Police Badge Fraud Prevention Act of 1998

Summary

Police Badge Fraud Prevention Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly: (1) transferring, transporting, or receiving in interstate or foreign commerce, a counterfeit police badge; (2) transferring, in interstate or foreign commerce, a genuine police badge to an individual not authorized to possess it under the law of the place in which the badge is the official badge of the police; (3) receiving a genuine police badge in such a prohibited transfer; or (4) transporting a genuine police badge in interstate or foreign commerce being a person unauthorized to possess it.

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Timeline

1. 21 July 1998

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 July 1998

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 July 1998

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 31 July 1998

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

   Source: Committee

5. 21 October 1998

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2276-2277)

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 21 July 1998 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 July 1998

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 21 July 1998

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 July 1998

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Sponsors

• Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] · R · Sponsor
• JOHN CONYERS · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-21] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7] · D · Sponsor
• Ken Calvert · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Danner, Pat [D-MO-6] · D · Sponsor
• Bennie Thompson · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pappas, Michael [R-NJ-12] · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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