On the recordDecember 18, 2018
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 2) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 2 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 ``Effective Prosecution of Possession of Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE POSSESSION OF BIOLOGICAL TOXINS AND AGENTS. Section 175b of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) by striking ``(a)(1) No restricted'' and all that follows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: ``(a) Offense.-- ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for a restricted person to-- ``(A) ship, transport, or possess in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce any biological agent or toxin described in paragraph (2); or ``(B) receive any biological agent or toxin described in paragraph (2) that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.…





