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18 U.S.C. § 2343 — Recordkeeping, reporting, and inspection

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18 U.S.C. § 2343 — Recordkeeping, reporting, and inspection

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**(a)** Any person who ships, sells, or distributes any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 10,000, or any quantity of smokeless tobacco in excess of 500 single-unit consumer-sized cans or packages, in a single transaction shall maintain such information about the shipment, receipt, sale, and distribution of cigarettes as the Attorney General may prescribe by rule or regulation. The Attorney General may require such person to keep such information as the Attorney General considers appropriate for purposes of enforcement of this chapter, including— (1) the name, address, destination (including street address), vehicle license number, driver’s license number, signature of the person receiving such cigarettes, and the name of the purchaser; (2) a declaration of the specific purpose of the receipt (personal use, resale, or delivery to another); and (3) a declaration of the name and address of the recipient’s principal in all cases when the recipient is acting as an agent. Such information shall be contained on business records kept in the normal course of business. **(b)** Any person, except for a tribal government, who engages in a delivery sale, and who ships, sells, or distributes any quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes, or any quantity in excess of 500 single-unit consumer-sized cans or packages of smokeless tobacco, or their equivalent, within a single month, shall submit to the Attorney General, pursuant to rules or regulations prescribed by the Attorney General, a report that sets forth the following: (1) The person’s beginning and ending inventory of cigarettes and cans or packages of smokeless tobacco (in total) for such month. (2) The total quantity of cigarettes and cans or packages of smokeless tobacco that the person received within such month from each other person (itemized by name and address). (3) The total quantity of cigarettes and cans or packages of smokeless tobacco that the person distributed within such month to each person (itemized by name and address) other than a retail purchaser. **(c)** (1) Any officer of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives may, during normal business hours, enter the premises of any person described in subsection (a) or (b) for the purposes of inspecting— (A) any records or information required to be maintained by the person under this chapter; or (B) any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco kept or stored by the person at the premises. (2) The district courts of the United States shall have the authority in a civil action under this subsection to compel inspections authorized by paragraph (1). (3) Whoever denies access to an officer under paragraph (1), or who fails to comply with an order issued under paragraph (2), shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000. **(d)** Any report required to be submitted under this chapter to the Attorney General shall also be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the attorneys general and the tax administrators of the States from where the shipments, deliveries, or distributions both originated and concluded. **(e)** In this section, the term “delivery sale” means any sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in interstate commerce to a consumer if— (1) the consumer submits the order for such sale by means of a telephone or other method of voice transmission, the mails, or the Internet or other online service, or by any other means where the consumer is not in the same physical location as the seller when the purchase or offer of sale is made; or (2) the cigarettes or smokeless tobacco are delivered by use of the mails, common carrier, private delivery service, or any other means where the consumer is not in the same physical location as the seller when the consumer obtains physical possession of the cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. **(f)** In this section, the term “interstate commerce” means commerce between a State and any place outside the State, or commerce between points in the same State but through any place outside the State.

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18 U.S.C. § 2341 — Definitions

As used in this chapter— (1) the term “cigarette” means— (A) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco; and (B) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette described in subparagraph (A); (2) the term “contraband cigarettes” means a quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes, which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State or local cigarette taxes in the State or locality where such cigarettes are found, if the State or local government requires a stamp, impression, or other indication to be placed on packages or other containers of cigarettes to evidence payment of cigarette taxes, and which are in the possession of any person other than— (A) a person holding a permit issued pursuant to chapter 52 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as a manufacturer of tobacco products or as an export warehouse proprietor, or a person operating a customs bonded warehouse pursuant to section 311 or 555 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ([19 U.S.C. 1311](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1311&num=0&edition=prelim) or 1555) or an agent of such person; (B) a common or contract carrier transporting the cigarettes involved under a proper bill of lading or freight bill which states the quantity, source, and destination of such cigarettes; (C) a person— (i) who is licensed or otherwise authorized by the State where the cigarettes are found to account for and pay cigarette taxes imposed by such State; and (ii) who has complied with the accounting and payment requirements relating to such license or

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6 U.S.C. § 101 — Cyber incident review

**(a) Activities** The Center shall— (1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors; (2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies; (3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to— (A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and (B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable

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15 U.S.C. § 375 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) **Attorney general** — The term “attorney general”, with respect to a State, means the attorney general or other chief law enforcement officer of the State. (2) **Cigarette** (A) *In general* — The term “cigarette”— (i) has the meaning given that term in [section 2341 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2341&num=0&edition=prelim); and (ii) includes— (I) roll-your-own tobacco (as defined in [section 5702 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section5702&num=0&edition=prelim)); and (II) an electronic nicotine delivery system. (B) *Exception* — The term “cigarette” does not include a cigar (as defined in [section 5702 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section5702&num=0&edition=prelim)). (3) **Common carrier** — The term “common carrier” means any person (other than a local messenger service or the United States Postal Service) that holds itself out to the general public as a provider for hire of the transportation by water, land, or air of merchandise (regardless of whether the person actually operates the vessel, vehicle, or aircraft by which the transportation is provided) between a port or place and a port or place in the United States. (4) **Consumer** — The term “consumer”— (A) means any person that purchases cigarettes or smokeless tobacco; and (B) does not include any person lawfully operating as a manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. (5) **Delivery sale** — The term “delivery sale” means any sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to a consumer if— (A) the consumer subm

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18 U.S.C. § 2343 — Recordkeeping, reporting, and inspection

Page 612 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 2342 2 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period. such smokeless tobacco in connection with the performance of official duties; 2 (Added Pub. L. 95–575, § 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2463; amended Pub. L. 97–449, § 5(c), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2442; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1112(i)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2277; Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 121(a)(1), (b)(1), (6), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 221, 222.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Chapter 52 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, re- ferred to in pars. (2)(A) and (7)(A), is classified gen- erally to chapter 52 (§ 5701 et seq.) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code. AMENDMENTS 2006—Par. (2). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(b)(6), which di- rected amendment of par. (2) by substituting ‘‘State or local cigarette taxes in the State or locality where such cigarettes are found, if the State or local govern- ment’’ for ‘‘State cigarette taxes in the State where such cigarettes are found, if the State’’ in introductory provisions, was executed by making the substitution for ‘‘State cigarette taxes in the State where such ciga- rettes are found, if such State’’, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(a)(1), substituted ‘‘10,000 ciga- rettes’’ for ‘‘60,000 cigarettes’’ in introductory provi- sions. Pars. (6), (7). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(b)(1), added pars. (6) and (7). 2002—Par. (5). Pub. L. 107–296 added par. (5) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: ‘‘the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the Treasury.’’ 1986—Par. (2)(A). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted ‘‘Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ for ‘‘Internal Revenue Code of 1954’’. 1983—Par. (3). Pub.

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