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‘‘(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) S
EIZURE OF
I
LLEGALLY
T
RANSMITTED
F
UNDS
.—Section
981(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘or 1957’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1957 or 1960’’.
(c) C
LERICAL
A
MENDMENT
.—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) C
OUNTERFEIT
A
CTS
C
OMMITTED
O
UTSIDE THE
U
NITED
S
TATES
.—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) O
BLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES OF THE
U
NITED
S
TATES
.—Sec-
tion 471 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘fifteen years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(c) U
TTERING
C
OUNTERFEIT
O
BLIGATIONS OR
S
ECURITIES
.—Sec-
tion 472 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘fifteen years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(d) D
EALING IN
C
OUNTERFEIT
O
BLIGATIONS OR
S
ECURITIES
.—
Section 473 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(e) P
LATES
, S
TONES
,
OR
A
NALOG
, D
IGITAL
,
OR
E
LECTRONIC
I
MAGES
F
OR
C
OUNTERFEITING
O
BLIGATIONS OR
S
ECURITIES
.—
(1) I
N 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) A
MENDMENT 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) T
ECHNICAL 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) C
LERICAL 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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