[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4827 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4827

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the entry by false 
   pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United 
States or secure area of any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine 
 and counterfeit police badges by those seeking to commit a crime, and 
                          for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2000

Mr. Horn (for himself, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Barcia, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Cook, 
 Mr. Clement, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mrs. 
   Myrick, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Mr. Visclosky) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the entry by false 
   pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United 
States or secure area of any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine 
 and counterfeit police badges by those seeking to commit a crime, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Enhanced Federal Security Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. ENTRY BY FALSE PRETENSES TO ANY REAL PROPERTY, VESSEL, OR 
              AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SECURE AREA OF AIRPORT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1036. Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or 
              aircraft of the United States or secure area of any 
              airport
    ``(a) Whoever, by any fraud or false pretense, enters or attempts 
to enter--
            ``(1) any real property belonging in whole or in part to, 
        or leased by, the United States;
            ``(2) any vessel or aircraft belonging in whole or in part 
        to, or leased by, the United States; or
            ``(3) any secure area of any airport;
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
    ``(b) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) of this 
section is--
            ``(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more 
        than five years, or both, if the offense is committed with the 
        intent to commit any crime; or
            ``(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more 
        than two years, or both, in any other case.
    ``(c) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `secure area' means an area access to which 
        is restricted by the airport authority or a public agency; and
            ``(2) the term `airport' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 47102 of title 49.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``1036. Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or 
                            aircraft of the United States or secure 
                            area of any airport.''.

SEC. 3. POLICE BADGES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 716. Police badges
    ``(a) Whoever--
            ``(1) knowingly transfers, transports, or receives, in 
        interstate or foreign commerce, a counterfeit police badge;
            ``(2) knowingly transfers, in interstate or foreign 
        commerce, 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 fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, 
or both.
    ``(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the 
badge is used or is intended to be used exclusively--
            ``(1) in a collection or exhibit;
            ``(2) for decorative purposes; or
            ``(3) for a dramatic presentation, such as a theatrical, 
        film, or television production.
    ``(c) 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.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 33 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``716. Police badges.''.
                                 <all>