Production of defective national-defense material, national-defense premises, or national-defense utilities
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
(a) Whoever, with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States, makes, constructs, or to make or construct in a defective manner, any national-defense material, national-defense premises or national-defense utilities, or any tool, implement, machine, utensil, or receptacle used or employed in making, producing, manufacturing, or repairing any such national-defense material, national-defense premises or national-defense utilities, shall be or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(b) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the , each of the parties to such shall be punished as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
History: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 800 (PDF, 39 MB); Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1261, title I, §105, 68 Stat. 1218; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147 (PDF, 52 MB); Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(f)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3500.)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to willfully make, or try to make, defective national-defense materials, facilities, utilities, or the tools used to produce them, with intent to harm U.S. national defense.