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49 USC § 46315 - Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s46315"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 46315 - Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "46315"
section_name: "Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation"
chapter_number: 463
chapter_name: "PENALTIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1240.)"
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# § 46315. Lighting violations involving transporting controlled substances by aircraft not providing air transportation

**(a)** **Application.—** This section applies only to aircraft not used to provide air transportation.

**(b)** **Criminal Penalty.—** A person shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, if—

**(1)** the person knowingly and willfully operates an aircraft in violation of a regulation or requirement of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration related to the display of navigation or anticollision lights;

**(2)** the person is knowingly transporting a controlled substance by aircraft or aiding or facilitating a controlled substance offense; and

**(3)** the transporting, aiding, or facilitating—

**(A)** is punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State; or

**(B)** is provided in connection with an act punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year under a law of the United States or a State related to a controlled substance (except a law related to simple possession of a controlled substance).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1240.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 46315(a) | 49 App.:1303 (note). | Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, § 7214, 102 Stat. 4434. |
| 46315(b) | 49 App.:1472(q). | Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, 72 Stat. 731, § 902(q); added Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–499, § 5(a), 98 Stat. 2315; restated Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, § 3401(b)(1), 100 Stat. 3207–100; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, § 7209(c)(1), (2)(A), 102 Stat. 4432. |

In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words “fined under title 18” are substituted for “a fine not exceeding $25,000” for consistency with title 18. In clause (2), the word “knowingly” is substituted for “and with knowledge of such act” to eliminate unnecessary words.