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        S.744

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
  To amend section 175b of title 18, United States Code, to correct a 
                           scrivener's error.

    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 ``Effective Prosecution of Possession 
of Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE POSSESSION OF BIOLOGICAL TOXINS AND AGENTS.
    Section 175b of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``(a)(1) No restricted'' and all that 
        follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) Offense.--
        ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for a restricted person 
    to--
            ``(A) ship, transport, or possess in or affecting 
        interstate or foreign commerce any biological agent or toxin 
        described in paragraph (2); or
            ``(B) receive any biological agent or toxin described in 
        paragraph (2) that has been shipped or transported in 
        interstate or foreign commerce.
        ``(2) Agents and toxins covered.--A biological agent or toxin 
    described in this paragraph is a biological agent or toxin that--
            ``(A) is listed as a non-overlap or overlap select 
        biological agent or toxin under part 73 of title 42, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, pursuant to section 351A of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262a); and
            ``(B) is not excluded or exempted under part 73 of title 
        42, Code of Federal Regulations.''; and
            (B) by striking ``(2) Whoever'' and inserting ``(3) 
        Penalty.--Whoever'' and adjusting the margin accordingly; and
        (2) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
    by inserting ``Definitions.--'' before ``In this section:''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.