Public Law 114–154: To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.Public Law154Public Law 114–154130 Stat. 3872016-05-162016-05-16United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-03114publicPUBLIC LAW 114–154—MAY 16, 2016130 STAT. 387Public Law114–154114th CongressAn ActTo provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.
May 16, 2016
[S. 32]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015.
18 USC 1 note.
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”; and130 STAT. 388(C) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:“(6)
Definition.
the term ‘drug’ means a drug, as defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).”.ApprovedMay 16, 2016.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 32:CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:Vol. 161 (2015):