CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH THE TRANSPORT OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPONENTS, OR RESTRICTED DATA.

SEC. 3115. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH THE TRANSPORT OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPONENTS, OR RESTRICTED DATA. Section 92 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2122) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection b. as subsection c.; (2) by inserting after subsection a. the following new subsection: “b. Whoever knowingly and willfully impedes the passage of a vehicle of a nuclear materials courier (as defined in section 8331 of title 5, United States Code) engaged in the transport of any atomic weapon, special nuclear material, atomic weapon component, or Restricted Data shall be subject to arrest and imposition of a criminal fine of not more than $1,000.” ; (3) in subsection c. (as so redesignated), by striking “prohibited by subsection a.” and inserting “prohibited by subsections a. or b.”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “d. The Attorney General shall have primary investigative authority for any violation of this section.” .