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duces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or ap-
pended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the 
seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial 
part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for 
the official use of the Government of the United States, shall 
be imprisoned not more than six months. 
(c) SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES.—Whoever, except as 
directed by the United States Senate, or the Secretary of the 
Senate on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, 
sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to 
any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the 
United States Senate, or any substantial part thereof, except 
for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the 
Government of the United States, shall be imprisoned not more 
than six months. 
(d) SEAL OF UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—Whoever, except as directed by the United States 
House of Representatives, or the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, repro-
duces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or ap-
pended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the 
seal of the United States House of Representatives, or any sub-
stantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the arti-
cle for the official use of the Government of the United States, 
shall be imprisoned not more than six months. 
(e) SEAL OF CONGRESS.—Whoever, except as directed by 
the United States Congress, or the Secretary of the Senate and 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly on its 
behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or pur-
chases for resale, either separately or appended to any article 
manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United 
States Congress, or any substantial part thereof, except for 
manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the 
Government of the United States, shall be imprisoned not more 
than six months. 
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(f) VIOLATION MAY BE ENJOINED.—A violation of the pro-
visions of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the Attor-
ney General, 
(1) in the case of the great seal of the United States 
and the seals of the President and Vice President, upon 
complaint by any authorized representative of any depart-
ment or agency of the United States; 
(2) in the case of the seal of the United States Senate, 
upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate; 
(3) in the case of the seal of the United States House 
of Representatives, upon complaint by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(4) in the case of the seal of the United States Con-
gress, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate and 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly. 
§ 1059. Police badges 
(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever— 
(1) knowingly transfers, transports, or receives, in 
interstate or foreign commerce, a counterfeit police badge; 
(2) knowingly transfers, in interstate or foreign com-
merce, a genuine police badge to an individual, knowing 
that such individual is not authorized to possess it under 
the law of the place in which the badge is the official badge 
of the police; 
(3) knowingly receives a genuine police badge in a 
transfer prohibited by paragraph (2); or 
(4) being a person not authorized to possess a genuine 
police badge under the law of the place in which the badge 
is the official badge of the police, knowingly transports that 
badge in interstate or foreign commerce, 
shall be imprisoned not more than 6 months. 
(b) DEFENSE.—It is a defense to a prosecution under this 
section that the badge is used or is intended to be used exclu-
sively— 
(1) as a memento, or in a collection or exhibit; 
(2) for decorative purposes; 
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(3) for a dramatic presentation, such as a theatrical, 
film, or television production; or 
(4) for any other recreational purpose. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘genuine police badge’’ means an official 
badge issued by public authority to identify an individual 
as a law enforcement officer having police powers; and 
(2) the term ‘‘counterfeit police badge’’ means an item 
that so resembles a police badge that it would deceive an 
ordinary individual into believing it was a genuine police 
badge. 
SUBCHAPTER F—ESCAPE AND RESCUE 
Sec. 
1071.
Prisoners in custody of institution or officer. 
1072.
Instigating or assisting escape. 
1073.
Officer permitting escape. 
1074.
High speed flight from immigration checkpoint. 
1075.
Escape from hospitalization. 
§ 1071. Prisoners in custody of institution or offi-
cer 
(a) ADULTS.—Whoever escapes or attempts to escape 
from the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized rep-
resentative, or from any institution or facility in which he is 
confined by direction of the Attorney General, or from any cus-
tody under or by virtue of any process issued under the laws 
of the United States by any court, judge, or magistrate judge, 
or from the custody of an officer or employee of the United 
States pursuant to lawful arrest, shall, if the custody or con-
finement is by virtue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or con-
viction of any offense, be imprisoned not more than five years; 
or if the custody or confinement is for extradition, or for exclu-
sion or expulsion proceedings under the immigration laws, or 
by virtue of an arrest or charge of or for a misdemeanor, and 
prior to conviction, be imprisoned not more than one year. 
(b) JUVENILES.—Whoever escapes or attempts to escape 
from the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized rep-
resentative, or from any institution or facility in which he is 
confined by direction of the Attorney General, or from any cus-
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tody under or by virtue of any process issued under the laws 
of the United States by any court, judge, or magistrate judge, 
or from the custody of an officer or employee of the United 
States pursuant to lawful arrest, shall, if the custody or con-
finement is by virtue of a lawful arrest for a violation of any 
law of the United States not punishable by death or life impris-
onment and committed before such person’s eighteenth birth-
day, and as to whom the Attorney General has not specifically 
directed the institution of criminal proceedings, or by virtue of 
a commitment as a juvenile delinquent under section 5034 of 
this title, be imprisoned not more than one year. Nothing in 
this section affects the discretionary authority vested in the At-
torney General pursuant to section 5032 of this title. 
§ 1072. Instigating or assisting escape 
(a) ADULTS.—Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or 
instigates, aids or assists the escape, or attempt to escape, of 
any person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued 
under any law of the United States, or committed to the cus-
tody of the Attorney General or to any institution or facility 
by his direction, shall, if the custody or confinement is by vir-
tue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or conviction of any of-
fense, be imprisoned not more than five years; or, if the cus-
tody or confinement is for extradition, or for exclusion or expul-
sion proceedings under the immigration laws, or by virtue of 
an arrest or charge of or for a misdemeanor, and prior to con-
viction, be imprisoned not more than one year. 
(b) JUVENILES.—Whoever rescues or attempts to rescue 
or instigates, aids, or assists the escape or attempted escape of 
any person in the custody of the Attorney General or his au-
thorized representative, or of any person arrested upon a war-
rant or other process issued under any law of the United States 
or from any institution or facility in which he is confined by 
direction of the Attorney General, shall, if the custody or con-
finement is by virtue of a lawful arrest for a violation of any 
law of the United States not punishable by death or life impris-
onment and committed before such person’s eighteenth birth-
day, and as to whom the Attorney General has not specifically 
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directed the institution of criminal proceedings, or by virtue of 
a commitment as a juvenile delinquent under section 5034 of 
this title, be imprisoned not more than one year. 
§ 1073. Officer permitting escape 
Whoever, having in his custody any prisoner by virtue of 
process issued under the laws of the United States by any 
court, judge, or magistrate judge, voluntarily suffers such pris-
oner to escape, shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years; or 
if he negligently suffers such person to escape, he shall be im-
prisoned not more than one year. 
§ 1074. High speed flight from immigration check-
point 
Whoever flees or evades a checkpoint operated by the Im-
migration and Naturalization Service, or any other Federal law 
enforcement agency, in a motor vehicle and flees Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement agents in excess of the legal 
speed limit shall be imprisoned not more than five years. 
§ 1075. Escape from hospitalization 
Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody 
of any facility or from any place in which or to which he is con-
fined pursuant to this section 1826 of title 28 or section 4243 
of this title, or whoever rescues or attempts to rescue or insti-
gates, aids, or assists the escape or attempt to escape of such 
a person, shall be imprisoned not more than three years. 
SUBCHAPTER G—FALSE PERSONATION 
Sec. 
1091.
Citizen of the United States. 
1092.
Officer or employee of the United States. 
1093.
Impersonator making arrest or search. 
§ 1091. Citizen of the United States 
Whoever falsely represents oneself to be a citizen of the 
United States shall be imprisoned not more than three years. 
§ 1092. Officer or employee of the United States 
Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or 
employee acting under the authority of the United States or 
any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or 
in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, 
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