(a) Except
as provided in subsection (b) of this section, whoever, whether inside or
outside the United States, seizes or detains and threatens to kill, to injure,
or to continue to detain another person in order to compel a third person or a
governmental organization to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or
implicit condition for the release of the person detained, or attempts or
conspires to do so, shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or
for life and, if the death of any person results, shall be punished by death or
life imprisonment.
(b)
(1) It is
not an offense under this section if the conduct required for the offense
occurred outside the United States unless—
(A) the
offender or the person seized or detained is a national of the United States;
(B) the
offender is found in the United States; or
(C) the
governmental organization sought to be compelled is the Government of the United
States.
(2) It is
not an offense under this section if the conduct required for the offense
occurred inside the United States, each alleged offender and each person seized
or detained are nationals of the United States, and each alleged offender is
found in the United States, unless the governmental organization sought to be
compelled is the Government of the United States.
(c) As
used in this section, the term “national of the United States” has the meaning
given such term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101 (a)(22)).
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