[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4097 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4097

    To define the value of items that are used in the production of 
          securities by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2000

  Mr. Bachus introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To define the value of items that are used in the production of 
          securities by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

    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 ``Bureau of Engraving and Printing 
Theft Deterrence Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF VALUE OF ITEMS EMBEZZLED OR STOLEN.

    Section 642 of title 18, United States Code (relating to 
embezzlement or theft of tools and materials) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph:
    ``For purposes of this section, the value of the paper, instrument, 
document, obligation, or security shall be the greater of--
            ``(1) the face value or the intended face value of the 
        paper, instrument, document, obligation, or security, without 
        regard to the extent to which manufacture of the paper, 
        instrument, document, obligation, or security has been 
        completed; or
            ``(2) the amount obtained or offered for, or the value of, 
        the paper, instrument, document, obligation, or security.''.
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