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Calendar No. 861

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2924

To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false

identification, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 26, 2000

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. KYL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

SEPTEMBER 28 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Reported by Mr. HATCH with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

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’’.
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1 SEC. 2. SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab3 lish a task force to investigate and prosecute the creation

4 and distribution of false identification documents.

5 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall consist of

6 the Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,

7 the Department of Justice, the Social Security Adminis8 tration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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

10 after the effective date of this Act.

11 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

12 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec13 essary to carry out this section.

14 SEC. 3. FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

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

16 amended—

17 (1) in subsection (a)—

18 (A) by striking paragraph (3) and insert19 ing the following:

20 ‘‘(3) knowingly possesses with intent to use un21 lawfully or transfer unlawfully an identification doc22 ument (other than one issued lawfully for the use of

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

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

25 after the semicolon;
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1 (C) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or’’

2 after the semicolon; and

3 (D) by adding after paragraph (7) the fol4 lowing:

5 ‘‘(8) knowingly produces or transfers a docu6 ment-making implement or false identification docu7 ment;’’;

8 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—

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

10 after the semicolon;

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

12 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and

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

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

15 such subsection;’’;

16 (3) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in17 cluding the making available of a document by elec18 tronic means’’ after ‘‘commerce’’;

19 (4) in subsection (d)—

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘tem21 plate, computer file, computer disc,’’ after ‘‘im22 pression,’’;

23 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

24 through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), re25 spectively;
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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the

2 following:

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

4 means an identification document of a type intended

5 or commonly accepted for the purposes of identifica6 tion of individuals that—

7 ‘‘(A) is not issued by or under the author8 ity of a governmental entity; and

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

10 authority of the United States Government, a

11 State, political subdivision of a State, a foreign

12 government, political subdivision of a foreign

13 government, an international governmental or

14 an international quasi-governmental organiza15 tion;’’; and

16 (D) in paragraph (6), as redesignated (pre17 viously paragraph (5)), by inserting ‘‘, including

18 making available for acquisition or use by oth19 ers’’ after ‘‘assemble’’.

20 SEC. 4. REPEAL.

21 Section 1738 of title 18, United States Code, is re22 pealed.
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1 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

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

4 Act.

5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Internet False Identi7 fication Prevention Act of 2000’’.

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

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and the Sec10 retary of the Treasury shall establish a task force to inves11 tigate and prosecute the creation and distribution of false

12 identification documents.

13 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall consist of the

14 Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the De15 partment of Justice, the Social Security Administration,

16 and the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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

18 the effective date of this Act.

19 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

20 authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary

21 to carry out this section.

22 SEC. 3. FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

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

24 amended—

25 (1) in subsection (a)—
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1 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or’’ after

2 the semicolon;

3 (B) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or’’

4 after the semicolon; and

5 (C) by adding after paragraph (7) the fol6 lowing:

7 ‘‘(8) knowingly produces or transfers a docu8 ment-making implement that is designed for use in

9 the production of a false identification document.’’;

10 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘or (7)’’

11 and inserting ‘‘, (7), or (8)’’;

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

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 fol23 lowing:

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 authority

4 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 Act.
Calendar No. 861

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2924

A BILL

To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes

relating to false identification, and for other purposes.

SEPTEMBER 28 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Reported with an amendment