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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2924 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                     December 15, 2000.

    Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 2924) entitled ``An Act to 
strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false identification, 
and for other purposes'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

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 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;
                    (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.

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.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.
106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2924

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                               AMENDMENT
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