To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for other purposes.

Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term for up to six months for knowingly: (1) transferring for money or property a ticket to a presidential inaugural ceremony; (2) falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, or altering such a ticket, with intent to defraud; or (3) entering or attempting to enter a presidential inaugural ceremony with a forget ticket, with intent to defraud.

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110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7332

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
 counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 10, 2008

Mr. Capuano (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Gallegly, and Ms. 
   Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for 
 counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SELLING OR COUNTERFEITING PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION TICKETS.

    Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
``Sec. 515. Selling or counterfeiting Presidential inauguration tickets
    ``(a) Whoever knowingly--
            ``(1) except as provided in subsection (b) transfers for 
        money or property a ticket to a Presidential inaugural 
        ceremony;
            ``(2) with intent to defraud, falsely makes, forges, 
        counterfeits, or alters a ticket to a Presidential inaugural 
        ceremony; or
            ``(3) with intent to defraud, enters or attempts to enter a 
        Presidential inaugural ceremony with a ticket, knowing that 
        ticket to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited or 
        altered;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 6 months, 
or both.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a transfer that occurs after 
the date on which the Presidential inaugural ceremony for which the 
ticket was issued takes place.
    ``(c) In this section, the term `Presidential inaugural ceremony' 
means a public inaugural ceremony at which the President elect or the 
Vice President elect take the oath or affirmation of office for the 
office of President of the United States or the office of Vice 
President of the United States, respectively.''.

SEC. 2. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.

    The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 25 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item:

``515. Selling or counterfeiting Presidential inauguration tickets.''.
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