[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4787 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4787

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale to, and 
    possession by, unauthorized users of traffic signal preemption 
                 transmitters, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2004

    Mr. Rogers of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale to, and 
    possession by, unauthorized users of traffic signal preemption 
                 transmitters, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) Chapter 2 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``Sec. 39. Traffic signal preemption transmitters
    ``(a) Offenses.--
            ``(1) Sale.--Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign 
        commerce, knowingly sells a traffic signal preemption 
        transmitter to a person who is not a government approved user 
        of such a transmitter shall be fined under this title or 
        imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
            ``(2) Possession.--Whoever, not being a government approved 
        user of a traffic signal preemption transmitter, knowingly 
        possesses a traffic signal preemption transmitter in or 
        affecting interstate or foreign commerce shall be fined under 
        this title or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section, the term `traffic signal 
preemption transmitter' means any device or mechanism that can change a 
traffic signal's phase.''.
    (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``39. Traffic signal preemption transmitters.''.
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