Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

42 U.S.C. § 7270b: Trespass on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Willfully violating Secretary regulations prohibiting dangerous weapons, explosives, or materials on Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $5,000 fine, up to one year imprisonment, or both.

Read the full statutory text

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. 6231–624 7). The Secretary shall post conspicuously, on the property subject to the regulations, notification that the property is subject to the regulations. 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.

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