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[CITE: 42USC9151]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 99--OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
 
                       SUBCHAPTER III--ENFORCEMENT
 
Sec. 9151. Prohibited acts

    It is unlawful for any person who is a United States citizen or 
national, or a foreign national in or on board an ocean thermal energy 
conversion facility or plantship or on board any vessel documented or 
numbered under the laws of the United States, or who is subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States by an international agreement to which 
the United States is a party--
        (1) to violate any provision of this chapter; or any rule, 
    regulation, or order issued pursuant to this chapter; or any term or 
    condition of any license issued to such person pursuant to this 
    chapter;
        (2) to refuse to permit any Federal officer or employee 
    authorized to monitor or enforce the provisions of sections 9120 and 
    9153 of this title to enter or board an ocean thermal energy 
    conversion facility or plantship or any vessel documented or 
    numbered under the laws of the United States, for purposes of 
    conducting any search or inspection in connection with the 
    monitoring or enforcement of this chapter or any rule, regulation, 
    order, term, or condition referred to in paragraph (1) of this 
    section;
        (3) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or 
    interfere with any such authorized officer or employee in the 
    conduct of any search or inspection described in paragraph (2) of 
    this section;
        (4) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this 
    section; or
        (5) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the 
    apprehension or arrest of another person subject to this section 
    knowing that the other person has committed any act prohibited by 
    this section.

(Pub. L. 96-320, title III, Sec. 301, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 994; Pub. 
L. 98-623, title VI, Sec. 602(a)(9), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3411.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-623 substituted ``in or on board an ocean thermal 
energy conversion facility or plantship or on board any vessel'' for 
``on board an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship or 
other vessel'' in provisions preceding par. (1).
    Par. (2). Pub. L. 98-623 substituted ``to enter or board'' for ``to 
board''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9152, 9153 of this title.
