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3162
An Act
To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world,
to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.
severable from this Act and shall not affect the remainder thereof
or the application of such provision to other persons not similarly
situated or to other, dissimilar circumstances.
‘‘(3) the term ‘State’ means any State of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the Northern Mariana Islands, and
any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States.’’.
(b) SEIZURE OF ILLEGALLY TRANSMITTED FUNDS.—Section
981(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘or 1957’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1957 or 1960’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter
95 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the item relating
to section 1960 by striking ‘‘illegal’’ and inserting ‘‘unlicensed’’.
SEC. 374. COUNTERFEITING DOMESTIC CURRENCY AND OBLIGATIONS.
(a) COUNTERFEIT ACTS COMMITTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES.—Section 470 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘analog, digital, or elec-
tronic image,’’ after ‘‘plate, stone,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘shall be fined under this title, imprisoned
not more than 20 years, or both’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be pun-
ished as is provided for the like offense within the United
States’’.
(b) OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES OF THE UNITED STATES.—Sec-
tion 471 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘fifteen years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(c) UTTERING COUNTERFEIT OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES.—Sec-
tion 472 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘fifteen years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(d) DEALING IN COUNTERFEIT OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES.—
Section 473 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(e) PLATES, STONES, OR ANALOG, DIGITAL, OR ELECTRONIC
IMAGES FOR COUNTERFEITING OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 474(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the second paragraph the
following new paragraph:
‘‘Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes, executes, acquires,
scans, captures, records, receives, transmits, reproduces, sells, or
has in such person’s control, custody, or possession, an analog,
digital, or electronic image of any obligation or other security of
the United States; or’’.
(2) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION.—Section 474(b) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking the first sentence
and inserting the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of
this section, the term ‘analog, digital, or electronic image’
includes any analog, digital, or electronic method used for the
making, execution, acquisition, scanning, capturing, recording,
retrieval, transmission, or reproduction of any obligation or
security, unless such use is authorized by the Secretary of
the Treasury.’’.
(3) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The
heading for section 474 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘or stones’’ and inserting ‘‘, stones, or
analog, digital, or electronic images’’.
(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for
chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in
the item relating to section 474 by striking ‘‘or stones’’ and
inserting ‘‘, stones, or analog, digital, or electronic images’’.
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TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 1001. REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall des-
ignate one official who shall—
(1) review information and receive complaints alleging
abuses of civil rights and civil liberties by employees and offi-
cials of the Department of Justice;
(2) make public through the Internet, radio, television,
and newspaper advertisements information on the responsibil-
ities and functions of, and how to contact, the official; and
(3) submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate on a semi-annual basis a report on the implementation
of this subsection and detailing any abuses described in para-
graph (1), including a description of the use of funds appropria-
tions used to carry out this subsection.
SEC. 1002. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) all Americans are united in condemning, in the
strongest possible terms, the terrorists who planned and carried
out the attacks against the United States on September 11,
2001, and in pursuing all those responsible for those attacks
and their sponsors until they are brought to justice;
(2) Sikh-Americans form a vibrant, peaceful, and law-
abiding part of America’s people;
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