[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11305-S11306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. LOTT:
  S. 2125. A bill to provide a sentence of death for certain 
importations of significant quantities of controlled substances; to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.


              the drug importer death penalty act of 1996

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 2125

       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 ``Drug Importer Death Penalty 
     Act of 1996''.

     SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DRUG 
                   TRAFFICKING.

       Section 1010 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export 
     Act (21 U.S.C. 960) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     court shall sentence a person convicted of a violation of 
     subsection (a), consisting of bringing into the United States 
     a mixture or substance--
       ``(A) which is described in subsection (b)(1); and
       ``(B) in an amount the Attorney General by rule has 
     determined is equal to 100 usual dosage amounts of such 
     mixture or substance;

     to imprisonment for life without possibility of release. If 
     the defendant has violated this subsection on more than one 
     occasion and

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     the requirements of chapter 228 of title 18, United States 
     Code, are satisfied, the court shall sentence the defendant 
     to death.
       ``(2) The maximum fine that otherwise may be imposed, but 
     for this subsection, shall not be reduced by operation of 
     this subsection.''

     SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
                   CODE.

       (a) Inclusion of Offense.--Section 3591(b) of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (2) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph (2) and 
     inserting ``; or'' at the end of paragraph (2); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) an offense described in section 1010(e)(1) of the 
     Controlled Substances Import and Export Act;''
       (b) Additional Aggravating Factor.--Section 3592(d) of 
     title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     paragraph (8) the following:
       ``(9) Second Importation Offense.--The offense consisted of 
     a second or subsequent violation of section 1010(a) of the 
     Controlled Substances Import and Export Act consisting of 
     bringing a controlled substance into the United States.''.
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