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
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.