46 U.S.C. § 60101 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 46. Shipping § 60101. Boarding arriving vessels before inspection
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(a) Regulations.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prescribe and enforce regulations on the boarding of a vessel arriving at a port of the United States before the vessel has been inspected and secured.
(b) Criminal penalty.--A person violating a regulation prescribed under this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both.
(c) Relationship to other law.--This section shall be construed as supplementary to section 2279 of title 18.
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