Top Summary
This bill amends section 70503(a) of title 46, United States Code, to modify the language related to controlled substances onboard vessels by adjusting the introductory text, expanding the prohibited actions to include manufacturing, distributing, or possessing controlled substances on board a covered vessel, and adding specific references to "on board a covered vessel" in several key parts of the section.
Original Bill Text:
SEC. 324.Controlled substance onboard vessels.
Section 70503(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking “While on board a covered vessel, an” and inserting “An”;
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
“(1) manufacture or distribute, possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, or place or cause to be placed with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance on board a covered vessel;”;
(3) in paragraph (2) by inserting “on board a covered vessel” before the semicolon; and
(4) in paragraph (3) by inserting “while on board a covered vessel” after “such individual”.