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16 U.S.C. § 2438

Criminal offenses

United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 2438, Criminal offenses, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/447370
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A person is guilty of an offense if that person commits any act prohibited by paragraph (4), (5), (6), or (7) of section 2435 of this title. Any offense described in subsection (a) is punishable by a fine of $50,000, or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both. A conviction under subsection (a) for any act shall not be deemed to preclude a conviction for such act under any other law.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 98-623(H.R. 6342)1984-11-08
    A bill approving the governing international fishery agreements with Iceland and the European Economic Community.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally