[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7312 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7312

      To prohibit the selling and counterfeiting of tickets for a 
                    Presidential inaugural ceremony.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2008

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To prohibit the selling and counterfeiting of tickets for a 
                    Presidential inaugural ceremony.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SALE AND COUNTERFEITING OF INAUGURAL TICKETS.

    (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person to--
            (1) except as provided in subsection (b), knowingly and 
        intentionally sell, facilitate the sale of, or transfer for 
        money or property, or attempt to sell, facilitate the sale of, 
        or transfer for money or property, a ticket to a Presidential 
        inaugural ceremony;
            (2) with the intent to defraud, falsely make, forge, 
        counterfeit, or falsely alter a ticket to a Presidential 
        inaugural ceremony; or
            (3) with the intent to defraud, use, unlawfully possess, or 
        exhibit a ticket to a Presidential inaugural ceremony, knowing 
        the ticket to be falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or 
        falsely altered.
    (b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to the sale, 
facilitation of the sale of, or transfer for money or property, or 
attempted sale, facilitation of the sale of, or transfer for money or 
property, of a ticket to a Presidential inaugural ceremony that occurs 
after the date on which the Presidential inaugural ceremony for which 
the ticket was issued occurs.
    (c) Penalty.--Whoever violates subsection (a) shall be fined under 
title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Presidential inaugural 
ceremony'' means a public inaugural ceremony at which the President-
elect or the Vice President-elect take the oath or affirmation of 
office for the office of President of the United States or the office 
of Vice President of the United States, respectively.
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