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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4827 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4827

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand

                                 An Act

 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the entry by false 
pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States 
  or secure area of any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine and 
 counterfeit police badges by those seeking to commit a crime, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhanced Federal Security Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. ENTRY BY FALSE PRETENSES TO ANY REAL PROPERTY, VESSEL, OR 
              AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SECURE AREA OF AIRPORT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 1036. Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or 
            aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport

    ``(a) Whoever, by any fraud or false pretense, enters or attempts 
to enter--
        ``(1) any real property belonging in whole or in part to, or 
    leased by, the United States;
        ``(2) any vessel or aircraft belonging in whole or in part to, 
    or leased by, the United States; or
        ``(3) any secure area of any airport,
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
    ``(b) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) of this 
section is--
        ``(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 
    5 years, or both, if the offense is committed with the intent to 
    commit a felony; or
        ``(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 
    6 months, or both, in any other case.
    ``(c) As used in this section--
        ``(1) the term `secure area' means an area access to which is 
    restricted by the airport authority or a public agency; and
        ``(2) the term `airport' has the meaning given such term in 
    section 47102 of title 49.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:
``1036. Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or 
          aircraft of the United States or secure area of any 
          airport.''.

SEC. 3. POLICE BADGES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 716. Police badges

    ``(a) Whoever--
        ``(1) knowingly transfers, transports, or receives, in 
    interstate or foreign commerce, a counterfeit police badge;
        ``(2) knowingly transfers, in interstate or foreign commerce, a 
    genuine police badge to an individual, knowing that such individual 
    is not authorized to possess it under the law of the place in which 
    the badge is the official badge of the police;
        ``(3) knowingly receives a genuine police badge in a transfer 
    prohibited by paragraph (2); or
        ``(4) being a person not authorized to possess a genuine police 
    badge under the law of the place in which the badge is the official 
    badge of the police, knowingly transports that badge in interstate 
    or foreign commerce,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 6 months, 
or both.
    ``(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the 
badge is used or is intended to be used exclusively--
        ``(1) as a memento, or in a collection or exhibit;
        ``(2) for decorative purposes;
        ``(3) for a dramatic presentation, such as a theatrical, film, 
    or television production; or
        ``(4) for any other recreational purpose.
    ``(c) As used in this section--
        ``(1) the term `genuine police badge' means an official badge 
    issued by public authority to identify an individual as a law 
    enforcement officer having police powers; and
        ``(2) the term `counterfeit police badge' means an item that so 
    resembles a police badge that it would deceive an ordinary 
    individual into believing it was a genuine police badge.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:
``716. Police badges.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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