18 U.S.C. § 2074
False weather reports
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2074, False weather reports, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449458
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Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
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- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994