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100 STAT. 3207-97
PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986
100 STAT. 3207-97

100 STAT. 3207-97

Courts, U.S.

46 USC app. ^^^^-

PUBLIC LAW 99-570—OCT. 27, 1986

part of the cargo entered in the vessel's manifest and is intended to be lawfully imported into the country of destination for scientific, medical, or other legitimate purposes. It shall not be necessary for the United States to negative the exception set forth in this subsection in any complaint, information, indictment, or other pleading or in any trial or other proceeding. The burden of going forward with the evidence with respect to this exception is upon the person claiming its benefit. "(f) Any person who violates this section shall be tried in the United States district court at the point of entry where that person enters the United States, or in the United States District Court of the District of Columbia. "(g)(1) Any person who commits an offense defined in this section shall be punished in accordance with the penalties set forth in section 1010 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 960). "(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, any person convicted of an offense under this Act shall be punished in accordance with the penalties set forth in section 1012 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 962) if such offense is a second or subsequent offense as defined in section 1012(b) of that Act. "(h) This section is intended to reach acts of possession, manufacture, or distribution committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. "(i) The definitions in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 802) apply to terms used in this Act. "(j) Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense defined in this Act is punishable by imprisonment or fine, or both, which may not exceed the maximum punishment prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy. "SEC. 3. Any property described in section 511(a) of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 881(a)) that is used or intended for use to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, an offense under this Act shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture in the same manner as similar property seized or forfeited under section 511 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 881).". Subtitle D ^ C o a s t Guard SEC. 3251. COAST GUARD DRUG INTERDICTION ENHANCEMENT. (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE COAST G U A R D. —

(1) There are authorized to be appropriated for Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements of the Coast Guard, $89,000,000. (2) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for Operating Expenses of the (Joast Guard, $39,000,000. This amount shall be used to increase the full-time equivalent strength level for ' the Coast Guard for active duty personnel for fiscal year 1987 to

39,220, and to increase the utilization rate of Coast Guard

equipment.