§ 411. Penalty for wrongful deposit of refuse; use of or injury to harbor improvements, and obstruction of navigable waters generally

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.

1. 1899

   Pub. L. 55–425 § 16 · 30 Stat. 1121

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 411

   Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 16, 30 Stat. 1153

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 425, § 16, 30 Stat. 1153

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 16. That every person and every corporation that shall violate, Penalties. or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction. And any and every master, pilot, and engineer, or person or persons acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel who shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any material specified in section thirteen of this Act to any point or place of deposit or discharge in any harbor or navigable water, elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the Secretary of War, or who shall willfully injure or destroy any -work of the United States contemplated in section fourteen of this Act, or who shall willfully obstruct the channel of any waterway in the manner contemplated in section fifteen of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Act, and shall upon conviction be punished as hereinbefore provided in this section, and shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted. And any boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft used or employed in violating any of the provisions of sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of this Act shall be liable for the pecuniary penalties specified in this section, and in addition thereto for the amount of the damages done by said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft, which latter sum shall be placed to the credit of the appropriation for the improvement of the harbor or waterway in which the damage occurred, and said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be proceeded against summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.

2. 1996

   Water Resources Development Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–303 title II § 218(a) · 110 Stat. 3658

   1. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 411

      Pub. L. 104–303 substituted “407, 408, 409, 414, and 415” for “407, 408, and 409”

   2. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 411

      Pub. L. 104–303 substituted “of up to $25,000 per day” for “not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–303 substituted “407, 408, 409, 414, and 415” for “407, 408, and 409” and “of up to $25,000 per day” for “not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Penalty.— Section 16 of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes”, 33 USC 411, 412. approved March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 411; 30 Stat. 1153), is amended— (1) by striking “thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen” each place it appears and inserting “13, 14, 15, 19, and 20”; and (2) by striking “not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars” and inserting “of up to $25,000 per day”.

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