[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3314 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3314

To provide criminal penalties for false information about the status of 
        a member of the Armed Forces engaged in armed conflict.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide criminal penalties for false information about the status of 
        a member of the Armed Forces engaged in armed conflict.

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

SECTION 1. FALSE INFORMATION RELATING TO STATUS OF MEMBER OF ARMED 
              FORCES ENGAGED IN ARMED CONFLICT.

    (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1036 the following:
``Sec. 1037. False information relating to status of member of Armed 
              Forces engaged in armed conflict
    ``Whoever, without lawful authority, makes a false statement, with 
intent to convey false or misleading information, about the death, 
injury, capture, or disappearance of a member of the Armed Forces of 
the United States during a war or armed conflict in which the United 
States is engaged, shall--
            ``(1) be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
        5 years, or both;
            ``(2) if serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 
        of this title, including any conduct that, if the conduct 
        occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction 
        of the United States, would violate section 2241 or 2242 of 
        this title) results, be fined under this title or imprisoned 
        not more than 25 years, or both; and
            ``(3) if death results, be fined under this title or 
        imprisoned for any number of years up to life, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections as the beginning of 
chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
the item for section 1036 the following:

``1037. False information relating to status of member of Armed Forces 
                            engaged in armed conflict.''.
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