There is another problem with the combination of regulation and USC you have quoted. A regulation is an exercise of the ordinance power, and as such is directive only upon government officials, employees, and perhaps some contractors, not on civilians. It can tell officials what to do in enforcing statutes, but not add any semantic content applicable to civilians that is not contained in or implied by the statutes themselves (of which the USC is a restatement, and evidence of the statute). The problem is the authority for the statement that it is "unlawful" (with what penalties?) for intruders to intrude, when the USC only provides for designating the areas. Something is missing, the equivalent to a prohibition of trespassing, but that would limit the effect to federal premises, because the federal government has no power to enforce trespass laws, unless it would be state laws, on other than federal property, except in federal enclaves under U.S. Const. Art. I Sec. 8 Cl. 17.
Looks like another exercise in lawmaking by the executive branch in violation of the nondelegation principle of U.S. Const. Art. I Sec. 1. And perhaps an attempt to assert federal enclave jurisdiction over areas not ceded to Congress by act of a state legislature.
-- Jon
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