[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5299 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5299

  To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false 
                identification, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2000

    Mr. Green of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false 
                identification, 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 ``Internet False Identification 
Prevention Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall establish a task force 
to investigate and prosecute the creation and distribution of false 
identification documents.
    (b) Membership.--The task force shall consist of the Secret 
Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of 
Justice, the Social Security Administration, and the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service.
    (c) Term.--The task force shall terminate 2 years after the 
effective date of this Act.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 3. FALSE IDENTIFICATION.

    Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(3) knowingly possesses with intent to use unlawfully or 
        transfer unlawfully an identification document (other than one 
        issued lawfully for the use of the possessor) or false 
        identification document;'';
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``or'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (C) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``or'' after the 
                semicolon; and
                    (D) by adding after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) knowingly produces or transfers a document-making 
        implement or false identification document;'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``or'' after 
                the semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) an offense under paragraph (8) of such 
                subsection;'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by inserting ``, including the 
        making available of a document by electronic means'' after 
        ``commerce'';
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``template, 
                computer file, computer disc,'' after ``impression,'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as 
                paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) the term `false identification document' means an 
        identification document of a type intended or commonly accepted 
        for the purposes of identification of individuals that--
                    ``(A) is not issued by or under the authority of a 
                governmental entity; and
                    ``(B) appears to be issued by or under the 
                authority of the United States Government, a State, 
                political subdivision of a State, a foreign government, 
                political subdivision of a foreign government, an 
                international governmental or an international quasi-
                governmental organization;''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (6), as redesignated (previously 
                paragraph (5)), by inserting ``, including making 
                available for acquisition or use by others'' after 
                ``assemble''.

SEC. 4. REPEAL.

    Section 1738 of title 18, United States Code, is repealed.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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