Public Law 114-154 | Public Law 114–154: To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.

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PUBLIC LAW 114–154—MAY 16, 2016

130 STAT. 387

Public Law

114–154

114th Congress

An Act

To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.

May 16, 2016

[S. 32]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015.

18 USC 1 note.

SECTION 1.

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)

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”; and130 STAT. 388

(C)

in subsection (f), by

striking

paragraph (6) and

inserting

the following:

“(6)

Definition.

the term ‘

drug

’ means a drug, as defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).”

Approved May 16, 2016.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 32:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 161 (2015):

Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 162 (2016):

May 10, considered and passed House.

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Public Law 114–154: To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.

SHORT TITLE.

POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE OR DISTRIBUTION FOR PURPOSES OF UNLAWFUL IMPORTATIONS.

TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS OR SERVICES.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 32:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

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