Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 13


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 13. Laws of States adopted for areas within Federal jurisdiction

      (a) Whoever within or upon any of the places now existing or
    hereafter reserved or acquired as provided in section 7 of this
    title, or on, above, or below any portion of the territorial sea of
    the United States not within the jurisdiction of any State,
    Commonwealth, territory, possession, or district is guilty of any
    act or omission which, although not made punishable by any
    enactment of Congress, would be punishable if committed or omitted
    within the jurisdiction of the State, Territory, Possession, or
    District in which such place is situated, by the laws thereof in
    force at the time of such act or omission, shall be guilty of a
    like offense and subject to a like punishment.
      (b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and for purposes of subsection
    (a) of this section, that which may or shall be imposed through
    judicial or administrative action under the law of a State,
    territory, possession, or district, for a conviction for operating
    a motor vehicle under the influence of a drug or alcohol, shall be
    considered to be a punishment provided by that law. Any limitation
    on the right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle imposed under
    this subsection shall apply only to the special maritime and
    territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
      (2)(A) In addition to any term of imprisonment provided for
    operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a drug or alcohol
    imposed under the law of a State, territory, possession, or
    district, the punishment for such an offense under this section
    shall include an additional term of imprisonment of not more than 1
    year, or if serious bodily injury of a minor is caused, not more
    than 5 years, or if death of a minor is caused, not more than 10
    years, and an additional fine under this title, or both, if - 
        (i) a minor (other than the offender) was present in the motor
      vehicle when the offense was committed; and
        (ii) the law of the State, territory, possession, or district
      in which the offense occurred does not provide an additional term
      of imprisonment under the circumstances described in clause (i).

      (B) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "minor" means
    a person less than 18 years of age.
      (c) Whenever any waters of the territorial sea of the United
    States lie outside the territory of any State, Commonwealth,
    territory, possession, or district, such waters (including the
    airspace above and the seabed and subsoil below, and artificial
    islands and fixed structures erected thereon) shall be deemed, for
    purposes of subsection (a), to lie within the area of the State,
    Commonwealth, territory, possession, or district that it would lie
    within if the boundaries of such State, Commonwealth, territory,
    possession, or district were extended seaward to the outer limit of
    the territorial sea of the United States.



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