18 U.S.C. § 2282B: Violence against aids to…

Summary

It makes it a federal crime to on purpose destroy, badly damage, change, move, or tamper with any navigation aid that the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation or the U.S. Coast Guard keeps, if the act endangers or could endanger a ship’s safe navigation. A person who does this may be fined under federal law, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.

Title 18, §2282B

Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Whoever intentionally destroys, seriously damages, alters, moves, or tampers with any aid to maritime navigation maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation under the authority of section 4 of the Act of May 13, 1954 (33 U.S.C. 984), by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 81 of title 14, United States Code, or lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 83 of title 14, United States Code, if such act endangers or is likely to endanger the safe navigation of a ship, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 81 of title 14, referred to in text, was redesignated section 541 of title 14 by Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200, and references to section 81 of title 14 deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see section 123(b)(1) of Pub. L. 115–282, set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by Pub. L. 115–282 note preceding section 101 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

Amendments

2020—Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation” for “Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation”.

§2282B Violence Against Aids to Maritime Navigation