[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3537 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3537

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the delivery of 
                           alcohol to minors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1998

   Ms. Millender-McDonald (for herself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
  Kilpatrick, Ms. Norton, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Davis of 
 Illinois, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Gutierrez, 
   Mr. Martinez, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Wynn, Ms. 
 Rivers, and Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the delivery of 
                           alcohol to minors.

    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 ``Prohibition of Alcohol Traffic to 
Minors Act''.

SEC 2. DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS PROHIBITED.

    (a) Amendment to Prohibit Delivery of Alcohol to Minors.--Title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1265 the 
following new section:
``Sec. 1266. Delivery to minors prohibited
    ``Whoever, being an employee or agent of a business entity that 
delivers goods, delivers a package containing any spiritous, vinous, 
malted, or other fermented liquor or any compound containing any 
spiritous, vinous, malted, or other fermented liquor fit for use for 
beverage purposes, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe such 
package contains any such fermented liquor or compound, to a person 
younger than the minimum lawful age for the purchase of an alcoholic 
beverage in the State to which the package is delivered, and knowing or 
having reasonable cause to believe such person is younger than such 
age, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 59 of 
such title is amended by adding after the item relating to section 1265 
the following:

``1266. Delivery to minors prohibited.''
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