[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5934 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5934

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to include certain territories 
and possessions of the United States in the definition of State for the 
    purposes of chapter 114, relating to trafficking in contraband 
                   cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2012

Mr. Faleomavaega (for himself, Mr. Sablan, and Ms. Bordallo) 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 include certain territories 
and possessions of the United States in the definition of State for the 
    purposes of chapter 114, relating to trafficking in contraband 
                   cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

    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 ``Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the 
Territories Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES INCLUDED IN 
              THE DEFINITION OF STATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 
              PROHIBITION AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES 
              AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO.

    Paragraph (4) of section 2341 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``or the Virgin Islands'' and inserting ``the 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, or Guam''.
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