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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "42 U.S.C. § 300i–1"
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description: "Tampering with public water systems"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 42
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_number: "6A"
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chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
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section: "300i–1"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300i–1"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 300i–1 - Tampering with public water systems
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## Text
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(a) Tampering Any person who tampers with a public water system shall be imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or fined in accordance with title 18, or both.
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(b) Attempt or threat Any person who attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper, with a public drinking water system be imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or fined in accordance with title 18, or both.
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(c) Civil penalty The Administrator may bring a civil action in the appropriate United States district court (as determined under the provisions of title 28) against any person who tampers, attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water system. The court may impose on such person a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000 for such tampering or not more than $100,000 for such attempt or threat.
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(d) “Tamper” defined For purposes of this section, the term “tamper” means—
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(1) to introduce a contaminant into a public water system with the intention of harming persons; or
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(2) to otherwise interfere with the operation of a public water system with the intention of harming persons.
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1432, as added Pub. L. 99–339, title I, § 108, June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 651; amended Pub. L. 104–182, title V, § 501(f)(5), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1692; Pub. L. 107–188, title IV, § 403(3), June 12, 2002, 116 Stat. 687.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–188, § 403(3)(A), substituted “20 years” for “5 years”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–188, § 403(3)(B), substituted “10 years” for “3 years”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–188, § 403(3)(C), (D), substituted “$1,000,000” for “$50,000” and “$100,000” for “$20,000”. 1996—Pub. L. 104–182 made technical amendment to section catchline and subsec. (a) designation.
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