PUBLIC LAW 108–21—APR. 30, 2003
117 STAT. 689
SEC. 607. SAFE ID ACT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Authentication Feature and Enhanced Identification Defense Act of 2003’’ or ‘‘SAFE ID Act’’. (b) FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS.— (1) OFFENSES.—Section 1028(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, authentication feature,’’ after ‘‘an identification document’’; (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by inserting ‘‘, authentication feature,’’ after ‘‘an identification document’’; and (ii) by inserting ‘‘or feature’’ after ‘‘such document’’; (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, authentication features,’’ after ‘‘possessor)’’; (D) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting ‘‘, authentication feature,’’ after ‘‘possessor)’’; and (ii) by inserting ‘‘or feature’’ after ‘‘such document’’; (E) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘or authentication feature’’ after ‘‘implement’’ each place that term appears; (F) in paragraph (6)— (i) by inserting ‘‘or authentication feature’’ before ‘‘that is or appears’’; (ii) by inserting ‘‘or authentication feature’’ before ‘‘of the United States’’; (iii) by inserting ‘‘or feature’’ after ‘‘such document’’; and (iv) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; (G) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and (H) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: ‘‘(8) knowingly traffics in false authentication features for use in false identification documents, document-making implements, or means of identification;’’. (2) PENALTIES.—Section 1028(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by inserting ‘‘, authentication feature,’’ before ‘‘or false’’; and (II) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or authentication feature’’ after ‘‘document’’; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, authentication features,’’ before ‘‘or false’’; and (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, authentication feature,’’ before ‘‘or a false’’. (3) CIRCUMSTANCES.—Section 1028(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, authentication feature,’’ before ‘‘or false’’ each place that term appears. (4) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1028(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (7), (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; (B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:
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