PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 2127 SEC. 320909. OPTIONAL VENUE FOR ESPIONAGE AND RELATED OFFENSES. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3238 the following new section: ^§3239. Optional venue for espionage and related offenses 'The trial for any offense involving a violation, begun or committed upon the high seas or elsewhere out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, of— "(1) section 793, 794, 798, or section 1030(a)(1) of this title; "(2) section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 421); or "(3) section 4(b) or 4(c) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783 (b) or (c)); may be in the District of Columbia or in any other district authorized by law.". (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.— The item relating to section 3239 in the table of sections of chapter 211 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "3239. Optional venue for espionage and related offenses.". SEC. 320910. UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ^§21. Stolen or counterfeit nature of property for certain crimes defined "(a) Wherever in this title it is an element of an offense that— "(1) any property was embezzled, robbed, stolen, converted, taken, altered, counterfeited, falsely made, forged, or obliterated; and "(2) the defendant knew that the property was of such character; such element may be established by proof that the defendant, after or as a result of an official representation as to the nature of the property, believed the property to be embezzled, robbed, stolen, converted, taken, altered, counterfeited, falsely made, forged, or obliterated. "(b) For purposes of this section, the term 'official representation' means any representation made by a Federal law enforcement officer (as defined in section 115) or by another person at the direction or with the approval of such an officer.". (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.— The table of sections of chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "21. Stolen or counterfeit nature of property for certain crimes defined.". SEC. 320911. MISUSE OF INITIALS "DEA". (a) AMENDMENT. — Section 709 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the thirteenth unnumbered paragraph by striking "words—" and inserting "words; or"; and (2) by inserting after the thirteenth unnumbered paragraph the following new paragraph:
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