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18 U.S.C. § 39 — Traffic signal preemption transmitters

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18 U.S.C. § 39 — Traffic signal preemption transmitters

**(a) Offenses.—** (1) **Sale.—** — Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly sells a traffic signal preemption transmitter to a nonqualifying user shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. (2) **Use.—** — Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, being a nonqualifying user makes unauthorized use of a traffic signal preemption transmitter shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both. **(b) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) **Traffic signal preemption transmitter.—** — The term “traffic signal preemption transmitter” means any mechanism that can change or alter a traffic signal’s phase time or sequence. (2) **Nonqualifying user.—** — The term “nonqualifying user” means a person who uses a traffic signal preemption transmitter and is not acting on behalf of a public agency or private corporation authorized by law to provide fire protection, law enforcement, emergency medical services, transit services, maintenance, or other services for a Federal, State, or local government entity, but does not include a person using a traffic signal preemption transmitter for classroom or instructional purposes.

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18 U.S.C. § 40 — Commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspections

**(a)** A driver of a commercial motor vehicle (as defined in [section 31132 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section31132&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall stop and submit to inspection of the vehicle, driver, cargo, and required records when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of the Department of Transportation, at or in the vicinity of an inspection site. The driver shall not leave the inspection site until authorized to do so by an authorized employee. **(b)** A driver of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (a), who knowingly fails to stop for inspection when directed to do so by an authorized employee of the Administration at or in the vicinity of an inspection site, or leaves the inspection site without authorization, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.

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18 U.S.C. § 3241 — Jurisdiction of offenses under certain sections

The District Court of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction of offenses under the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, committed within the territorial jurisdiction of such courts, and jurisdiction, concurrently with the district courts of the United States, of offenses against the laws of the United States committed upon the high seas.

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18 U.S.C. § 5 — United States defined

The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone.

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18 U.S.C. § 39 — Traffic signal preemption transmitters

Page 25 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 39 (1) AVIATION QUALITY.—If the offense relates to the aviation quality of a part and the part is installed in an aircraft or space vehicle, a fine of not more than $500,000, imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both. (2) FAILURE TO OPERATE AS REPRESENTED.—If, by reason of the failure of the part to operate as represented, the part to which the offense is related is the proximate cause of a malfunc- tion or failure that results in serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365), a fine of not more than $1,000,000, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. (3) FAILURE RESULTING IN DEATH.—If, by rea- son of the failure of the part to operate as rep- resented, the part to which the offense is re- lated is the proximate cause of a malfunction or failure that results in the death of any per- son, a fine of not more than $1,000,000, impris- onment for any term of years or life, or both. (4) OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.—In the case of an offense under subsection (a) not described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, a fine under this title, imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both. (5) ORGANIZATIONS.—If the offense is com- mitted by an organization, a fine of not more than— (A) $10,000,000 in the case of an offense de- scribed in paragraph (1) or (4); and (B) $20,000,000 in the case of an offense de- scribed in paragraph (2) or (3). (c) CIVIL REMEDIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to pre- vent and restrain violations of this section by issuing appropriate orders, including— (A) ordering a person (convicted of an of- fense under this section) to divest any inter- est, direct or indirect, in any enterprise used to commit or

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