[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1485 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1485

 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to include ultralight vehicles under 
   the definition of aircraft for purposes of the aviation smuggling 
           provisions under that Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2011

  Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Heller, Mr. Bingaman, and 
Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to include ultralight vehicles under 
   the definition of aircraft for purposes of 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 2011''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE 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.--As used in this section, the term 
`aircraft' includes an ultralight vehicle, as defined by the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.''.
    (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.

    The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering 
shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology of the Department of Homeland Security, identify equipment 
and technology used by the Department of Defense that could also be 
used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detect and track the 
illicit use of ultralight aircraft near the international border 
between the United States and Mexico.
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