18 U.S.C. § 2384
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
18 U.S.C. § 2384
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTESBased on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §6 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §6, 35 Stat. 1089).
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1994- Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $20,000".1956-Act July 24, 1956, substituted "$20,000" for "$5,000", and "twenty years" for "six years".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENTAct July 24, 1956, ch. 678, §3, 70 Stat. 624, provided that: "The foregoing amendments [amending this section and section 2385 of this title] shall apply only with respect to offenses committed on and after the date of the enactment of this Act [July 24, 1956]."