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 108 STAT. 1358 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 President. §80504. Medals of honor (a) MEDALS,—The President may prepare and give a bronze medal of honor with emblematic devices to an individual who by extreme daring endangers that individual's life in trying to prevent, or save the life of another in, a grave accident in the United States involving a rail carrier providing transportation in interstate commerce or involving a motor vehicle on the public streets, roads, or highways. The President may give a medal only when sufficient evidence that the individual deserves the medal has been filed under regulations prescribed by the President. (b) RIBBONS, KNOTS, AND ROSETTES.— The President may give an individual who receives a medal a ribbon to be worn with the medal and a knot or rosette to be worn in place of the medal. The President shall prescribe the design for the ribbon, knot, and rosette. If the ribbon is lost, destroyed, or made unfit for use and the individual receiving the medal is not negligent, the President shall issue a new ribbon without charge to the individu£d. (c) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS. —Appropriations made to the Secretary of Transportation are available to carry out this section. PORTS OF ENTRY 19 USC 1644a. SEC. 2. (a) The definitions in section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, apply to this section. (b)( 1) The Secretary of the Treasury may— (A) designate ports of entry in the United States for civil aircraft arriving in the United States from a place outside the United States and property transported on that aircraft; (B) detail to ports of entry officers and employees of the United States Customs Service the Secretary considers necessary; (C) give an officer or employee of the United States Government stationed at a port of entry (with the consent of the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality of the (Government with jurisdiction over the officer or employee) duties and powers of officers or employees of the Customs Service; (D) by regulation, apply to civil air navigation the laws and regulations on carrying out the customs laws, to the extent and under conditions the Secretary considers necessary; and (E) by regulation, apply to civil aircraft the laws and regulations on entry and clearance of vessels, to the extent and under conditions the Secretary considers necessary. (2) A person violating a customs regulation prescribed under paragraph (1)(A)-(D) of this subsection or a public health or customs law or regulation made applicable to aircraft by a regulation under paragraph (1)(A)-(D) is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $5,000 for each violation. An aircraft involved in the violation may be seized and forfeited under the customs laws. The Secretary of the Treasury may remit or mitigate a penalty and forfeiture under this paragraph. (3) A person violating a regulation made applicable under paragraph (1)(E) of this subsection or an immigration regulation prescribed under paragraph (1)(E) is liable to the Government for a civil penalty of $5,000 for each violation. The Secretary of the

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