§ 26. Definition of seaport

Statutory text

As used in this title, the term “seaport” means all piers, wharves, docks, and similar structures, adjacent to any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to which a vessel may be secured, including areas of land, water, or land and water under and in immediate proximity to such structures, buildings on or contiguous to such structures, and the equipment and materials on such structures or in such buildings.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2006
Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America’s Seaports Act of 2005
Pub. L. 109–177 title III § 302(c) · 120 Stat. 192
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 26
(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 302(c), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 233.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 302(c), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 233.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Definition of Seaport.— Chapter 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “§ 26. Definition of seaport “As used in this title, the term ‘seaport’ means all piers, wharves, docks, and similar structures, adjacent to any waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to which a vessel may be secured, including areas of land, water, or land and water under and in immediate proximity to such structures, buildings on or contiguous to such structures, and the equipment and materials on such structures or in such buildings.” .

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 109–177, title III, § 302(c), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 233.)