‘‘(2) the term ‘explosive or incendiary device’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 232(5); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘passenger’ has the same mean-
ing given such term in section 2101(21) of title 46; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘passenger vessel’ has the same 
meaning given such term in section 2101(22) of title 
46; and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘serious bodily injury’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 1365(g).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
The table of sections for chapter 39 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 831 the following:
‘‘832. Use of a dangerous weapon or explosive on a passenger vessel.’’.
SEC. 105. SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO HEAVE TO AND FOR 
OBSTRUCTION 
OF 
BOARDING 
AND 
PRO-
VIDING FALSE INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 109 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 2237. Sanctions for failure to heave to; sanctions 
for obstruction of boarding or providing 
false information 
‘‘(a) FAILURE TO HEAVE TO.—It shall be unlawful 
for the master, operator, or person in charge of a vessel 
of the United States, or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States, to knowingly fail to obey an order 
to heave to on being ordered to do so by an authorized 
Federal law enforcement officer. 
‘‘(b) OBSTRUCTION OF BOARDING AND PROVIDING 
FALSE INFORMATION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son on board a vessel of the United States or a vessel sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the United States to—
‘‘(1) forcibly assault, resist, oppose, prevent, 
impede, intimidate, or interfere with a boarding or 
other law enforcement action authorized by any Fed-
eral law, or to resist a lawful arrest; or 
‘‘(2) provide information to a Federal law en-
forcement officer during a boarding of a vessel re-
garding the vessel’s destination, origin, ownership, 
registration, nationality, cargo, or crew that the per-
son knows is false. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—This section shall not limit the 
authority of—
‘‘(1) an officer under section 581 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1581) or any other provision 
of law enforced or administered by the Secretary of 
the Treasury or the Under Secretary for Border and 
Transportation Security of the Department of 
Homeland Security; or
‘‘(2) a Federal law enforcement officer under 
any law of the United States to order a vessel to 
stop or heave to. 
‘‘(d) CONSENT OR OBJECTION TO ENFORCEMENT.—
A foreign nation may consent or waive objection to the 
enforcement of United States law by the United States 
under this section by radio, telephone, or similar oral or 
electronic means, which consent or waiver may be proven 
by certification of the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s 
designee. 
‘‘(e) PENALTY.—Any person who intentionally vio-
lates this section shall be fined in accordance with this 
title and imprisoned not more than 1 year. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the terms ‘vessel of the United States’ and 
‘vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States’ have the same meanings as such terms in 
section 3 of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement 
Act (46 U.S.C. App. 1903); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘heave to’ means to cause a vessel 
to slow, come to a stop, or adjust its course or speed 
to account for the weather conditions and sea state 
to facilitate a law enforcement boarding; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ 
has the same meaning as such term in section 
115.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
The table of sections for chapter 109 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘2237. Sanctions for failure to heave to; sanctions for obstruction of boarding 
or providing false information.’’.
SEC. 106. CRIMINAL SANCTIONS FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST 
MARITIME NAVIGATION. 
Section 2280(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F), 
(G), and (H) as (G), (H), and (I), respectively;
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following: 
‘‘(F) destroys, damages, alters, moves, or 
tampers with any aid to maritime navigation 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation under the authority of 
section 4 of the Act of May 13, 1954, (33 
U.S.C. 984) or the Coast Guard pursuant to 
section 81 of title 14, or lawfully maintained by 
the Coast Guard pursuant to section 83 of title
14, if such act endangers or is likely to endan-
ger the safe navigation of a ship;’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (I), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘through (G)’’ and inserting 
‘‘through (H)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(C) or (E)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(C), (E), or (F)’’. 
SEC. 107. CRIMINAL SANCTIONS FOR MALICIOUS DUMPING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 111 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 2282. Knowing discharge or release 
‘‘(a) ENDANGERMENT OF HUMAN LIFE.—Any per-
son who knowingly discharges or releases oil, a hazardous 
material, a noxious liquid substance, or any other sub-
stance into the navigable waters of the United States or 
the adjoining shoreline with the intent to endanger human 
life, health, or welfare— 
‘‘(1) shall be fined in accordance with this title 
and imprisoned for any term of years or for life; and 
‘‘(2) if the death of any person results from 
conduct prohibited under this section, may be pun-
ished by death. 
‘‘(b) ENDANGERMENT OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT.—
Any person who knowingly discharges or releases oil, a
hazardous material, a noxious liquid substance, or any 
other substance into the navigable waters of the United 
States or the adjacent shoreline with the intent to endan-
ger the marine environment shall be fined in accordance 
with this title or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or 
both. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘discharge’ means any spilling, 
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or 
dumping; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘hazardous material’ has the 
same meaning given such term in section 2101(14) 
of title 46; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘marine environment’ has the 
same meaning given such term in section 2101(15) 
of title 46; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘navigable waters’ has the same 
meaning given such term in section 502(7) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1362(7)), and also includes the territorial sea of the 
United States as described in Presidential Proclama-
tion 5928 of December 27, 1988; and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘noxious liquid substance’ has the 
same meaning given such term in the MARPOL 
Protocol as defined in section 2(a)(3) of the Act to