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U.S. Code > Title 15 > Chapter 24 > § 1174 - Labeling and marking of shipping packages

(a) General rule
  It shall be unlawful to manufacture, recondition, repair, sell,
transport, possess, or use any gambling device in the District of
Columbia, in any possession of the United States, within Indian
country as defined in section 1151 of title 18 or within the
special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States
as defined in section 7 of title 18, including on a vessel
documented under chapter 121 of title 46 or documented under the
laws of a foreign country.
(b) Exception
  (1) In general
    Except for a voyage or a segment of a voyage that begins and
  ends in the State of Hawaii, or as provided in paragraph (2),
  this section does not prohibit - 
      (A) the repair, transport, possession, or use of a gambling
    device on a vessel that is not within the boundaries of any
    State or possession of the United States;
      (B) the transport or possession, on a voyage, of a gambling
    device on a vessel that is within the boundaries of any State
    or possession of the United States, if - 
        (i) use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage
      is, by reason of subparagraph (A), not a violation of this
      section; and
        (ii) the gambling device remains on board that vessel while
      the vessel is within the boundaries of that State or
      possession; or

      (C) the repair, transport, possession, or use of a gambling
    device on a vessel on a voyage that begins in the State of
    Indiana and that does not leave the territorial jurisdiction of
    that State, including such a voyage on Lake Michigan.
  (2) Application to certain voyages
    (A) General rule
      Paragraph (1)(A) does not apply to the repair or use of a
    gambling device on a vessel that is on a voyage or segment of a
    voyage described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph if the
    State or possession of the United States in which the voyage or
    segment begins and ends has enacted a statute the terms of
    which prohibit that repair or use on that voyage or segment.
    (B) Voyage and segment described
      A voyage or segment of a voyage referred to in subparagraph
    (A) is a voyage or segment, respectively - 
        (i) that begins and ends in the same State or possession of
      the United States, and
        (ii) during which the vessel does not make an intervening
      stop within the boundaries of another State or possession of
      the United States or a foreign country.
    (C) Exclusion of certain voyages and segments
      Except for a voyage or segment of a voyage that occurs within
    the boundaries of the State of Hawaii, a voyage or segment of a
    voyage is not described in subparagraph (B) if it includes or
    consists of a segment - 
        (i) that begins and ends in the same State;
        (ii) that is part of a voyage to another State or to a
      foreign country; and
        (iii) in which the vessel reaches the other State or
      foreign country within 3 days after leaving the State in
      which it begins.
(c) Exception for Alaska
  (1) With respect to a vessel operating in Alaska, this section
does not prohibit, nor may the State of Alaska make it a violation
of law for there to occur, the repair, transport, possession, or
use of any gambling device on board a vessel which provides
sleeping accommodations for all of its passengers and that is on a
voyage or segment of a voyage described in paragraph (2), except
that such State may, within its boundaries - 
    (A) prohibit the use of a gambling device on a vessel while it
  is docked or anchored or while it is operating within 3 nautical
  miles of a port at which it is scheduled to call; and
    (B) require the gambling devices to remain on board the vessel.

  (2) A voyage referred to in paragraph (1) is a voyage that - 
    (A) includes a stop in Canada or in a State other than the
  State of Alaska;
    (B) includes stops in at least 2 different ports situated in
  the State of Alaska; and
    (C) is of at least 60 hours duration.

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