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 100 STAT. 3207-95

Aircraft and air carriers.

Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986. 46 USC app. 1901 note.

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

(4) by inserting "or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States" after "United States" each place it appears in subsection (a); and (5) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) It shall be unlawful for any United States citizen on board any aircraft, or any person on board an aircraft owned by a United States citizen or registered in the United States, to— "(1) manufacture or distribute a controlled substance; or "(2) possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 is amended by striking out "Manufacture" in the item relating to section 1009 and inserting in lieu thereof "Possession, manufacture". ,, Subtitle C—Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986 SEC. 3201. SHORT TITLE.

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This subtitle may be cited as the "Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Prosecution Improvements Act of 1986". SEC. 3202. IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC LAW 96-350.

46 USC app. 1901. 46 USC app. 1902.

46 USC app. 1903.

46 USC 12101 et seq. 46 USC 12301 et seq.

International agreements. 13 UST 2312.

The Act entitled "An Act to facilitate increased enforcement by the Coast Guard of laws relating to the importation of controlled substances, and for other purposes", approved September 15, 1980 (Public Law 96-350; 94 Stat. 1159) is amended by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That this Act may be cited as the 'Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act'. "SEC. 2. The Congress finds and declares that trafficking in controlled substances aboard vessels is a serious international problem and is universally condemned. Moreover, such trafficking presents a specific threat to the security and societal well-being of the United States. "SEC. 3. (a) It is unlawful for any person on board a vessel of the United States, or on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to knowingly or intentionally manufacture or distribute, or to possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance. "(b) For purposes of this section, a 'vessel of the United States' means— "(1) a vessel documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, or a vessel numbered as provided in chapter 123 of that title; "(2) a vessel owned in whole or part by— "(A) the United States or a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States; "(B) a State or political subdivision thereof; "(C) a citizen or national of the United States; or "(D) a corporation created under the laws of the United States or any State, the District of Columbia, or any territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States; unless the vessel has been granted the nationality of a foreign nation in accordance with article 5 of the 1958 (Convention on the High Seas; and

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