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HAMDT 499 (109th)

An amendment numbered 11 printed in part B of House Report 109-178 to make it a crime to use a vessel to smuggle terrorists or dangerous materials, including nuclear material, into the U.S. Amendment also imposes stiff criminal penalties for providing false information to a federal law enforcement officer at a port or on a vessel, and increases penalties for anyone who fraudulently gains access to a seaport. Also makes it a crime to place a device or dangerous substance in U.S. waters that is likely to destroy or damage a vessel or its cargo, as well as to damage or alter any aid to maritime navigation which endangers the safe navigation of a ship. Increases penalties for smugglers who misrepresent illicit cargo, makes it a federal crime for a vessel operator to fail to stop when ordered to do soby a federal law enforcement officer.

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