PUBLIC LAW 106-513—NOV. 13, 2000
114 STAT. 2387
"(A) refusing to permit any officer authorized to enforce
this title to board a vessel, other than a vessel operated
by the Department of Defense or United States Coast
Guard, subject to such person's control for the purposes
of conducting any search or inspection in connection with
the enforcement of this title;
"(B) resisting,
-.. p posing, impeding, intimidating,
harassing, bribing, interfering with, or forcibly assaulting
any person authorized by the Secretary to implement this
title or any such authorized officer in the conduct of any
search or inspection performed under this title; or
"(C) knowingly and willfully submitting false information to the Secretary or any officer authorized to enforce
this title in connection with any search or inspection conducted under this title; or".
SEC. 8. CHANGES IN ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.
(a) POWERS OF AUTHORIZED OFFICERS TO ARREST. —Section
307(b) (16 U.S.C. 1437(b)) is amended by striking "and" after the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (4), by striking the period at
the end of psiragraph (5) and inserting "; and", and by adding
at the end the following:
"(6) arrest any person, if there is reasonable cause to believe
that such person has committed an act prohibited by section
306(3). ".
(b) CRIMINAL OFFENSES.—Section 307 (16 U.S.C. 1437) is
amended by redesignating subsections (c) through (j) in order as
subsections (d) through (k), and by inserting after subsection (b)
the following:
" (c) CRIMINAL OFFENSES. —
"(1) OFFENSES.— ^A person is guilty of an offense under
this subsection if the person commits any act prohibited by
section 306(3).
"(2) PUNISHMENT. — Any person that is guilty of an offense
under this subsection—
"(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), shall be
fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for
not more than 6 months, or both; or
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"(B) in the case of a person who in the commission
of such an offense uses a dangerous weapon, engages in
conduct that causes bodily injury to any person authorized
to enforce this title or any person authorized to implement
the provisions of this title, or places any such person in
fear of imminent bodily injury, shall be fined under title
18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than
10 years, or both.".
(c) SUBPOENAS OF ELECTRONIC FILES. —Subsection (g) of section
307 (16 U.S.C. 1437), as redesignated by this section, is amended
by inserting "electronic files," after "books,".
(d) NATIONWIDE SERVICE OF PROCESS. —Section 307 (16 U.S.C.
1437) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(1) NATIONWIDE SERVICE OF PROCESS.— In any action by the
United States under this title, process may be served in any district
where the defendant is found, resides, transacts business, or has
appointed an agent for the service of process.".
SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AUTHORITY.
Section 308 (16 U.S.C. 1439) is amended to read as follows:
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