IIB
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5934
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 15, 2012
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, to include certain territories and possessions of the United States in the definition of State for the purposes of chapter 114, relating to trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the
Territories Act of 2012
.
Territories and possessions of the United States included in the definition of State for the purposes of the prohibition against trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
Paragraph
(4) of section
2341 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
or the Virgin Islands
and inserting the Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or
Guam
.
Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk