S.Amdt. 1577Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 1577
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Submitted June 3, 2015
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SA 1577. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following: SECTION 1085. TRANSNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING ACT. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015''. (b) 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.''. (c) 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: [[Page S3717]] ``(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).''. ______