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HR 3380 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against property Drug trafficking and controlled substances Intellectual property

Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015

Introduced: July 29, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 3, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469.
Jun 3, 2016
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Jun 3, 2016
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-603, Part I.
Apr 20, 2016
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Apr 20, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 15, 2016
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
Nov 17, 2015
Committee on United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Hearings held.
Sep 8, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jul 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 29, 2015
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.
Jul 29, 2015
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to broaden the scope of persons subject to criminal prosecution for manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance in schedule I or II, a precursor chemical, or flunitrazepam for unlawful import into the United States. The Controlled Substances Act classifies drugs, substances, and chemicals used to make drugs into one of five schedules based on the drug's medical use, potential for abuse, and risk of dependence.

Current law prohibits such manufacture or distribution by a person who knows or intends that the substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported. This bill broadens the scope to also prohibit such manufacture or distribution by a person who reasonably believes that the substance or chemical will be unlawfully imported.

In addition, this bill prohibits the manufacture or distribution of a precursor chemical by a person who: (1) knows or intends that the chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance; and (2) knows, intends, or reasonably believes that the controlled substance will be unlawfully imported into the United States.

(Sec. 3) The legislation amends the federal criminal code to replace statutory references to prohibited trafficking in a "counterfeit drug" with references to prohibited trafficking in a "drug that uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with the drug."

What's happening now June 3, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 524 Related bill Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
  • S 32 Identical bill Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · May 10, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3380: Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3380/
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