S.Amdt. 3241

SA 3241. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment to be proposed to
amendment SA 3192 submitted by Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and
Mr. Hagel) to the bill S. 2454, to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 123, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
(c) Criminal Penalties for Forgery of Federal Documents.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 25 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 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.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections 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.''.
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