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18 U.S.C. § 2282B — Violence against aids to maritime navigation
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section984&num=0&edition=prelim)), by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 81 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14, United States Code, or lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to [section 83 of title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section83&num=0&edition=prelim), 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.
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section984&num=0&edition=prelim)), by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 81 11 See References in Text note below. of title 14, United States Code, or lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to [section 83 of title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section83&num=0&edition=prelim), 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.
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The Coast Guard, established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times.
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**(a)** In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters, collisions, and wrecks of vessels and aircraft, the Coast Guard may establish, maintain, and operate:
(1) aids to maritime navigation required to serve the needs of the armed forces or of the commerce of the United States;
(2) aids to air navigation required to serve the needs of the armed forces of the United States peculiar to warfare and primarily of military concern as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of any department within the Department of Defense and as required by any of those officials; and
(3) electronic aids to navigation systems (a) required to serve the needs of the armed forces of the United States peculiar to warfare and primarily of military concern as determined by the Secretary of Defense or any department within the Department of Defense; or (b) required to serve the needs of the maritime commerce of the United States; or (c) required to serve the needs of the air commerce of the United States as requested by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
These aids to navigation other than electronic aids to navigation systems shall be established and operated only within the United States, the waters above the Continental Shelf, the territories and possessions of the United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the United States at places where naval or military bases of the United States are or may be located. The Coast Guard may establish, maintain, and operate aids to maritime navigation under paragraph (1) of this section by contract with any person, public body, or instrumentality.
**(b)** In the case of pierhead beacons, the Commandant may—
(1) acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf
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**(a)** For the purpose of carrying out its functions under this chapter the Corporation—
(1) shall have succession in its corporate name;
(2) may adopt and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed;
(3) may sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(4) may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be conducted and the powers vested in it may be exercised;
(5) may make and carry out such contracts or agreements as are necessary or advisable in the conduct of its business;
(6) shall be held to be an inhabitant and resident of the northern judicial district of New York within the meaning of the laws of the United States relating to venue of civil suits;
(7) may appoint and fix the compensation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, of such officers, attorneys, and employees as may be necessary for the conduct of its business, define their authority and duties, and delegate to them such of the powers vested in the Corporation as the Administrator may determine;
(8) may acquire, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or donation such real and personal property and any interest therein, and may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of such real and personal property, as the Administrator deems necessary for the conduct of its business;
(9) shall determine the character of and the necessity for its obligations and expenditures, and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed and paid, subject to provisions of law specifically applicable to Government corporations;
(10) may retain toll revenues for purposes of eventual reinvestment in the Seaway.11 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
(11) may provide services and facili
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Page 565
TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 2282B
1 So in original. No section 2282 has been enacted.
1 See References in Text note below.
or noxious substance that is not covered
by clause (i), in such quantity or con-
centration that causes or is likely to cause
death or serious injury or damage;
(B) injures or kills any person in connec-
tion with the commission or the attempted
commission of any of the offenses set forth
in subparagraph (A); or
(C) attempts or conspires to do anything
prohibited under subparagraph (A) or (B),
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not
more than 20 years, or both; and if death re-
sults to any person from conduct prohibited by
this paragraph, shall be imprisoned for any
term of years or for life.
(2) THREAT TO SAFETY.—A person who threat-
ens, with apparent determination and will to
carry the threat into execution, to do any act
prohibited under paragraph (1)(A), shall be
fined under this title, imprisoned not more
than 5 years, or both.
(b) JURISDICTION.—There is jurisdiction over
the activity prohibited in subsection (a) if—
(1) such activity is committed against or on
board a fixed platform—
(A) that is located on the continental shelf
of the United States;
(B) that is located on the continental shelf
of another country, by a national of the
United States or by a stateless person whose
habitual residence is in the United States; or
(C) in an attempt to compel the United
States to do or abstain from doing any act;
(2) during the commission of such activity
against or on board a fixed platform located
on a continental shelf, a national of the
United States is seized, threatened, injured, or
killed; or
(3) such activity is committed against or on
board a fixed platform located outside the
U
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 984
1 So in original. The period probably should be a semicolon.
2 So in original. There are two pars. designated (13).
3 Clauses (10), (11), and (12) redesignated (11), (12), and (13) by
Pub. L. 97–369.
tivities with those of the Saint Lawrence Sea-
way Authority of Canada and the entity des-
ignated by the State of New York, or other li-
censee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission, authorized to construct and operate the
dams and power works authorized by the Inter-
national Joint Commission in its order of Octo-
ber 29, 1952 (docket 68) or any amendment or
modification thereof.
(May 13, 1954, ch. 201, § 3, 68 Stat. 93; Pub. L.
95–91, title IV, § 402(a)(1)(A), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat.
583.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
‘‘Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission’’
sub-
stituted for ‘‘Federal Power Commission’’ in subsecs.
(a)(2) and (b), on authority of Pub. L. 95–91, title IV,
§ 402(a)(1)(A), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 583, which is classi-
fied to section 7172(a)(1)(A) of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare.
§ 984. General powers of Corporation
(a) For the purpose of carrying out its func-
tions under this chapter the Corporation—
(1) shall have succession in its corporate
name;
(2) may adopt and use a corporate seal,
which shall be judicially noticed;
(3) may sue and be sued in its corporate
name;
(4) may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws,
rules, and regulations governing the manner
in which its business may be conducted and
the powers vested in it may be exercised;
(5) may make and carry out such contracts
or agreements as are necessary or advisable in
the conduct of its business;
(6) shall be held to be an inhabitant and resi-
dent of the norther
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