§ 474A. Deterrents to counterfeiting of obligations and securities

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. 1992

   Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–550 title XV § 1553(a) · 106 Stat. 3672

   Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 474A

   Added Pub. L. 102–550, title XV, § 1553(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4070

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 102–550, title XV, § 1553(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4070

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 474 the following new section: “§474A. Deterrents to counterfeiting of obligations and securities “(a) Whoever has in his control or possession, after a distinctive paper has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States, any similar paper adapted to the making of any such obligation or other security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, is guilty of a class C felony. “(b) Whoever has in his control or possession, after a distinctive counterfeit deterrent has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States by publication in the Federal Register, any essentially identical feature or device adapted to the making of any such obligation or security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, is guilty of a class C felony. “(c) As used in this section— “(1) the term ‘distinctive paper’ includes any distinctive medium of which currency is made, whether of wood pulp, rag, plastic substrate, or other natural or artificial fibers or materials: and “(2) the term ‘distinctive counterfeit deterrent’ includes any ink, watermark, seal, security thread, optically variable device, or other feature or device; “(A) in which the United States has an exclusive property interest; or “(B) which is not otherwise in commercial use or in the public domain and which the Secretary designates as being necessary in preventing the counterfeiting of obligations or other securities of the United States.”.

2. 1996

   Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–208 div. A title I § 101(f)(tVI)(s648)(a) · 110 Stat. 3009

   1. Amended · 18 U.S.C. § 474A(a); 18 U.S.C. § 474A(b)

      Pub. L. 104–208, §§ 101(f) [title VI, § 648(a)] and 2603(a), amended section identically

   2. Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 474A(a); 18 U.S.C. § 474A(b)

      Pub. L. 104–208, §§ 101(f) [title VI, § 648(a)] and 2603(a), substituting “class B felony” for “class C felony”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 104–208, §§ 101(f) [title VI, § 648(a)] and 2603(a), amended section identically, substituting “class B felony” for “class C felony”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 101. (a) For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 104–208 effective Sept. 30, 1996, and to remain in effect for each fiscal year following Sept. 30, 1996, see section 101(f) [title VI, § 648(c)] of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as a note under section 474 of this title.

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