<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id750600b5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf" identifier="/us/usc/t18/s2282B"><num value="2282B">§ 2282B.</num><heading> Violence against aids to maritime navigation</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Whoever intentionally destroys, seriously damages, alters, moves, or tampers with any aid to maritime navigation maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation under the authority of <ref href="/us/act/1954-05-13/s4">section 4 of the Act of May 13, 1954</ref> (<ref href="/us/usc/t33/s984">33 U.S.C. 984</ref>), by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 81 <ref class="footnoteRef" idref="fn002171">1</ref><note type="footnote" id="fn002171"><num>1</num> See References in Text note below.</note> of title 14, United States Code, or lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t14/s83">section 83 of title 14</ref>, 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.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id750600b6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">(Added <ref href="/us/pl/109/177/tIII/s304/b/1">Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 304(b)(1)</ref>, <date date="2006-03-09">Mar. 9, 2006</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/120/235">120 Stat. 235</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="editorialNotes" id="id750600b8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/usc/t14/s81">Section 81 of title 14</ref>, referred to in text, was redesignated <ref href="/us/usc/t14/s541">section 541 of title 14</ref> by <ref href="/us/pl/115/282/tI/s105/b">Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b)</ref>, <date date="2018-12-04">Dec. 4, 2018</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/132/4200">132 Stat. 4200</ref>, and references to <ref href="/us/usc/t14/s81">section 81 of title 14</ref> deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see <ref href="/us/pl/115/282/s123/b/1">section 123(b)(1) of Pub. L. 115–282</ref>, set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by <ref href="/us/pl/115/282">Pub. L. 115–282</ref> note preceding <ref href="/us/usc/t14/s101">section 101 of Title 14</ref>, Coast Guard.</p>
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