18 U.S.C. 1367 – Interference with the operation of a satellite

Title 18 – United States Code – Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part 1 – Crimes

Chapter 65 – Malicious Mischief

Sec. 1367.  Interference with the operation of a satellite

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See also – Title III, Section 303 of the  ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, aka The Wiretap Act.

(a) Whoever, without the authority of the satellite operator, intentionally or maliciously interferes with the authorized operation of a communications or weather satellite or obstructs or hinders any satellite transmission shall be fined in accordance with this title or imprisoned not more than ten years or both.

(b) This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency or of an intelligence agency of the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 99–508, title III, §303(a), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1872.)

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