S.3351 - Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008

A bill to enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony for operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to enhance drug trafficking interdiction by creating a Federal felony for operating or embarking in a submersible or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage. as introduced.
  • Popular: Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008 as introduced.

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7/28/2008--Introduced.Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 15 years for the intentional operation of, or for embarking in, any submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality

Official Summary

7/28/2008--Introduced.
Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 15 years for the intentional operation of, or for embarking in, any submersible or semi-submersible vessel that is without nationality (as defined by federal law) and that is navigating or has navigated into, through, or from waters beyond the outer limit of the territorial sea of a single country or a lateral limit of that country's territorial sea with an adjacent country with the intent to evade detection.
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend or promulgate sentencing guidelines to provide adequate penalties for such offense.


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12/08/08
Self-Propelled Semi-Submersibles

...Drugs and the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, introduced the Drug Trafficking Interdiction Assistance Act of 2008 (S.3351), legislation designed to help disrupt drug trafficking by criminalizing the use of unregistered, un-flagged subm

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11/12/08
A Dangerous Alliance--11/13/2008 12:00:00 AM

...against the cartels’ “use of submarines to smuggle drugs,” the senator from Delaware, who spearheaded the bill (S.3351), said, “If smugglers can pack tons of illegal drugs into these stealthy vessels, terrorists could carry weapons of mass destr

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05/11/10
S.3351: A bill for the relief of Marco Antonio Sanchez. - U.S. ...

Users opposing H.R.5279 (1) are also: Supporting Bill. H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009. 1 · H.R.197 National Right-to-Car... 1 · H.R.17 Citizens' Self-Defens... 1. Opposing Bill. S.3351 S.3351 ... Source: Open Congress ...

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11/16/08
Hezbollah on Drugs

On the eve of the Senate passing legislation directed against the cartels’ “use of submarines to smuggle drugs,” the senator from Delaware, who spearheaded the bill (S.3351), said, “If smugglers can pack tons of illegal drugs into these

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11/12/08
Hezbollah and Drug Lords: A Dangerous Alliance

On the eve of the Senate passing legislation directed against the cartels’ “use of submarines to smuggle drugs,” the senator from Delaware, who spearheaded the bill (S.3351), said, “If smugglers can pack tons of illegal drugs into these

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