[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 1233 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 152
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1233

 To provide penalties for certain unauthorized writing with respect to 
                           consumer products.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2001

   Mr. Kohl (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Leahy, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. 
    Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                           September 6, 2001

                Reported by Mr. Leahy, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide penalties for certain unauthorized writing with respect to 
                           consumer products.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Product Packaging 
Protection Act of 2001''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 1365 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
        subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
        following new subsection (f):</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f)(1) Whoever, without the consent of the manufacturer, 
retailer, or authorized 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 
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 three years, or both.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) As used in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 
term `writing' means any form of representation or communication, 
including handbills, notices, or advertising, that contain letters, 
words, or pictorial representations.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Product Packaging Protection Act of 
2001''.

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 3 
years, or both.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `writing' means any form of 
representation or communication, including handbills, notices, or 
advertising, that contain letters, words, or pictorial 
representations.''.




                                                       Calendar No. 152

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1233

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To provide penalties for certain unauthorized writing with respect to 
                           consumer products.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 6, 2001

                       Reported with an amendment