC § 1837 - Applicability to conduct outside the United States

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1837"
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title: "18 USC § 1837 - Applicability to conduct outside the United States"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1837"
section_name: "Applicability to conduct outside the United States"
chapter_number: 90
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–294, title I, § 101(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3490.)"
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# § 1837. Applicability to conduct outside the United States

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.

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