The bill is not perfect. I am sorry that, for example, we excluded making it a crime to smuggle over $10,000 interstate. We included it for overseas, but it was not included for interstate. Nevertheless, this is an excellent bill.
Can someone clarify the definition, in this context, of "smuggling" ? Does this mean that $10,000 in cash can no longer be taken out of the country, or does it mean that it can no longer be taken out of the country in a secretive manner ? For as long as I have been traveling internationally, I have been required to declare all cash amounts larger than $10,000. Does this mean that previously it was not a crime to not make such a declaration, and now it is ? ----- John Kozubik - john@kozubik.com - http://www.kozubik.com