PUBLIC LAW 106–578—DEC. 28, 2000 114 STAT. 3075

Public Law 106–578

106th Congress

An Act

To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false identification,

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 ‘‘Internet False Identification

Prevention Act of 2000’’.

SEC. 2. COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and the Secretary of

the Treasury shall establish a coordinating committee to ensure,

through existing interagency task forces or other means, that the

creation and distribution of false identification documents (as

defined in section 1028(d)(3) of title 18, United States Code, as

added by section 3(2) of this Act) is vigorously investigated and

prosecuted.

(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The coordinating committee shall consist of

the Director of the United States Secret Service, the Director of

the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Attorney General, the

Commissioner of Social Security, and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, or their respective designees.

(c) TERM.—The coordinating committee shall terminate 2 years

after the effective date of this Act.

(d) REPORT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and the Secretary

of the Treasury, at the end of each year of the existence of

the committee, shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary

of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House

of Representatives on the activities of the committee.

(2) CONTENTS.—The report referred to in paragraph (1)

shall include—

(A) the total number of indictments and informations,

guilty pleas, convictions, and acquittals resulting from the

investigation and prosecution of the creation and distribution of false identification documents during the preceding

year;

(B) identification of the Federal judicial districts in

which the indictments and informations were filed, and

in which the subsequent guilty pleas, convictions, and

acquittals occurred;

(C) specification of the Federal statutes utilized for

prosecution;

18 USC 1028

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18 USC 1001

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(D) a brief factual description of significant investigations and prosecutions;

(E) specification of the sentence imposed as a result

of each guilty plea and conviction; and

(F) recommendations, if any, for legislative changes

that could facilitate more effective investigation and

prosecution of the creation and distribution of false identification documents.

SEC. 3. FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by inserting ‘‘, including the

transfer of a document by electronic means’’ after ‘‘commerce’’;

and

(2) in subsection (d)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘template, computer

file, computer disc,’’ after ‘‘impression,’’;

(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

(C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (8);

(D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as

paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively;

(E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

‘‘(3) the term ‘false identification document’ means a document of a type intended or commonly accepted for the purposes

of identification of individuals that—

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

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

of the United States Government, a State, a political subdivision of a State, a foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or an international governmental or quasi-governmental organization;’’; and

(F) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesignated,

the following:

‘‘(7) the term ‘transfer’ includes selecting an identification

document, false identification document, or document-making

implement and placing or directing the placement of such

identification document, false identification document, or document-making implement on an online location where it is available to others; and’’.

SEC. 4. REPEAL.

Section 1738 of title 18, United States Code, and the item

relating to that section in the table of contents for chapter 83

of that title, are repealed.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2924:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):

Oct. 31, considered and passed Senate.

Dec. 15, considered and passed House, amended. Senate concurred in House

amendment.

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SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take

effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Approved December 28, 2000.

18 USC 1028

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