Boarding arriving vessels before inspection

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. A person violating a regulation prescribed under this section shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or both. This section shall be construed as supplementary to section 2279 of title 18. (Source: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1674.))