A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit the production and knowing possession of false documents or papers of the United States, and the use of false information in obtaining any official document or paper of the United States which includes a statement or other indication of identification of U.S. nationality.

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Prohibits the knowing use or supply, for the purpose of obtaining a Federal document containing an element of identification, of false information, false or falsified documentation, or official documents relating to the birth or entry into the United States of another. Forbids interstate or foreign commerce in any such information, documentation, or official documents for the purpose of obtaining any State or local government document containing an element of identification. Proscribes specified acts relative to: (1) forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration of Federal, State, or local government documents containing an element of identification; (2) interstate or foreign commerce in any such counterfeited, forged, or altered document; and (3) receipt, possession, use, or furnishing of any such document with intent to secure false official identification.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 March 1977

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