3.0.0 3288 2023-01-11T13:20:15Z 2023-01-11T13:20:15Z Senate S S 2010-04-29 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-04-29T21:21:48Z Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010 111 5178 HR 2010-04-29 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2010-04-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-04-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2010-04-29 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2010-05-07 False Taxation Business records Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government trust funds Licensing and registrations Manufacturing Retail and wholesale trades Sales and excise taxes Smuggling and trafficking Tariffs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Trade restrictions Taxation 00 2010-04-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-22T14:16:47Z Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010 or the STOP Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restrict the sale, lease, importation, or delivery of tobacco production machines to persons lawfully engaged in: (1) the sale, lease, or delivery of such machines; (2) the manufacture or processing of tobacco products, including for personal use; or (3) the application of unique identification markings onto tobacco product packages. Defines "tobacco production machine" as a machine used to manufacture, process, or package tobacco products or to apply unique identification markings to packages of tobacco products. Requires any person leasing, importing, exporting, or delivering a tobacco production machine to keep records relating to any transfers or deliveries of such machines.

Requires manufacturers and importers of tobacco products to affix a unique identification marking to each package of tobacco products prior to sale or distribution of such products. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design a system of unique identification markings that does not interfere with state and local tax stamps and markings.

Requires wholesalers of tobacco products to obtain permits for selling or exporting tobacco products.

Establishes new criminal offenses relating to the distribution of tobacco products. Increases the civil penalty for tobacco-related infractions from $1,000 to $10,000.

Establishes in the Treasury the Anti-Contraband Tobacco Trafficking Fund to finance the enforcement provisions of this Act and other laws relating to contraband or illegal tobacco products using the increased civil and criminal fines provided by this Act.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose a civil penalty for the importation of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes by fraudulent means.

]]> Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010 Display Title Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tobacco smuggling, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010 Short Titles as Introduced STOP Act Introduced in Senate 2010-04-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3288is/xml/BILLS-111s3288is.xml 2010-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.