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[H.R. 2621 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2621

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
          the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two


                                 An Act


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to consumer product 
                               protection.

    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 ``Product Packaging Protection Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCTS.

    Section 1365 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) 
    and (h), respectively; and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f)(1) Whoever, without the consent of the manufacturer, 
retailer, or distributor, intentionally tampers with a consumer product 
that is sold in interstate or foreign commerce by knowingly placing or 
inserting any writing in the consumer product, or in the container for 
the consumer product, before the sale of the consumer product to any 
consumer shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 
year, or both.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if any 
person commits a violation of this subsection after a prior conviction 
under this section becomes final, such person shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned for not more than 3 years, or both.
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `writing' means any form of 
representation or communication, including hand-bills, notices, or 
advertising, that contain letters, words, or pictorial 
representations.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.