To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-1374
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-16
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the federal criminal code to provide for a fine, up to six months' imprisonment, or both, for: (1) knowingly transferring for money or property a ticket to a presidential inaugural ceremony (a public inaugural ceremony at which the President elect or Vice President elect take the oath or affirmation of office), except for a transfer that occurs after the date on which the ceremony for which the ticket was issued takes place; (2) knowingly, falsely, and with intent to defraud, making, forging, counterfeiting, or altering a ticket to such ceremony; or (3) with intent to defraud, entering or attempting to enter such a ceremony with a ticket, knowing that ticket to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1374 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2015 Mr. Capuano (for himself, Mr. Cleaver , and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for other purposes.

1. Selling or counterfeiting Presidential inauguration tickets Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 515. Selling or counterfeiting Presidential inauguration tickets (a) Whoever knowingly— (1) except as provided in subsection (b) transfers for money or property a ticket to a Presidential inaugural ceremony; (2) with intent to defraud, falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters a ticket to a Presidential inaugural ceremony; or (3) with intent to defraud, enters or attempts to enter a Presidential inaugural ceremony with a ticket, knowing that ticket to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited or altered; shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a transfer that occurs after the date on which the Presidential inaugural ceremony for which the ticket was issued takes place. (c) In this section, the term Presidential inaugural ceremony means a public inaugural ceremony at which the President-elect or the Vice-President-elect take the oath or affirmation of office for the office of President of the United States or the office of Vice President of the United States, respectively. . 2. Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 515. Selling or counterfeiting Presidential inauguration tickets. .