PUBLIC LAW 98-547—OCT. 25, 1984
98 STAT. 2771
TITLE III—IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION MEASURES AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE
SEC. 301. (a) Chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 553. Importation or exportation of stolen motor vehicles, offhighway mobile equipment, vessels, or aircraft "(a) Whoever knowingly imports, exports, or attempts to import or export— "(1) any motor vehicle, off-highway mobile equipment, vessel, aircraft, or part of any motor vehicle, off-highway mobile equipment, vessel, or aircraft, knowing the same to have been stolen; or "(2) any motor vehicle or off-highway mobile equipment or part of any motor vehicle or off-highway mobile equipment, knowing that the identification number of such motor vehicle, equipment, or part has been removed, obliterated, tampered with, or altered; shall be fined not more than $15,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. "(b) Subsection (a)(2) shall not apply if the removal, obliteration, tampering, or alteration— "(1) is caused by collision or fire; or "(2) is not a violation of section 511 of this title. "(c) As used in this section, the term— "(1) 'motor vehicle' has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Motor Vehicle Information and C!ost Savings Act; "(2) 'off-highway mobile equipment' means any self-propelled agricultural equipment, self-propelled construction equipment, and self-propelled special use equipment, used or designed for running on land but not on rail or highway; "(3) 'vessel' has the meaning given that term in section 401 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401); "(4) 'aircraft' has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301); and "(5) 'identification number'— "(A) in the case of a motor vehicle, has the meaning given that term in section 511 of this title; and "(B) in the case of any other vehicle or equipment covered by this section, means a number or symbol assigned to the vehicle or equipment, or part thereof, by the manufacturer primarily for the purpose of identifying such vehicle, equipment, or part.", (b) The table of sections for chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "553. Importation or exportation of stolen motor vehicles, off-highway mobile equipment, vessels, or aircraft.". AMENDMENT TO TARIFF ACT OF 1930
SEC. 302. Part V of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1581 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:
18 USC 553.
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