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S. 32 · 114th Congress

Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015

Law · 114-154 · May 16, 2016
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DFD FeinsteinSponsor
9 cosponsors · 6 D, 3 R
RBD Blumenthal CGR Grassley HHD Heitkamp AKD Klobuchar TUD Udall KAR Ayotte JCR Cornyn CSD Schumer CCD Coons

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Jan 6, 2015
  2. Senate Passed Oct 7, 2015
  3. House Passed May 10, 2016
  4. President To the President May 13, 2016
  5. President Signed May 16, 2016
  6. Law May 16, 2016
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · May 16, 2016

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

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."

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015

Latest action (May 16, 2016): Became Public Law No: 114-154.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 6, 2015

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Jan 6, 2015
  2. Senate Passed Oct 7, 2015
  3. House Passed May 10, 2016
  4. President To the President May 13, 2016
  5. President Signed May 16, 2016
  6. Law May 16, 2016

No recorded floor vote found.