I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2431 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, transfer, 
or use of fraudulent travel documents, to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to require recurring training for transportation security officers, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 6, 2011 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
HIGGINS, Ms. HOCHUL, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, and Ms. SPEIER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the pos-
session, transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents, 
to amend title 49, United States Code, to require recur-
ring training for transportation security officers, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘False Travel Docu-
ments Prohibition Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1028 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting 
‘‘FALSE 
TRAVEL 
DOCUMENTS,’’ 
after 
‘‘IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS,’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or false 
travel document’’ after ‘‘false identification doc-
ument’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
false travel document’’ after ‘‘false identifica-
tion document’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or false 
identification documents’’ and inserting ‘‘false 
identification documents, or false travel docu-
ments’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or 
false travel document’’ after ‘‘false identifica-
tion document’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘false 
travel documents,’’ after ‘‘false identification 
documents,’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘or 
false identification documents’’ and inserting 
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‘‘false identification documents, or false travel 
documents’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘or a 
false identification document’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
false identification document, or a false travel 
document’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)(3)(B), by inserting ‘‘false 
travel document,’’ after ‘‘false identification docu-
ment,’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (12), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) the term ‘false travel document’ means a 
document issued for the use of a particular, identi-
fied individual and of a type intended or commonly 
accepted for the purposes of passage on a commer-
cial aircraft or train, including a ticket or boarding 
pass, that— 
‘‘(A) was not issued by or under the au-
thority of a commercial airline or rail carrier, 
but appears to be issued by or under the au-
thority of a commercial airline or rail carrier; or 
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‘‘(B) was issued by or under the authority 
of a commercial airline or rail carrier, but was 
altered.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘false travel 
documents,’’ after ‘‘identification documents,’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item related to section 1028 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘1028. Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, 
false travel documents, authentication features, and informa-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 3. RECURRING TRAINING FOR TRANSPORTATION SE-
CURITY OFFICERS ON THE IDENTIFICATION 
OF FALSE DOCUMENTS. 
Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) RECURRING TRAINING ON IDENTIFICATION OF 
FALSE DOCUMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of aviation 
security, the Assistant Secretary of Transportation 
for Transportation Security shall provide recurring 
training to transportation security officers on meth-
ods to identify false travel documents and false iden-
tification documents. 
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‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘false travel document’ and ‘false identifica-
tion document’ have the meaning given such terms 
in section 1028(d) of title 18.’’. 
Æ 
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