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Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011

Introduced: December 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Dec 12, 2011
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Dec 8, 2011
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8466-8467; text as passed Senate: CR S8466-8467)
Dec 8, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8466-8467; text as passed Senate: CR S8466-8467)
Dec 8, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to aviation smuggling to extend its coverage of aircraft to: (1) any contrivance invented, used, or designed to navigate, or fly in, the air; and (2) ultralight vehicles.

Subjects attempts or conspiracies to commit aviation smuggling to specified criminal penalties.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense (DOD) should continue the broad program of cooperation with the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify DOD equipment, technology, and expertise that could be leveraged by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fulfill its missions. Urges DOD especially to ensure that DHS can identify DOD equipment and technology that could also be used by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to combat illicit trafficking across the international borders between the United States and Mexico and the United States and Canada, including any that could be used to detect and track the illicit use of ultralight aircraft.

What's happening now December 12, 2011

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 1507 Related bill Border Security Enforcement Act of 2011
  • S 803 Related bill Border Security Enforcement Act of 2011
  • S 1485 Related bill Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011
  • HR 3801 Related bill Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012
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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 8, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1974: Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1974/
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"S. 1974: Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1974/.
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S. 1974, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1974/.
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