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On the recordDecember 8, 2011
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that there be no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1974) was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 1974 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 cited as the ``Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF AIRCRAFT AND OFFENSES UNDER AVIATION SMUGGLING PROVISIONS OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930. (a) In General.--Section 590 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1590) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: ``(g) Definition of Aircraft.--In this section, the term `aircraft'-- ``(1) has the meaning given that term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code; and ``(2) includes a vehicle described in section 103.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.''. (b) Criminal Penalties.--Subsection (d) of section 590 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1590(d)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ``, or attempts or conspires to commit,'' after ``commits''.…
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Dec 8, 2011

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