[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19232]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT SMUGGLING PREVENTION ACT OF 2011

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. 1974.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1974) to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to clarify 
     the definition of aircraft and the offenses penalized under 
     the aviation smuggling provisions under that Act, and for 
     other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time, 
passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that there 
be no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1974) was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 1974

       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 cited as the ``Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling 
     Prevention Act of 2011''.

     SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF AIRCRAFT AND OFFENSES 
                   UNDER AVIATION SMUGGLING PROVISIONS OF THE 
                   TARIFF ACT OF 1930.

       (a) In General.--Section 590 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
     U.S.C. 1590) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
       ``(g) Definition of Aircraft.--In this section, the term 
     `aircraft'--
       ``(1) has the meaning given that term in section 40102 of 
     title 49, United States Code; and
       ``(2) includes a vehicle described in section 103.1 of 
     title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.''.
       (b) Criminal Penalties.--Subsection (d) of section 590 of 
     the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1590(d)) is amended in the 
     matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ``, or attempts 
     or conspires to commit,'' after ``commits''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     apply with respect to violations of any provision of section 
     590 of the Tariff Act of 1930 on or after the 30th day after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of Defense has worked collaboratively 
     with the Department of Homeland Security to identify 
     equipment, technology, and expertise used by the Department 
     of Defense that could be leveraged by the Department of 
     Homeland Security to help fulfill its missions.
       (2) As part of that collaborative effort, the Department of 
     Homeland Security has leveraged Department of Defense 
     equipment, technology, and expertise to enhance the ability 
     of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detect, track, and 
     engage illicit trafficking across the international borders 
     between the United States and Mexico and the United States 
     and Canada.
       (3) Leveraging Department of Defense equipment, technology, 
     and expertise is a cost-effective inter-agency approach to 
     enhancing the effectiveness of the Department of Homeland 
     Security to protect the United States against a variety of 
     threats and risks.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of Defense should--
       (1) continue the broad program of cooperation and 
     collaboration with the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     described in subsection (a); and
       (2) ensure that the Department of Homeland Security is able 
     to identify equipment and technology used by the Department 
     of Defense that could also be used by U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection to enhance its efforts to combat illicit 
     trafficking across the international borders between the 
     United States and Mexico and the United States and Canada, 
     including equipment and technology that could be used to 
     detect and track the illicit use of ultralight aircraft.

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