H.R. 3909

Targeting Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2011

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112th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 3909

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 6, 2012

Mr. Marino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide the Department of Justice with additional tools to target extraterritorial drug trafficking activity.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Targeting Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2011.

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Possession, manufacture or distribution for purposes of unlawful importations

(a)

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.

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(b)

Attempt and conspiracy

Section 1013 of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 963) is amended by adding at the end the following: For a conspiracy to commit such an offense that requires the person to intend, know, or have reasonable cause to believe that a controlled substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States, it is sufficient to prove a conspiracy to commit the offense that only 1 member of the conspiracy intended, knew, or had reasonable cause to believe that the controlled substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States..