II 108th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2855 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 28, 2004 Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, to create a general provision similar to provisions found in chapter 47 of such title, to provide for criminal penalties for the act of forging Federal documents.

1.

Forgery of Federal documents

(a)

In general

Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

515.

Federal records, documents, and writings, generally

Any person who— (1)falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any Federal record, Federal document, Federal writing, or record, document, or writing characterizing, or purporting to characterize, official Federal activity, service, contract, obligation, duty, property, or chose; (2)utters or publishes as true, or possesses with intent to utter or publish as true, any record, document, or writing described in paragraph (1), knowing, or negligently failing to know, that such record, document, or writing has not been verified, has been inconclusively verified, is unable to be verified, or is false, altered, forged, or counterfeited; (3)transmits to, or presents at any office, or to any officer, of the United States, any record, document, or writing described in paragraph (1), knowing, or negligently failing to know, that such record, document, or writing has not been verified, has been inconclusively verified, is unable to be verified, or is false, altered, forged, or counterfeited; (4)attempts, or conspires to commit, any of the acts described in paragraphs (1) through (3); or (5)while outside of the United States, engages in any of the acts described in paragraphs (1) through (3),

shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.. (b)

Clerical amendment

The table of contents for chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 514 the following: 515. Federal records, documents, and writings, generally. .