United States · Bill · S
S. 2043 (97th)
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for the mailing of identification documents bearing a false birth date.
Introduced
2 February 1982
Last action
16 June 1982 · Committee
Status
Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.
Sponsors
Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH], Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH], Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL], Chuck Grassley, Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. East, John P. [R-NC]
Subjects
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Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for mailing an identification document (usable by a minor for the purchase of alcoholic beverages) which bears an unverified birthdate. Requires for verification that the sender of the identification obtain adequate assurances that the person to be identified is at least 21 years old or that the birthdate is accurate.
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Timeline
2 February 1982
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
2 February 1982
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
4 February 1982
Referred
Committee on Judiciary. Referred jointly to the Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism.
Source: Committee
16 June 1982
Committee
Subcommittee on Criminal Law. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 2 February 1982
Sponsors
- Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rudman, Warren [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID-1] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hawkins, Paula [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Chuck Grassley · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. East, John P. [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/2043
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/s/2043
- us · 97-s-2043 · source updated 10 August 2026