Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/46/70503
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46 U.S. Code § 70503 - Prohibited acts
(a)Prohibitions.—While on board a covered vessel, an individual may not knowingly or intentionally—
manufacture or distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance;
destroy (including jettisoning any item or scuttling, burning, or hastily cleaning a vessel), or attempt or conspire to destroy, property that is subject to forfeiture under section 511(a) of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)); or
conceal, or attempt or conspire to conceal, more than $100,000 in currency or other monetary instruments on the person of such individual or in any conveyance, article of luggage, merchandise, or other container, or compartment of or aboard the covered vessel if that vessel is outfitted for smuggling.
(e)Covered Vessel Defined.—In this section the term “covered vessel” means—
any other vessel if the individual is a citizen of the United States or a resident alien of the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, § 10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1687; Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 314(a), (b), (e)(1), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 59.)
2016—Pub. L. 114–120, § 314(e)(1), substituted “Prohibited acts” for “Manufacture, distribution, or possession of controlled substances on vessels” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–120, § 314(a), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An individual may not knowingly or intentionally manufacture or distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance on board—
“(1) a vessel of the United States or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; or
“(2) any vessel if the individual is a citizen of the United States or a resident alien of the United States.”
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 114–120, § 314(b), added subsec. (e).