42 U.S.C. § 7270b

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)
Section 7270b - Trespass on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities
(a) The Secretary may issue regulations relating to the entry upon or carrying, transporting, or otherwise introducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property into or onto the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, its storage or related facilities, or real property subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the custody of the Secretary under part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6231 - 6247). The Secretary shall post conspicuously, on the property subject to the regulations, notification that the property is subject to the regulations.
(b) Whoever willfully violates a regulation of the Secretary issued under subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished upon conviction by a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

42 U.S.C. § 7270b

Pub. L. 95-91, title VI, §662, as added Pub. L. 100-531, §1(a), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2652.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Energy Policy and Conservation Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94-163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 871. Part B of title I of the Act is classified generally to part B (§6231 et seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 77 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6201 of this title and Tables.

Secretary
the term "Secretary" means- (A) the Secretary of Education for purposes of subtitle A (other than section 3201),(B) the Secretary of Agriculture for purposes of the amendments made by section 3201, and(C) the Secretary of Health and Human Services for purposes of subtitle B,