H.R. 5934 (112th): Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012

112th Congress, 2011–2013. Text as of Jun 08, 2012 (Introduced).

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HR 5934 IH

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5934

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 8, 2012

Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, and Ms. BORDALLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

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.

    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 ‘Stop Tobacco Smuggling in the Territories Act of 2012’.

SEC. 2. 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’.