Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 Public Law 114–154 Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 154 114–154 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 12035 114 2016-05-16 Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 [(Public Law 114–154)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 114-154. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [18 U.S.C. 1 note] 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).” .