To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3362 proposed by Senator Grassley for Senator Feinstein to Amendment SA 3378.(consideration: CR S1180, S1203; text: CR S1180)
March 2, 2016
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3362 proposed by Senator Grassley for Senator Feinstein to Amendment SA 3378.(consideration: CR S1180, S1203; text: CR S1180)
March 2, 2016
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 3362, under the order of 3/2/16, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 0. Record Vote Number: 28.
March 2, 2016
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3362, under the order of 3/2/16, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 0. Record Vote Number: 28.
March 2, 2016
Amendment SA 3362 proposed by Senator Grassley for Senator Feinstein to Amendment SA 3378. (consideration: CR S1180, S1203; text: CR S1180) To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity, and for other purposes.
March 2, 2016
Amendment SA 3362, under the order of 3/2/16, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 0. Record Vote Number: 28.
March 2, 2016
Senate amendment submitted
March 1, 2016
Senate amendment submitted
March 1, 2016
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
Text
Submitted
SA 3362. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription opioid abuse and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end, add the following: TITLE __--TRANSNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING ACT SEC. 01. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015''. SEC. _02. 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.''. SEC. _03. 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''; 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).''. ______