PACT Act

Summary

Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act or PACT Act - Amends the Jenkins Act to prohibit any person or other legal entity from selling, transferring, or shipping cigarettes into a State that taxes the sale or use of cigarettes (or from advertising or offering cigarettes for such a sale or transfer and shipment) without filing specified information with the tobacco tax administrator of such State within a specified time frame. Requires any person making a "delivery sale" to comply with specified shipping and record-keeping requirements. Grants each State the authority to require any person making a delivery sale of cigarettes into the State to: (1) collect or pay the specified taxes; and (2) provide evidence that the cigarette manufacturer is in compliance with all Federal, State, or local laws generally applicable to the sale or distribution of cigarettes. Sets civil penalties for violations. Authorizes a State to bring an action in U.S. district court to prevent and restrain violations. Prohibits the transmission in the mails of cigarettes for purposes of sale. Designates cigarettes for purposes of sale to be nonmailable matter. Amends the Federal criminal code to lower the threshold quantity of cigarettes qualifying as contraband cigarettes. Grants the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives: (1) authority previously granted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to conduct certain undercover investigative operations; and (2) authority to inspect records and cigarettes of cigarette sellers who ship, sell, distribute, or receive any quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes within a single month.

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 9 December 2003

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• Engrossed in Senate (PDF)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 9 December 2003

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 9 December 2003

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 31 July 2003

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 31 July 2003

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 31 July 2003

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 June 2003

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 3 June 2003

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 3 June 2003

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