§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).

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

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.