[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1445 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1445

   To provide criminal penalties for false personation of a military 
officer for purposes of harassing military families and to clarify the 
false personation statute with respect to officers and employees of the 
                             United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 23 (legislative day, July 21), 2003

Mr. Graham of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Cornyn, and 
  Mr. Hatch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide criminal penalties for false personation of a military 
officer for purposes of harassing military families and to clarify the 
false personation statute with respect to officers and employees of the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. OFFENSE AND CLARIFICATION.

    (a) New Offense.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 43 of title 18, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 912 the following:
``Sec. 912A. False personation of a United States officer or employee 
              to harass military families
    ``Whoever--
            ``(1) falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or 
        employee acting under the authority or law of the United States 
        or any department, agency, or officer thereof;
            ``(2) acts as described in paragraph (1); and
            ``(3) in such pretended character acts with the intent to 
        harass, alarm, shock, terrify, or cause mental distress to 
        another person regarding the military status of such person's 
        relative;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or 
both.''.
            (2) Chapter analysis.--The chapter analysis for chapter 43 
        of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
        the item for section 912 the following:

``912A. False personation of a United States officer or employee to 
                            harass military families.''.
    (b) Clarification.--Section 912 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 912. Officer or employee of the United States
    ``Whoever--
            ``(1) falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or 
        employee acting under the authority of the United States or any 
        department, agency, or officer thereof;
            ``(2) acts as described in paragraph (1); and
            ``(3) demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or 
        thing of value;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or 
both.''.
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