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[CITE: 42USC300i-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
             SUBCHAPTER XII--SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
 
                        Part D--Emergency Powers
 
Sec. 300i-1. Tampering with public water systems


(a) Tampering

    Any person who tampers with a public water system shall be 
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined in accordance with title 
18, or both.

(b) Attempt or threat

    Any person who attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper, with 
a public drinking water system be imprisoned for not more than 3 years, 
or fined in accordance with title 18, or both.

(c) Civil penalty

    The Administrator may bring a civil action in the appropriate United 
States district court (as determined under the provisions of title 28) 
against any person who tampers, attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to 
tamper with a public water system. The court may impose on such person a 
civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for such tampering or not more 
than $20,000 for such attempt or threat.

(d) ``Tamper'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the term ``tamper'' means--
        (1) to introduce a contaminant into a public water system with 
    the intention of harming persons; or
        (2) to otherwise interfere with the operation of a public water 
    system with the intention of harming persons.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, Sec. 1432, as added Pub. L. 99-339, 
title I, Sec. 108, June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 651; amended Pub. L. 104-
182, title V, Sec. 501(f)(5), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1692.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-182 made technical amendment to section catchline 
and subsec. (a) designation.
