PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-572 in preparing an application which was falsely made (as defined in subsection (f)) for immigration benefits, shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, and prohibited from preparing or assisting in preparing, whether or not for a fee or other remuneration, any other such application. "(2) Whoever, having been convicted of a violation of paragraph (1), knowingly and willfully prepares or assists in preparing an application for immigration benefits pursuant to this Act, or the regulations promulgated thereunder, whether or not for a fee or other remuneration and regardless of whether in any matter within the jurisdiction of the Service, shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and prohibited from preparing or assisting in preparing any other such application.". SEC. 214. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR KNOWINGLY PRESENTING DOCU- MENT WHICH FAILS TO CONTAIN REASONABLE BASIS IN LAW OR FACT, The fourth paragraph of section 1546(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking "containing any such false statement" and inserting "which contains any such false statement or which fails to contain any reasonable basis in law or fact". SEC. 215. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FALSE CLAIM TO CITIZENSHIP. Section 1015 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the dash at the end of paragraph (d) and inserting "; or", and (2) by inserting after paragraph (d) the following: "(e) Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or claim that he is, or at any time has been, a citizen or national of the United States, with the intent to obtain on behalf of himself, or any other person, any Federal or State benefit or service, or to engage unlawfully in emplojmtient in the United States; or "(f) Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or claim that he is a citizen of the United States in order to register to vote or to vote in any Federal, State, or local election (including an initiative, recall, or referendum)—". SEC. 216. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR VOTING BY ALIENS IN FEDERAL ELECTION. (a) IN GENERAL. —Title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 610 the following: "§ 611. Voting by aliens "(a) It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, unless— "(1) the election is held partly for some other purpose; "(2) aliens are authorized to vote for such other purpose under a State constitution or statute or a local ordinance; and "(3) voting for such other purpose is conducted independently of voting for a candidate for such Federal offices, in such a manner that an alien has the opportunity to vote for
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