[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 13, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S350-S351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PROHIBITING THE SALE AND COUNTERFEITING OF PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL 
                                TICKETS

  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 60 and the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 60) to prohibit the sale and counterfeiting of 
     Presidential inaugural tickets.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third 
time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with 
no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the bill 
be printed in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The bill (S. 60) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was 
read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 60

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

     ``Sec. 515. 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 
     willfully sell for money or property, or facilitate the sale 
     for money or property of, 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 
     for money or property, facilitation of such a sale, or 
     attempt of such a sale, of a ticket to a Presidential 
     inaugural ceremony--
       ``(1) that occurs after the date on which the Presidential 
     inaugural ceremony for which the ticket was issued occurs; or
       ``(2) by an official presidential inaugural committee 
     established on behalf of a President-elect of the United 
     States.
       ``(c) Penalty.--Whoever violates subsection (a) shall be 
     fined under this title, 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

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     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.''.
       (b) Amendment to Chapter Analysis.--The chapter analysis 
     for chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting at the end the following:

``515. Prohibition on sale and counterfeiting of inaugural tickets.''.

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