[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
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[S. 32 Referred in House (RFH)]
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114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 32
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 8, 2015
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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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AN ACT
To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target
extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, 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 be cited as the ``Transnational Drug Trafficking Act
of 2015''.
SEC. 2. POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE OR DISTRIBUTION FOR PURPOSES OF
UNLAWFUL IMPORTATIONS.
Section 1009 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21
U.S.C. 959) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections
(c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``It shall'' and all
that follows and inserting the following: ``It shall be
unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a
controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or a
listed chemical intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause
to believe that such substance or chemical will be unlawfully
imported into the United States or into waters within a
distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United States.
``(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or
distribute a listed chemical--
``(1) intending or knowing that the listed chemical will be
used to manufacture a controlled substance; and
``(2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to
believe that the controlled substance will be unlawfully
imported into the United States.''.
SEC. 3. TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS OR SERVICES.
Chapter 113 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 2318(b)(2), by striking ``section 2320(e)''
and inserting ``section 2320(f)''; and
(2) in section 2320--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4)
and inserting the following:
``(4) traffics in a drug and knowingly uses a counterfeit
mark on or in connection with such drug,'';
(B) in subsection (b)(3), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``counterfeit drug'' and
inserting ``drug that uses a counterfeit mark on or in
connection with the drug''; and
(C) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (6)
and inserting the following:
``(6) the term `drug' means a drug, as defined in section
201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
321).''.
Passed the Senate October 7, 2015.
Attest:
JULIE E. ADAMS,
Secretary.