PUBLIC LAW 98-127—OCT. 13, 1983 97 STAT. 831 Public Law 98-127 98th Congress An Act To amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit certain tampering with consumer products, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Anti-Tampering Act". SEC. 2. Chapter 65 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 1365. Tampering with consumer products "(a) Whoever, with reckless disregard for the risk that another person will be placed in danger of death or bodily injury and under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to such risk, tampers with any consumer product that affects interstate or for- eign commerce, or the labeling of, or container for, any such prod- uct, or attempts to do so, shall— "(1) in the case of an attempt, be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; "(2) if death of an individual results, be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both; "(3) if serious bodily injury to any individual results, be fined not more than $100,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both; and "(4) in any other case, be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. "(b) Whoever, with intent to cause serious injury to the business of any person, taints any consumer product or renders materially false or misleading the labeling of, or container for, a consumer product, if such consumer product affects interstate or foreign commerce, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. "(c)(1) Whoever knowingly communicates false information that a consumer product has been tainted, if such product or the results of such communication affect interstate or foreign commerce, and if such tainting, had it occurred, would create a risk of death or bodily injury to another person, shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. "(2) As used in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the term 'commu- nicates false information' means communicates information that is false and that the communicator knows is false, under circum- stances in which the information may reasonably be expected to be believed. "(d) Whoever knowingly threatens, under circumstances in which the threat may reasonably be expected to be believed, that conduct that, if it occurred, would violate subsection (a) of this section will occur, shall be fined not more than $25,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Oct. 13, 1983 [S. 216] Federal Anti- Tampering Act. 18 USC 1365 note. Fines or imprisonme nts. 18 USC 1365. "Communicates false information."
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