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[H.R. 3801 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3801

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify the definition of aircraft 
and the offenses penalized under the aviation smuggling provisions under 
                    that Act, and for other purposes.

    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 cited as the ``Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling 
Prevention Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF AIRCRAFT AND OFFENSES UNDER 
AVIATION SMUGGLING PROVISIONS OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.
    (a) In General.--Section 590 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1590) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Definition of Aircraft.--In this section, the term 
`aircraft'--
        ``(1) has the meaning given that term in section 40102 of title 
    49, United States Code; and
        ``(2) includes a vehicle described in section 103.1 of title 
    14, Code of Federal Regulations.''.
    (b) Criminal Penalties.--Subsection (d) of section 590 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1590(d)) is amended in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ``, or attempts or conspires to 
commit,'' after ``commits''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply with 
respect to violations of any provision of section 590 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 on or after the 30th day after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.
    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) The Department of Defense has worked collaboratively with 
    the Department of Homeland Security to identify equipment, 
    technology, and expertise used by the Department of Defense that 
    could be leveraged by the Department of Homeland Security to help 
    fulfill its missions.
        (2) As part of that collaborative effort, the Department of 
    Homeland Security has leveraged Department of Defense equipment, 
    technology, and expertise to enhance the ability of U.S. Customs 
    and Border Protection to detect, track, and engage illicit 
    trafficking across the international borders between the United 
    States and Mexico and the United States and Canada.
        (3) Leveraging Department of Defense equipment, technology, and 
    expertise is a cost-effective inter-agency approach to enhancing 
    the effectiveness of the Department of Homeland Security to protect 
    the United States against a variety of threats and risks.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of Defense should--
        (1) continue the broad program of cooperation and collaboration 
    with the Secretary of Homeland Security described in subsection 
    (a); and
        (2) ensure that the Department of Homeland Security is able to 
    identify equipment and technology used by the Department of Defense 
    that could also be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
    enhance its efforts to combat illicit trafficking across the 
    international borders between the United States and Mexico and the 
    United States and Canada, including equipment and technology that 
    could be used to detect and track the illicit use of ultralight 
    aircraft.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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