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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5299

To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false

identification, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 26, 2000

Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating

to false identification, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet False Identi5 fication Prevention Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab8 lish a task force to investigate and prosecute the creation

9 and distribution of false identification documents.
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1 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall consist of

2 the Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,

3 the Department of Justice, the Social Security Adminis4 tration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

5 (c) TERM.—The task force shall terminate 2 years

6 after the effective date of this Act.

7 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

8 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec9 essary to carry out this section.

10 SEC. 3. FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

11 Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is

12 amended—

13 (1) in subsection (a)—

14 (A) by striking paragraph (3) and insert15 ing the following:

16 ‘‘(3) knowingly possesses with intent to use un17 lawfully or transfer unlawfully an identification doc18 ument (other than one issued lawfully for the use of

19 the possessor) or false identification document;’’;

20 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’

21 after the semicolon;

22 (C) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or’’

23 after the semicolon; and

24 (D) by adding after paragraph (7) the fol25 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(8) knowingly produces or transfers a docu2 ment-making implement or false identification docu3 ment;’’;

4 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—

5 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’

6 after the semicolon;

7 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting

8 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and

9 (C) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(E) an offense under paragraph (8) of

11 such subsection;’’;

12 (3) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in13 cluding the making available of a document by elec14 tronic means’’ after ‘‘commerce’’;

15 (4) in subsection (d)—

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘tem17 plate, computer file, computer disc,’’ after ‘‘im18 pression,’’;

19 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

20 through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re21 spectively;

22 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(3) the term ‘false identification document’

25 means an identification document of a type intended
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1 or commonly accepted for the purposes of identifica2 tion of individuals that—

3 ‘‘(A) is not issued by or under the author4 ity of a governmental entity; and

5 ‘‘(B) appears to be issued by or under the

6 authority of the United States Government, a

7 State, political subdivision of a State, a foreign

8 government, political subdivision of a foreign

9 government, an international governmental or

10 an international quasi-governmental organiza11 tion;’’; and

12 (D) in paragraph (6), as redesignated (pre13 viously paragraph (5)), by inserting ‘‘, including

14 making available for acquisition or use by oth15 ers’’ after ‘‘assemble’’.

16 SEC. 4. REPEAL.

17 Section 1738 of title 18, United States Code, is re18 pealed.

19 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

20 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

21 take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this

22 Act.

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