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18 U.S.C. § 226 — Bribery affecting port security

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18 U.S.C. § 226 — Bribery affecting port security

**(a) In General.—** Whoever knowingly— (1) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers, or promises anything of value to any public or private person, with intent to commit international terrorism or domestic terrorism (as those terms are defined under section 2331), to— (A) influence any action or any person to commit or aid in committing, or collude in, or allow, any fraud, or make opportunity for the commission of any fraud affecting any secure or restricted area or seaport; or (B) induce any official or person to do or omit to do any act in violation of the lawful duty of such official or person that affects any secure or restricted area or seaport; or (2) directly or indirectly, corruptly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value personally or for any other person or entity in return for— (A) being influenced in the performance of any official act affecting any secure or restricted area or seaport; and (B) knowing that such influence will be used to commit, or plan to commit, international or domestic terrorism, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both. **(b) Definition.—** In this section, the term “secure or restricted area” means an area of a vessel or facility designated as secure in an approved security plan, as required under [section 70103 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70103&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, and the rules and regulations promulgated under that section.

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**(a) In General.—** Whoever knowingly— (1) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers, or promises anything of value to any public or private person, with intent to commit international terrorism or domestic terrorism (as those terms are defined under section 2331), to— (A) influence any action or any person to commit or aid in committing, or collude in, or allow, any fraud, or make opportunity for the commission of any fraud affecting any secure or restricted area or seaport; or (B) induce any official or person to do or omit to do any act in violation of the lawful duty of such official or person that affects any secure or restricted area or seaport; or (2) directly or indirectly, corruptly demands, seeks, receives, accepts, or agrees to receive or accept anything of value personally or for any other person or entity in return for— (A) being influenced in the performance of any official act affecting any secure or restricted area or seaport; and (B) knowing that such influence will be used to commit, or plan to commit, international or domestic terrorism, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both. **(b) Definition.—** In this section, the term “secure or restricted area” means an area of a vessel or facility designated as secure in an approved security plan, as required under [section 70103 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section70103&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, and the rules and regulations promulgated under that section.

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46 U.S.C. § 70103 — Maritime transportation security plans

**(a) National Maritime Transportation Security Plan.—** (1) The Secretary shall prepare a National Maritime Transportation Security Plan for deterring and responding to a transportation security incident. (2) The National Maritime Transportation Security Plan shall provide for efficient, coordinated, and effective action to deter and minimize damage from a transportation security incident, and shall include the following: (A) Assignment of duties and responsibilities among Federal departments and agencies and coordination with State and local governmental agencies. (B) Identification of security resources. (C) Procedures and techniques to be employed in deterring a national transportation security incident. (D) Establishment of procedures for the coordination of activities of— (i) Coast Guard maritime security teams established under this chapter; and (ii) Federal Maritime Security Coordinators required under this chapter. (E) A system of surveillance and notice designed to safeguard against as well as ensure earliest possible notice of a transportation security incident and imminent threats of such a security incident to the appropriate State and Federal agencies. (F) Establishment of criteria and procedures to ensure immediate and effective Federal identification of a transportation security incident, or the substantial threat of such a security incident. (G) Designation of— (i) areas for which Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans are required to be prepared under subsection (b); and (ii) a Coast Guard official who shall be the Federal Maritime Security Coordinator for each such area. (H) A risk-based system for evaluating the potential for violations of security zones designated by the Secretary on the waters subj

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18 U.S.C. § 226 — Bribery affecting port security

Page 86 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 224 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal effective 90 days after Oct. 23, 1962, see section 4 of Pub. L. 87–849, set out as an Effective Date note under section 201 of this title. § 224. Bribery in sporting contests (a) Whoever carries into effect, attempts to carry into effect, or conspires with any other person to carry into effect any scheme in com- merce to influence, in any way, by bribery any sporting contest, with knowledge that the pur- pose of such scheme is to influence by bribery that contest, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. (b) This section shall not be construed as indi- cating an intent on the part of Congress to oc- cupy the field in which this section operates to the exclusion of a law of any State, territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States, and no law of any State, territory, Com- monwealth, or possession of the United States, which would be valid in the absence of the sec- tion shall be declared invalid, and no local au- thorities shall be deprived of any jurisdiction over any offense over which they would have ju- risdiction in the absence of this section. (c) As used in this section— (1) The term ‘‘scheme in commerce’’ means any scheme effectuated in whole or in part through the use in interstate or foreign com- merce of any facility for transportation or communication; (2) The term ‘‘sporting contest’’ means any contest in any sport, between individual con- testants or teams of contestants (without re- gard to the amateur or professional status of the contestants therein), the occurrence of which is publicly announced before its occur- rence; (3) The term ‘‘person’’ means any

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