---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 2339D"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "2339D"
heading: "Receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/2339D"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 113B — Terrorism"
---

# §2339D. Receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization

- (a) **Offense.—** [Whoever](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-1) knowingly receives military-type training from or on behalf of any [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) designated at the time of the training by the Secretary of State under [section 219(a)(1)](/usc/18/219.md) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as a foreign terrorist [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for ten years, or both. To violate this subsection, a [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) must have knowledge that the [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) is a designated terrorist [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) (as defined in [subsection (c)(4)](#c-4)), that the [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) has engaged or engages in terrorist activity (as defined in [section 212](/usc/18/212.md) of the Immigration and Nationality Act), or that the [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) has engaged or engages in [terrorism](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-22) (as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989).
- (b) **Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.—** There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section. There is jurisdiction over an offense under [subsection (a)](#a) if—
  - (1) an offender is a [national of the United States](/usc/18/178.md?p=5) (as defined in[^1] 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) or an [alien](/usc/18/841.md?p=r) lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9) (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act);
  - (2) an offender is a stateless [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) whose habitual residence is in the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9);
  - (3) after the conduct required for the offense occurs an offender is brought into or found in the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9), even if the conduct required for the offense occurs outside the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9);
  - (4) the offense occurs in whole or in part within the [United States](/usc/18/229F.md?p=9);
  - (5) the offense occurs in or affects [interstate or foreign commerce](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2); or
  - (6) an offender aids or abets any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) over whom jurisdiction exists under this paragraph in committing an offense under [subsection (a)](#a) or conspires with any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) over whom jurisdiction exists under this paragraph to commit an offense under [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Definitions.—** As used in this section—
  - (1) the term “military-type training” includes training in means or methods that can cause death or [serious bodily injury](/usc/18/2246.md?p=4), destroy or damage property, or disrupt services to critical infrastructure, or training on the use, storage, production, or assembly of any [explosive](/usc/18/841.md?p=d), [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) or other weapon, including any weapon of mass destruction (as defined in section 2232a(c)(2)[^2]);
  - (2) the term “[serious bodily injury](/usc/18/2246.md?p=4)” has the meaning given that term in [section 1365(h)(3)](/usc/18/1365.md?p=h-3);
  - (3) the term “critical infrastructure” means systems and assets vital to national defense, national security, economic security, public health or safety including both regional and national infrastructure. Critical infrastructure may be publicly or privately owned; examples of critical infrastructure include gas and oil production, storage, or [delivery systems](/usc/18/178.md?p=3), water supply systems, telecommunications networks, electrical power generation or [delivery systems](/usc/18/178.md?p=3), financing and banking systems, emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and rescue services), and transportation systems and services (including highways, mass transit, airlines, and airports); and
  - (4) the term “foreign terrorist [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4)” means an [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) designated as a terrorist [organization](/usc/18/2256.md?p=4) under [section 219(a)(1)](/usc/18/219.md) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The word “section” probably should appear after “in”.
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be section “2332a(c)(2)”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, § 6602, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3761.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Sections 101, 212, and 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b)(1), and (c)(4), are classified to sections 1101, 1182, and 1189, respectively, of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

Section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to section 2656f(d)(2) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.