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title: "18 U.S.C. § 2282B"
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 2282B - Violence against aids to maritime navigation
## Text
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), 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, 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.
(Added Pub. L. 109177, title III, § 304(b)(1), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 235; Pub. L. 116260, div. AA, title V, § 512(c)(2), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2756.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextSection 81 of title 14, referred to in text, was redesignated section 541 of title 14 by Pub. L. 115282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200, and references to section 81 of title 14 deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see section 123(b)(1) of Pub. L. 115282, set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by Pub. L. 115282 note preceding section 101 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
Amendments2020—Pub. L. 116260 substituted “Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation” for “Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation”.