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18 U.S.C. § 967 — Departure of vessel forbidden in aid of neutrality
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**(a)** During a war in which the United States is a neutral nation, the President, or any person authorized by him, may withhold clearance from or to any vessel, domestic or foreign, or, by service of formal notice upon the owner, master, or person in command or in charge of any domestic vessel not required to secure clearances, may forbid its departure from port or from the United States, whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such vessel is about to carry fuel, arms, ammunition, men, supplies, dispatches, or information to any warship, tender, or supply ship of a foreign belligerent nation in violation of the laws, treaties, or obligations of the United States under the law of nations. It shall thereupon be unlawful for such vessel to depart.
**(b)** Whoever, in violation of this section, takes or attempts to take, or authorizes the taking of any such vessel, out of port or from the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. In addition, such vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment, and her cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.
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**(a)** During a war in which the United States is a neutral nation, the President, or any person authorized by him, may withhold clearance from or to any vessel, domestic or foreign, or, by service of formal notice upon the owner, master, or person in command or in charge of any domestic vessel not required to secure clearances, may forbid its departure from port or from the United States, whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such vessel is about to carry fuel, arms, ammunition, men, supplies, dispatches, or information to any warship, tender, or supply ship of a foreign belligerent nation in violation of the laws, treaties, or obligations of the United States under the law of nations. It shall thereupon be unlawful for such vessel to depart.
**(b)** Whoever, in violation of this section, takes or attempts to take, or authorizes the taking of any such vessel, out of port or from the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. In addition, such vessel, her tackle, apparel, furniture, equipment, and her cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.
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If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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**(a) Bond to insure non-delivery of men, ammunition, fuel, etc.** Whenever, during any war in which the United States is neutral, the President, or any person thereunto authorized by him, shall have cause to believe that any vessel, domestic or foreign, whether requiring clearance or not, is about to carry out of a port or from the jurisdiction of the United States, fuel, men, arms, ammunition, implements of war, supplies, dispatches, or information to any warship, tender, or supply ship of a state named in a proclamation issued under the authority of [section 441(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section441/a&num=0&edition=prelim), but the evidence is not deemed sufficient to justify forbidding the departure of the vessel as provided for by [section 967 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section967&num=0&edition=prelim), and if, in the President’s judgment, such action will serve to maintain peace between the United States and foreign states, or to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or to promote the security or neutrality of the United States, he shall have the power, and it shall be his duty, to require the owner, master, or person in command thereof, before departing from a port or from the jurisdiction of the United States, to give a bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, in such amount as he shall deem proper, conditioned that the vessel will not deliver the men, or any fuel, supplies, dispatches, information, or any part of the cargo, to any warship, tender, or supply ship of a state named in a proclamation issued under the authority of [section 441(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granule
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 966
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–304 substituted ‘‘section
60105 of title 46’’ for ‘‘section 4197 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91)’’.
1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined
under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $10,000’’.
1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–182 substituted ‘‘section
431 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1431) and section
4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46
U.S.C. App. 91),’’ for ‘‘sections 91, 92, and 94 of Title 46’’,
‘‘deliver to the Customs Service’’ for ‘‘deliver to the
collector of customs for the district wherein such ves-
sel is then located’’, and ‘‘the Customs Service like’’ for
‘‘the collector like’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and li-
abilities of the United States Customs Service of the
Department of the Treasury, including functions of the
Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of re-
lated references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and
557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department
of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of Novem-
ber 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section
542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of
Nov. 25, 2002, see section 211 of Title 6, as amended gen-
erally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L.
114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
All offices of collector of customs, comptroller of cus
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