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Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015
H. R. 3380 To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands federal drug trafficking laws to target the manufacture and distribution of controlled substances intended for unlawful importation into the United States or within 12 miles of U.S. coastal waters. It makes it illegal to manufacture or distribute Schedule I or II controlled substances with the knowledge or reasonable cause to believe they will be smuggled into the country. The bill also criminalizes the manufacture and distribution of listed chemical precursors when they are intended to be used to create controlled substances for unlawful importation. Additionally, it amends counterfeiting laws to include provisions against trafficking in drugs with counterfeit marks or labels. The changes give the Department of Justice additional authority to prosecute drug trafficking operations that originate from outside the United States.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] (R-PA)
4 cosponsors
Actions (11)
- Jun 3, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469. · house
- Jun 3, 2016 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. · house
- Jun 3, 2016 Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-603, Part I. · house
- Apr 20, 2016 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. · house
- Apr 20, 2016 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. · house
- Apr 15, 2016 Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged. · house
- Nov 17, 2015 Committee on United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Hearings held. · senate
- Sep 8, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. · house
- Jul 31, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Jul 29, 2015 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jul 29, 2015 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 29, 2015
Mr. Marino (for himself and Mr. Pierluisi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
June 3, 2016
Additional sponsors: Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Zeldin
June 3, 2016
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary
June 3, 2016
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015”.
SEC. 2. POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE OR DISTRIBUTION FOR PURPOSES OF UNLAWFUL IMPORTATIONS.
Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 959) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking “It shall” and all that follows and inserting the following: “It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or a listed chemical intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States.
“(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a listed chemical—
“(1) intending or knowing that the listed chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; and
“(2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that the controlled substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States.”.
SEC. 3. TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS OR SERVICES.
Chapter 113 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 2318(b)(2), by striking “section 2320(e)” and inserting “section 2320(f)”; and
(2) in section 2320—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
“(4) traffics in a drug and knowingly uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such drug,”;
(B) in subsection (b)(3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “counterfeit drug” and inserting “drug that uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with the drug”; and
(C) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:
“(6) the term ‘drug’ means a drug, as defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
321).”. Union Calendar No. 469
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3380
[Report No. 114-603, Part I]
A BILL
To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.
June 3, 2016
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary
June 3, 2016
The Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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