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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 118—WAR CRIMES

§ 2441. War crimes

(b) CIRCUMSTANCES.—The circumstances re-ferred to in subsection (a) are that the person committing such war crime or the victim of such war crime is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act).