[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2431 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2431

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, 
  transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents, to amend title 49, 
 United States Code, to require recurring training for transportation 
               security officers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2011

 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
    Higgins, Ms. Hochul, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, and Ms. Speier) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, 
  transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents, to amend title 49, 
 United States Code, to require recurring training for transportation 
               security officers, and for other purposes.

    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 2011''.

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 altered.''; 
                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.''.

SEC. 3. RECURRING TRAINING FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS ON THE 
              IDENTIFICATION OF FALSE DOCUMENTS.

    Section 44901 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Recurring Training on Identification of False Documents.--
            ``(1) In general.--In furtherance of aviation security, the 
        Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation 
        Security shall provide recurring training to transportation 
        security officers on methods to identify false travel documents 
        and false identification documents.
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms `false 
        travel document' and `false identification document' have the 
        meaning given such terms in section 1028(d) of title 18.''.
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