S.Amdt. 3977

1. Adds SEC. __. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR FORGERY OF FEDERAL DOCUMENTS wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR FORGERY OF FEDERAL DOCUMENTS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "Sec. 515. Federal records, documents, and writings, generally "Any person who--

   Inserted: "(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;

   Inserted: "(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;

   Inserted: "(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;

   Inserted: "(4) attempts, or conspires to commit, any of the acts described in paragraphs (1) through (3); or

   Inserted: "(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.".

   Inserted: (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 514 the following:

   Inserted: "515. Federal records, documents, and writings, generally.".

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   Original wording

   At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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