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18 U.S.C. § 2322 — Chop shops

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18 U.S.C. § 2322 — Chop shops

**(a) In General.—** (1) **Unlawful action.—** — Any person who knowingly owns, operates, maintains, or controls a chop shop or conducts operations in a chop shop shall be punished by a fine under this title or by imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both. If a conviction of a person under this paragraph is for a violation committed after the first conviction of such person under this paragraph, the maximum punishment shall be doubled with respect to any fine and imprisonment. (2) **Injunctions.—** — The Attorney General shall, as appropriate, in the case of any person who violates paragraph (1), commence a civil action for permanent or temporary injunction to restrain such violation. **(b) Definition.—** For purposes of this section, the term “chop shop” means any building, lot, facility, or other structure or premise where one or more persons engage in receiving, concealing, destroying, disassembling, dismantling, reassembling, or storing any passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle part which has been unlawfully obtained in order to alter, counterfeit, deface, destroy, disguise, falsify, forge, obliterate, or remove the identity, including the vehicle identification number or derivative thereof, of such vehicle or vehicle part and to distribute, sell, or dispose of such vehicle or vehicle part in interstate or foreign commerce.

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49 U.S.C. § 33103 — Theft prevention standard for other lines

**(a) General.—** Not later than October 25, 1994, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe a vehicle theft standard that conforms to the requirements of this chapter for covered major parts that manufacturers install in passenger motor vehicles (except light duty trucks) in not more than 50 percent of the lines not designated under [section 33104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section33104&num=0&edition=prelim) as high theft lines. **(b) Extension of Application.—** (1) Not later than 3 years after the standard is prescribed under subsection (a) of this section and based on the finding of the Attorney General under subsection (c) of this section to apply the standard, the Secretary shall apply that standard to covered major parts and major replacement parts for covered parts that manufacturers install in the lines of passenger motor vehicles (except light duty trucks)— (A) not designated under [section 33104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section33104&num=0&edition=prelim) as high theft lines; and (B) not covered by the standard prescribed under subsection (a) of this section. (2) The Secretary shall include as part of the regulatory proceeding under this subsection the finding of, and the record developed by, the Attorney General under subsection (c) of this section. **(c) Initial Review of Effectiveness.—** Before the Secretary begins a regulatory proceeding under subsection (b) of this section, the Attorney General shall make a finding that the Secretary shall apply the standard prescribed under subsection (a) of this section unless the Attorney General finds, based on information collected and analyzed under section 33112 11 See References in T

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18 U.S.C. § 2322 — Chop shops

Page 584 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 2321 Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 105–225, § 4(b)(4), as amended by Pub. L. 105–354, § 2(c)(1), struck out par. (4) which read as follows: ‘‘the term ‘Olympic Charter Act’ means the Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the United States Olympic Association’, approved September 21, 1950 (36 U.S.C. 371 et seq.).’’ 1997—Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 105–147 added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively. 1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–153 added subsec. (e). 1994—Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(U), which directed the amendment of this section by striking ‘‘not more than $250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title’’, could not be executed because the phrase ‘‘not more than $250,000’’ did not appear in text subsequent to amendment of sub- sec. (a) by Pub. L. 103–322, § 320104(a). See below. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322, § 320104(a), in first sen- tence, substituted ‘‘$2,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 10 years’’ for ‘‘$250,000 or imprisoned not more than five years’’ and ‘‘$5,000,000’’ for ‘‘$1,000,000’’, and in second sentence, substituted ‘‘$5,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 20 years’’ for ‘‘$1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than fifteen years’’ and ‘‘$15,000,000’’ for ‘‘$5,000,000’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 105–354, § 2(c), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3244, pro- vided that the amendment made by section 2(c) is effec- tive Aug. 12, 1998. 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, an

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