110 HR 5689 IH: Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008 U.S. House of Representatives 2008-04-03 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5689 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2008 Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Allen, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Berman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hare, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Ms. Hooley, Mr. Israel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kind, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Markey, Mr. Matheson, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Platts, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Snyder, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Tierney, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Ms. Waters, Ms. Watson, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title 18, United States Code, to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the United States, and for other purposes.

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Short title and table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Title I—Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Sec. 101. Amendment of 1986 code. Sec. 102. Improved marking and labeling; export bonds. Sec. 103. Wholesalers required to have permit. Sec. 104. Conditions of permit. Sec. 105. Records to be maintained. Sec. 106. Reports. Sec. 107. Fraudulent offenses. Sec. 108. Civil penalties. Sec. 109. Definitions. Sec. 110. Effective date. Title II—Amendments relating to contraband cigarette trafficking Sec. 201. Expanding scope of penal provisions relating to trafficking in contraband tobacco products. Sec. 202. Creating right of action for State tobacco tax administrator for failure to report. Title III—Whistleblower protection provisions Sec. 301. Whistleblower protection.