{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-3239","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 3239","heading":"Optional venue for espionage and related offenses","body":"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.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 211—JURISDICTION AND VENUE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"7e895f8480035d6dcc35aae83ff264f53b187f8dd7e1219d2a2d47611655f7ca","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-3238","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-3240"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}