Targeting Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2011

Bill Number: 
S. 1612
Bill Status: 
Bill introduced in Committee
Bill Location: 
Senate
Date of Last Action: 
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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S.1612 -- Targeting Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2011 (Introduced in Senate - IS)

S 1612 IS

112th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1612

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 22, 2011

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. CASEY, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. 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 intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe that such substance 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.'.

    (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.'.