TITLE 49 - TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE VII - AVIATION PROGRAMS
PART A - AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
subpart iv - enforcement and penalties
CHAPTER 463 - PENALTIES
HEAD
Sec. 46314. Entering aircraft or airport area in violation of
security requirements
STATUTE
(a) Prohibition. - A person may not knowingly and willfully
enter, in violation of security requirements prescribed under
section 44901, 44903(b) or (c), or 44906 of this title, an aircraft
or an airport area that serves an air carrier or foreign air
carrier.
(b) Criminal Penalty. - (1) A person violating subsection (a) of
this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more
than one year, or both.
(2) A person violating subsection (a) of this section with intent
to commit, in the aircraft or airport area, a felony under a law of
the United States or a State shall be fined under title 18,
imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
SOURCE
(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1239.)
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Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
Section
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46314 49 App.:1472(r). Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L.
85-726, 72 Stat. 731, Sec.
902(r); added Dec. 30, 1987,
Pub. L. 100-223, Sec.
204(f)(2), 101 Stat. 1520.
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In subsection (b), the words "fined under title 18" are
substituted for "a fine not to exceed $1,000" and "a fine not to
exceed $10,000" for consistency with title 18.
In subsection (b)(1), the words "Upon conviction" are omitted as
surplus.
In subsection (b)(2), the words "airport area" are substituted
for "secured area" for consistency in this section.
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