[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2494 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2494

      To amend title 18 of the United States Code regarding false 
                       identification documents.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 3 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

 Mr. Pressler introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend title 18 of the United States Code regarding false 
                       identification documents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``False Identification Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSE.

    Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``five'' and 
        inserting ``3''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``five'' and 
        inserting ``3''.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED VERIFICATION OF MAILED IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 83 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1739. Verification of identification documents
    ``(a) Whoever knowingly sends through the mails any unverified 
identification document which bears a birth date--
            ``(1) purporting to be that of the individual named in the 
        document; and
            ``(2) showing that individual to be 21 years of age or 
        older;
when in fact that individual has not attained the age of 21 years, 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, 
or both.
    ``(b) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `unverified', with respect to an 
        identification document, means that the sender has not 
        personally viewed a certification or other written 
        communication confirming the age of the individual to be 
        identified in the document from--
                    ``(A) a governmental entity within the United 
                States or any of its territories or possessions; or
                    ``(B) a duly licensed physician, hospital, medical 
                clinic within the United States; and
            ``(2) the term ``identification document'' means a card, 
        certificate, or paper intended to be used primarily to identify 
        an individual.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 83 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1739. Verification of identification documents.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3001(a) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``or 1738'' and inserting ``1738, 
or 1739''.

SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF CERTAIN DRIVERS' LICENSES AS DOCUMENTS 
              ESTABLISHING BOTH EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION AND IDENTITY.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish a pilot 
program under which, in the case of up to three States which provide 
for the issuance of drivers' licenses (and related identification 
documents) in accordance with a system described in subsection (b), a 
driver's license or similar identification document issued by the 
States in accordance with subsection (b) shall be treated, for purposes 
of section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as a 
document described in paragraph (1)(B) of such section.
    (b) System Requirements.--The system for the issuance of licenses 
or documents must--
            (1) be in a form which is resistant to counterfeiting and 
        tampering, such as tamper-proof laminates and photographs, 
        holograms, or magnetic stripes containing such data as physical 
        characteristics;
            (2) include on the driver's license or other form of 
        identification the applicant's social security account number, 
        which number the State has confirmed with the Social Security 
        Administration as being the number issued to the applicant; and
            (3) require that an applicant for a driver's license or 
        other form of identification be issued a temporary driver's 
        license or other form of identification upon demonstrating 
        qualification therefore, and that the driver's license or other 
        form of identification be mailed to the residence address of 
        the applicant after a waiting period of no more than 30 days in 
        which the State has used reasonable means to confirm the 
        identification information presented by the applicant.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Congress 
on the performance of the pilot program under this section and on 
whether such program should be extended (on a voluntary or mandatory 
basis) to all States.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section for 
each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997.
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