§ 470. Counterfeit acts committed outside the United States

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title XII § 120003(a) · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 470

   Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XII, § 120003(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2021

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XII, § 120003(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2021

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding before section 471 the following new section: “§470. Counterfeit acts committed outside the United States “A person who, outside the United States, engages in the act of— “(1) making, dealing, or possessing any counterfeit obligation or other security of the United States; or “(2) making, dealing, or possessing any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, used to counterfeit such obligation or security, if such act would constitute a violation of section 471, 473, or 474 if committed within the United States, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.”.

2. 2001

   International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001

   Pub. L. 107–56 § 374(a)(2) · 115 Stat. 272

   Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 470

   Pub. L. 107–56, § 374(a)(2), in concluding provisions, substituted “shall be punished as is provided for the like offense within the United States” for “shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 107–56, § 374(a)(2), in concluding provisions, substituted “shall be punished as is provided for the like offense within the United States” for “shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by striking “shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both” and inserting “shall be punished as is provided for the like offense within the United States”.

3. 2001

   International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001

   Pub. L. 107–56 § 374(a)(1) · 115 Stat. 272

   Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 470(2)

   Pub. L. 107–56, § 374(a)(1), inserted “analog, digital, or electronic image,” after “plate, stone,”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (2). Pub. L. 107–56, § 374(a)(1), inserted “analog, digital, or electronic image,” after “plate, stone,”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting “analog, digital, or electronic image,” after “plate, stone,”; and

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