18 U.S.
Code § 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.
(June 25,
1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 686;
Pub. L. 100–690,
title VI, § 6477(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4381;
Pub. L. 103–322,
title X, § 100002, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1996;
Pub. L. 104–132,
title IX, § 901(b), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1317;
Pub. L. 104–294,
title VI, § 604(b)(32), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3508.)
