A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit the transportation or use in interstate or foreign commerce of counterfeit, fictitious, altered, lost, or stolen transportation tickets.

Summary

Penalizes the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of transportation tickets worth at least $5,000 knowing the same to be stolen or obtained by fraud. Prohibits the receipt, concealment, or sale of transportation tickets worth at least $5,000, or the possession of at least five transportation tickets whether or not any entries have been made thereon, knowing the same to be stolen. Proscribes the transportation in commerce of forged, altered, or counterfeited transportation tickets or of tools used or to be used in forging, altering, or counterfeiting a transportation ticket. Prohibits the receipt, concealment, sale or disposal as part of interstate or foreign commerce, forged, altered, or counterfeited transportation tickets.

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Timeline

1. 4 January 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 4 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 January 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Flynt, John J., Jr. [D-GA-6] · D · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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