Kidnapping

Section 1201 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: (a) Kidnapping (1) Offense Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person, in any circumstance described in paragraph (3), to— (A) unlawfully— (i) seize, confine, kidnap, abduct, or carry away an individual by— (I) force and violence; or (II) intimidation; or (ii) inveigle or decoy an individual; and (B) hold the individual described in subparagraph (A) for ransom, reward, or otherwise. (2) Exception Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an act done against a minor by the parent thereof. (3) Circumstances A circumstance described in this paragraph is that— (A) the individual is willfully transported in interstate or foreign commerce, regardless of whether the individual was alive when transported across a State boundary, or the offender travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses the mail or any means, facility, or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce in committing or in furtherance of the commission of the offense; (B) any such act against the individual is done within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States; (C) any such act against the individual is done within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, as defined in section 46501 of title 49; (D) the individual is a foreign official, an internationally protected person, or an official guest, as those terms are defined in section 1116(b) of this title; or (E) the individual is among those officers and employees described in section 1114 of this title and any such act against the individual is done while the individual is engaged in, or on account of, the performance of official duties. (4) Penalty Any person who commits a violation under this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life and, if the death of any individual results, shall be punished by death or life imprisonment.; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking subsection (a)(1), above, and inserting subsection (a)(3)(A); (B) by striking he and inserting the victim; (C) by striking such person and inserting such individual; and (D) by striking under this section and inserting under this subsection; and (3) in subsection (f), by striking subsection (a)(4) each place it appears and inserting subsection (a) with respect to a circumstance described in paragraph (3)(D) of that subsection.