10 U.S.C. § 911 : US Code - Section 911: Art. 111. Drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel

Search 10 U.S.C. § 911 : US Code - Section 911: Art. 111. Drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel

(a) Any person subject to this chapter who -
(1) operates or physically controls any vehicle, aircraft, or
vessel in a reckless or wanton manner or while impaired by a
substance described in section 912a(b) of this title (article
112a(b)), or
(2) operates or is in actual physical control of any vehicle,
aircraft, or vessel while drunk or when the alcohol concentration
in the person's blood or breath is equal to or exceeds the
applicable limit under subsection (b),
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the applicable limit on
the alcohol concentration in a person's blood or breath is as
follows:
(A) In the case of the operation or control of a vehicle,
aircraft, or vessel in the United States, such limit is the
lesser of -
(i) the blood alcohol content limit under the law of the
State in which the conduct occurred, except as may be provided
under paragraph (2) for conduct on a military installation that
is in more than one State; or
(ii) the blood alcohol content limit specified in paragraph
(3).
(B) In the case of the operation or control of a vehicle,
aircraft, or vessel outside the United States, the applicable
blood alcohol content limit is the blood alcohol content limit
specified in paragraph (3) or such lower limit as the Secretary
of Defense may by regulation prescribe.
(2) In the case of a military installation that is in more than
one State, if those States have different blood alcohol content
limits under their respective State laws, the Secretary may select
one such blood alcohol content limit to apply uniformly on that
installation.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the blood alcohol content
limit with respect to alcohol concentration in a person's blood is
0.10 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood and with respect
to alcohol concentration in a person's breath is 0.10 grams of
alcohol per 210 liters of breath, as shown by chemical analysis.
(4) In this subsection:
(A) The term "blood alcohol content limit" means the amount of
alcohol concentration in a person's blood or breath at which
operation or control of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel is
prohibited.
(B) The term "United States" includes the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and
American Samoa and the term "State" includes each of those
jurisdictions.
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