{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-60101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 60101","heading":"Boarding arriving vessels before inspection","body":"(a) Regulations.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prescribe and enforce regulations on the boarding of a vessel arriving at a port of the United States before the vessel has been inspected and secured. (b) Criminal Penalty.—A person violating a regulation prescribed under this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. (c) Relationship to Other law.—This section shall be construed as supplementary to section 2279 of title 18.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 601—ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"d9d9607be556694e5ebcf0e30377076c78ca025adfe5779078fe5d262aa02e0f","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-58109","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-60102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}