Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act
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Long title | An Act to amend titles 46 and 18, United States Code, with respect to the operation of submersible vessels and semi-submersible vessels without nationality. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | DTVIA |
Nicknames | Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008 |
Enacted by | the 110th United States Congress |
Effective | October 13, 2008 |
Citations | |
Public law | 110-407 |
Statutes at Large | 122 Stat. 4296 |
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Titles amended | |
U.S.C. sections amended | |
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The Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008, Pub.L. 110–407, 122 Stat. 4296, enacted October 23, 2008, was an act of the United States Congress outlawing operation of or travel in unregistered submersibles and semi-submersibles in international waters with the intent to evade detection.
The bill is notable for its grant of extraterritorial jurisdiction and for criminally mandating possession of documents described in the 1958 Convention on the High Seas,[1] a convention which Congress has refused to ratify.[2]
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Notes
- ↑ 18 U.S.C. § 2285(d)(1)
- ↑ Roger Rufe, President of the Ocean Conservancy. Statement before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, October 21, 2003.
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