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111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2845
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
A BILL
To amend section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession, transfer, or use of fraudulent travel documents.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the False Travel Documents Prohibition
Act of 2009
.
Travel documents
In general
Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in the section
heading, by inserting FALSE
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS,
after IDENTIFICATION
DOCUMENTS,
;
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1),
by inserting or false travel document
after false
identification document
;
in paragraph (2),
by inserting or false travel document
after false
identification document
;
in paragraph (3),
by striking or false identification documents
and inserting
false identification documents, or false travel
documents
;
in paragraph (5),
by inserting or false travel document
after false
identification document
; and
in paragraph (8),
by inserting false travel documents,
after false
identification documents,
;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph
(1)(B), by striking or false identification documents
and
inserting false identification documents, or false travel
documents
; and
in paragraph
(2)(A), by striking or a false identification document
and
inserting a false identification document, or a false travel
document
;
in subsection
(c)(3)(B), by inserting false travel document,
after
false identification document,
;
in subsection (d)—
in paragraph
(11), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph
(12), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
;
and
by adding at the end the following:
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—
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
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
in subsection
(h), by inserting false travel documents,
after
identification documents,
.
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.
.