[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4985 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4985

   To amend the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act to protect 
          classified information in Federal court challenges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2016

   Mr. Katko (for himself and Miss Rice of New York) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act to protect 
          classified information in Federal court challenges.

    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 ``Kingpin Designation Improvement Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN FEDERAL COURT 
              CHALLENGES RELATING TO DESIGNATIONS UNDER THE NARCOTICS 
              KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT.

    Section 804 of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 
U.S.C. 1903) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Protection of Classified Information in Federal Court 
Challenges Relating to Designations.--In any judicial review of a 
determination made under this section, if the determination was based 
on classified information (as defined in section 1(a) of the Classified 
Information Procedures Act) such information may be submitted to the 
reviewing court ex parte and in camera. This subsection does not confer 
or imply any right to judicial review.''.
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