U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 27, 2024
§ 1651.
Piracy under law of nations

Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774.)
cite as: 18 USC 1651