[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1228

   To prohibit trafficking in counterfeit military goods or services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 16, 2011

  Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, and Mr. McCain) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit trafficking in counterfeit military goods or services.

    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 ``Combating Military Counterfeits Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT MILITARY GOODS OR SERVICES.

    (a) Trafficking in Counterfeit Military Goods or Services.--Section 
2320 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Military goods or services.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A person who commits an offense 
                under paragraph (1) shall be punished in accordance 
                with subparagraph (B) if--
                            ``(i) the offense involved a good or 
                        service described in paragraph (1) that if it 
                        malfunctioned, failed, or was compromised, 
                        could reasonably be expected to cause--
                                    ``(I) serious bodily injury or 
                                death;
                                    ``(II) disclosure of classified 
                                information;
                                    ``(III) impairment of combat 
                                operations; or
                                    ``(IV) other significant harm to a 
                                member of the Armed Forces or to 
                                national security; and
                            ``(ii) the person had knowledge that the 
                        good or service is falsely identified as 
                        meeting military standards or is intended for 
                        use in a military or national security 
                        application.
                    ``(B) Penalties.--
                            ``(i) Individual.--An individual who 
                        commits an offense described in subparagraph 
                        (A) shall be fined not more than $5,000,000, 
                        imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
                            ``(ii) Person other than an individual.--A 
                        person other than an individual that commits an 
                        offense described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
                        fined not more than $15,000,000.
                    ``(C) Subsequent offenses.--
                            ``(i) Individual.--An individual who 
                        commits an offense described in subparagraph 
                        (A) after the individual is convicted of an 
                        offense under subparagraph (A) shall be fined 
                        not more than $15,000,000, imprisoned not more 
                        than 30 years, or both.
                            ``(ii) Person other than an individual.--A 
                        person other than an individual that commits an 
                        offense described in subparagraph (A) after the 
                        person is convicted of an offense under 
                        subparagraph (A) shall be fined not more than 
                        $30,000,000.''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and a semicolon; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) the term `falsely identified as meeting military 
        standards' relating to a good or service--
                    ``(A) means the good or service--
                            ``(i)(I) bears a label, tag, stamp, product 
                        code, phrase, or emblem of any kind that 
                        indicates that the good or service meets a 
                        standard, requirement, or specification issued 
                        by the Department of Defense, an Armed Force, 
                        or a reserve component;
                            ``(II) is packaged in a wrapper, container, 
                        box, case, or packaging of any type or nature 
                        which bears a label, tag, stamp, product code, 
                        phrase, or emblem of any kind which indicates 
                        that the good or services meets a standard, 
                        requirement, or specification issued by the 
                        Department of Defense, an Armed Force, or a 
                        reserve component; or
                            ``(III) is accompanied by or marketed with 
                        a certificate or other oral or written 
                        representation that the good or service meets a 
                        standard, requirement, or specification issued 
                        by the Department of Defense, an Armed Force, 
                        or a reserve component; and
                            ``(ii) does not meet the standard, 
                        requirement, or specification of the Department 
                        of Defense, an Armed Force, or a reserve 
                        component that is indicated or represented in a 
                        manner described in clause (i); and
                    ``(B) shall not apply to--
                            ``(i) the identification of a good or 
                        service in a manner that is unlikely to cause 
                        confusion, to cause mistake, or to deceive; or
                            ``(ii) a good or service if the standard, 
                        requirement, or specification issued by the 
                        Department of Defense, an Armed Force, or a 
                        reserve component has only a de minimis 
                        relationship to national security or the safety 
                        of the members of the Armed Forces; and
            ``(6) the term `use in a military or national security 
        application' means the use of a good or service, independently, 
        in conjunction with, or as a component of another good or 
        service--
                    ``(A) during the performance of the official duties 
                of the Armed Forces of the United States or the reserve 
                components of the Armed Forces; or
                    ``(B) by the United States to perform or directly 
                support--
                            ``(i) combat operations; or
                            ``(ii) critical national defense or 
                        national security functions.''.
    (b) Sentencing Guidelines.--
            (1) Directive.--The United States Sentencing Commission 
        shall review and, if appropriate, amend the Federal sentencing 
        guidelines and policy statements applicable to persons 
        convicted of an offense under section 2320(a) of title 18, 
        United States Code, to reflect the intent of Congress that 
        penalties for such offenses be increased in comparison to those 
        provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act 
        under the guidelines and policy statements.
            (2) Requirements.--In amending the Federal Sentencing 
        Guidelines and policy statements under paragraph (1), the 
        United States Sentencing Commission shall--
                    (A) ensure that the guidelines and policy 
                statements, including section 2B5.3 of the Federal 
                Sentencing Guidelines (and any successor thereto), 
                reflect--
                            (i) the serious nature of the offenses 
                        described in section 2320(a) of title 18, 
                        United States Code;
                            (ii) the need for an effective deterrent 
                        and appropriate punishment to prevent offenses 
                        under section 2320(a) of title 18, United 
                        States Code; and
                            (iii) the effectiveness of incarceration in 
                        furthering the objectives described in clauses 
                        (i) and (ii);
                    (B) consider the extent to which the guidelines 
                appropriately account for the risk, even if attenuated 
                or unknown to the offender, to members of the Armed 
                Forces of the United States, military readiness, and 
                national security resulting from an offense committed 
                under section 2320(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
                including in instances involving a limited value or 
                quantity of goods or services;
                    (C) ensure reasonable consistency with other 
                relevant directives and guidelines and Federal 
                statutes;
                    (D) make any necessary conforming changes to the 
                guidelines; and
                    (E) ensure that the guidelines relating to offenses 
                under section 2320(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
                adequately meet the purposes of sentencing, as 
                described in section 3553(a)(2) of title 18, United 
                States Code.
            (3) Emergency authority.--The United States Sentencing 
        Commission shall--
                    (A) promulgate the guidelines, policy statements, 
                or amendments provided for in this Act as soon as 
                practicable, and in any event not later than 180 days 
                after the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance 
                with the procedure set forth in section 21(a) of the 
                Sentencing Act of 1987 (28 U.S.C. 994 note), as though 
                the authority under that Act had not expired; and
                    (B) pursuant to the emergency authority provided 
                under subparagraph (A), make such conforming amendments 
                to the Federal sentencing guidelines as the Commission 
                determines necessary to achieve consistency with other 
                guideline provisions and applicable law.
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