§ 472. Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities

Statutory text

Whoever, with intent to defraud, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or with like intent brings into the United States or keeps in possession or conceals any falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

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.

1948
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 472
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 705
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 705
1994
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(K) · 108 Stat. 1796
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 472
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(K) in sections 35, 81, 112, 152, 153, 155, 212, 213, 214, 285, 334, 351, 435, 436, 438, 471, 472, 473, 476, 477, 478, 481, 485, 487, 488, 497, 498, 505, 506, 508, 509, 541, 542, 543, 544, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 592, 593, 602, 603, 606, 607, 642, 655, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 751, 799, 844, 872, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 914, 915, 924, 953, 954, 956, 1004, 1010, 1011, 1015, 1017, 1025, 1028, 1071, 1073, 1074, 1163, 1169, 1231, 1265, 1363, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1465, 1503, 1505, 1506, 1507, 1510, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1588, 1658, 1659, 1717, 1732, 1735, 1737, 1751, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1915, 1991, 2072, 2073, 2113, 2217, 2152, 2197, 2231, 2244, 2314, 2316, 2317, 2344, and 2701 by striking “not more than $5,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;
2001
International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
Pub. L. 107–56 title III § 374(c) · 115 Stat. 272
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 472
Pub. L. 107–56 substituted “20 years” for “fifteen years”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 107–56 substituted “20 years” for “fifteen years”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Uttering Counterfeit Obligations or Securities.— Section 472 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “fifteen years” and inserting “20 years”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 265 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 151, 35 Stat. 1116).

Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.

Changes in phraseology were made.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1994–2001 · 2 rounds

2001

Pub. L. 107–56 substituted “20 years” for “fifteen years”.

1994

Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.

Credits

1948–2001 · 3 acts

1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 705
1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147
2001Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 374(c), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 340.

Show as published

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 705; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 374(c), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 340.)