42 U.S.C. § 7270b

Trespass on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities

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

The 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.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: United States v. John Nassif, 97 F.4th 968 (D.C. Cir. 2024).

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United States v. John Nassif, 97 F.4th 968 (D.C. Cir. 2024). “§ 1030 (a)(3), trespassing on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities, 42 U.S.C. § 7270b, or traveling aboard a 24 vessel or aircraft without consent, 18 U.”

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