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Giffords Ends Congressional Career With Unanimous Vote to Pass Border Bill (408-0)
... The measure passed, 408-0.
... The bill would outlaw the use of ultralight aircraft used to smuggle drugs. Giffords’s congressional district includes part of Arizona’s southern border with Mexico. The legislation, which the Senate could clear as early as tomorrow, would subject violators to up to 20 years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
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... The bill would outlaw the use of ultralight aircraft used to smuggle drugs. Giffords’s congressional district includes part of Arizona’s southern border with Mexico. The legislation, which the Senate could clear as early as tomorrow, would subject violators to up to 20 years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-25/giffords-ends-congressional-career-with-unanimous-vote-to-pass-border-bill.html
H.R.3801
Latest Title: Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012
Sponsor: Rep Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-8)
Roll Call here: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll011.xml
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The legislation would (will):
· Give law enforcement agencies additional tools to combat this type of drug trafficking by closing a loophole in current law that allows smugglers who use ultralights to receive a lesser penalty than those who use airplanes or cars
· Establish the same penalties for trafficking, whether by plane, automobile or ultralight: up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine
· Add an attempt-and-conspiracy provision to the aviation smuggling law to allow prosecutors to charge people other than the pilot who are involved in aviation smuggling
· Direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to collaborate in identifying equipment and technology used by the Defense Department that could be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detect ultralights
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http://giffords.house.gov/2012/01/us-rep-gabrielle-giffords-final-bill-targets-cross-border-drug-smugglers-1.shtml
The legislation would (will):
· Give law enforcement agencies additional tools to combat this type of drug trafficking by closing a loophole in current law that allows smugglers who use ultralights to receive a lesser penalty than those who use airplanes or cars
· Establish the same penalties for trafficking, whether by plane, automobile or ultralight: up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine
· Add an attempt-and-conspiracy provision to the aviation smuggling law to allow prosecutors to charge people other than the pilot who are involved in aviation smuggling
· Direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to collaborate in identifying equipment and technology used by the Defense Department that could be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detect ultralights
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http://giffords.house.gov/2012/01/us-rep-gabrielle-giffords-final-bill-targets-cross-border-drug-smugglers-1.shtml
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