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Title VIII: Strengthening the criminal laws against terrorism is the eighth of ten titles which comprise the USA PATRIOT Act, an anti-terrorism bill passed in the United States one month after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Title VIII contains 17 sections and creates definitions of terrorism, and establishes or re-defines rules with which to deal with it. == Attacks on mass transportation systems == The U.S. Code has a number of regulations concerning railroads.〔The regulations are defined in (title 18, chapter 97 ).〕 Section 801 added a new section that punishes those who * wreck, demolish, set fire to, or disables a mass transportation vehicle or ferry, * uses a biological agent or toxin on a train or mass transportation device, without previously obtaining the permission of the mass transportation provider, to cause injury or death, * places any biological agent or toxin as a weapon near the facilities of a railroad in order to derail, disable, or wreck the transportation mechanisms, * does something to impair the running of the transportation system, including removing or damaging a train control system, centralized dispatching system, or rail grade crossing warning signal, * interferes with, disables, or incapacitates any dispatcher, train driver, captain, or person while they are dispatching, operating, or maintaining a mass transportation vehicle or ferry in order to cause harm or death to passengers, * does something to cause death or serious bodily injury to an employee or passenger of a mass transportation provider, or * makes false allegations that an attempt or alleged attempt is being undertaken to perform a prohibited activity on a mass transportation system If such an offense is committed, then the offender is to be fined and/or imprisoned for not more than twenty years. However, if the activity was undertaken while the mass transportation vehicle or ferry was carrying a passenger at the time of the offense, or the offense resulted in the death of any person, then the punishment is a fine and/or life imprisonment. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patriot Act, Title VIII」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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