[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2845 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2845

To amend section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
      possession, transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2009

  Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Cornyn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
      possession, transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``False Travel Documents Prohibition 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``FALSE TRAVEL 
        DOCUMENTS,'' after ``IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS,'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or false 
                travel document'' after ``false identification 
                document'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or false 
                travel document'' after ``false identification 
                document'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or false 
                identification documents'' and inserting ``false 
                identification documents, or false travel documents'';
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``or false 
                travel document'' after ``false identification 
                document''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (8), by inserting ``false travel 
                documents,'' after ``false identification documents,'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``or false 
                identification documents'' and inserting ``false 
                identification documents, or false travel documents''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``or a false 
                identification document'' and inserting ``a false 
                identification document, or a false travel document'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(3)(B), by inserting ``false travel 
        document,'' after ``false identification document,'';
            (5) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) the term `false travel document' means a document 
        issued for the use of a particular, identified individual and 
        of a type intended or commonly accepted for the purposes of 
        passage on a commercial aircraft or train, including a ticket 
        or boarding pass, that--
                    ``(A) was not issued by or under the authority of a 
                commercial airline or rail carrier, but appears to be 
                issued by or under the authority of a commercial 
                airline or rail carrier; or
                    ``(B) was issued by or under the authority of a 
                commercial airline or rail carrier, but was 
                subsequently altered for purposes of concealing the 
                identity of the bearer.''; and
            (6) in subsection (h), by inserting ``false travel 
        documents,'' after ``identification documents,''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 47 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related 
to section 1028 and inserting the following:

``1028. Fraud and related activity in connection with identification 
                            documents, false travel documents, 
                            authentication features, and 
                            information.''.
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