Travel Act

Travel Act

Long title	An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit travel or transportation in commerce in aid of racketeering enterprises
Enacted by	the 87th United States Congress United States Congress
Citations
Public law	87-228
Codification
U.S.C. sections created	18 U.S.C. § 1952
Legislative history
Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on September 13, 1961
United States Supreme Court cases
United States v. Nardello, 393 U.S. 286 (1969) Rewis v. United States, 401 U.S. 808 (1971) United States v. Gillock, 445 U.S. 360 (1980)

The Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952, is a Federal criminal statute which forbids the use of the U.S. mail, or interstate or foreign travel, for the purpose of engaging in certain specified criminal acts.