[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 193 (Thursday, December 15, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TARGETING TRANSNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2011
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1612 and the
Senate proceed to its consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk
will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 1612) to provide the Department of Justice with
additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking
activities.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the Feinstein substitute
amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be
read three times and passed; the motion to reconsider be laid upon the
table, with no intervening action or debate; and that any statements be
printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 1464) was agreed to, as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Targeting Transnational Drug
Trafficking Act of 2011''.
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.''.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill (S. 1612), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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