Shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Sec. 1544. Misuse of Passport.

Whoever willfully and knowingly uses, or attempts to use, any passport issued or designed for the use of another; or

Whoever willfully and knowingly uses, or attempts to use, any passport in violation of the conditions or restrictions therein contained or of the rules prescribed pursuant to the laws regulating the issuance of passports; or

Whoever willfully and knowingly furnishes, disposes of, or delivers a passport to any person, for use by another than the person for whose use it was originally issued and designed

Shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Sec. 1545. Safe Conduct Violation.

Whoever violates any safe conduct or passport duly obtained and issued under authority of the United States shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Sec. 1546. Fraud and Misuse of Visas, Permits, and Other Documents.1

(a) 2 Whoever knowingly forges, counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes any immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States,3 or utters, uses, attempts to use, possesses, obtains, accepts, or receives any such visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States, knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely made, or to have been procured by means of any false claim or statement, or to have been otherwise procured by fraud or unlawfully obtained; or

3

Whoever, except under direction of the Attorney General or the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or other proper officer, knowingly possesses any blank permit, or engraves, sells, brings into the United States, or has in his control or possession any plate in the likeness of a plate designed for the printing of permits, or makes any print, photograph, or impression in the likeness of any immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit or other document required for entry into the United States, or has in

I Public Law 99-603, as amended by Public Law 100-525, substituted "other documents" in lieu of "other entry documents" in section catchline.

The Act of June 27, 1952, made this section applicable to entry documents other than visas and permits.

2 Public Law 99-603, as amended by Public Law 100-525, designated existing text as subsec. (a), and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

3 Public Law 99-603, as amended by Public Law 100-525, substituted "permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States" in lieu of "or other document required for entry into the United States" and in lieu of "or document" in first paragraph.

his possession a distinctive paper which has been adopted by the Attorney General or the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the printing of such visas, permits, or documents; or

Whoever, when applying for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit, or other document required for entry into the United States, or for admission to the United States personates another, or falsely appears in the name of a deceased individual, or evades or attempts to evade the immigration laws by appearing under an assumed or fictitious name without disclosing his true identity, or sells or otherwise disposes of, or offers to sell or otherwise dispose of, or utters, such visa, permit, or other document, to any person not authorized by law to receive such document; or

Whoever knowingly makes under oath, or as permitted under penalty of perjury under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, knowingly subscribes as true, any false statement with respect to a material fact in any application, affidavit, or other document required by the immigration laws or regulations prescribed thereunder, or knowingly presents any such application, affidavit, or other document containing any such false statement

Shall be fined under this title 5 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(b) 2 Whoever uses—

(1) an identification document, knowing (or having reason to know) that the document was not issued lawfully for the use of the possessor,

(2) an identification document knowing (or having reason to know) that the document is false, or

(3) a false attestation,

for the purpose of satisfying a requirement of section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, shall be fined in accordance with this title, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

(c) 2 This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States, or any activity authorized under title V of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970.6

* Public Law 94-550 inserted “, or as permitted under penalty of perjury under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, knowingly subscribes as true," after "Whoever knowingly makes under oath".

5 Sec. 3550 of Public Law 101-647 (104 Stat. 4926) struck out "Shall be fined not more than in accordance with this title", and inserted in lieu thereof "Shall be fined under this title". Previously, Public Law 99-603, as amended by Public Law 100-525, substituted "in accordance with this title" in lieu of "not more than $2,000".

6 Public Law 91-452 (84 Stat. 933), was repealed by sec. 1209(b) of Public Law 98-473.

(2) Statute of Limitations

Partial text of Act of June 30, 1951 [H.R. 2396], 65 Stat. 107, 18 U.S.C. 3291

AN ACT To amend chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 213 of title 18 of the United States Code be amended by adding a new section to be known as section 3291, as follows:

"§ 3291. Nationality, citizenship and passports.

"No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of sections 1423 to 1428, inclusive, of chapter 69 and sections 1541 to 1544, inclusive, of chapter 75 of title 18 of the United States Code, or for conspiracy to violate any of the aforementioned sections, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years after the commission of the offense."

5. Foreign Service Buildings

a. The Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, as amended

Public Law 69–186 [H.R. 10200], 44 Stat. 403, approved May 7, 1926, as amended by Public Law 70-586 [H.R. 10166], 45 Stat. 971, approved May 29, 1928; Public Law 79-33 [H.R. 685], 59 Stat. 53, approved April 19, 1945; Public Law 82-399 (H.R. 6661], 66 Stat. 140, approved June 19, 1952; Public Law 86-723 [S. 2633], 74 Stat. 847, approved September 8, 1960; Public Law 88-94 [H.R. 5207], 77 Stat. 121, approved August 12, 1963; Public Law 88-414 [H.R. 11754], 78 Stat. 387, approved August 10, 1964; Public Law 89-22 [H.R. 7064], 79 Stat. 112, approved May 29, 1965; Public Law 89-636 [H.R. 14019], 80 Stat. 881, approved October 10, 1966; Public Law 90-442 [H.R. 18065], 82 Stat. 461, approved July 30, 1968; Public Law 91-586 [Foreign Service Buildings Appropriations, H.R. 18012], 84 Stat. 1578, approved December 24, 1970; Public Law 93-47 [Foreign Service Buildings Appropriations, H.R. 5610], 87 Stat. 98, approved June 22, 1973; Public Law 93-263 [H.R. 12463], 88 Stat. 83, approved April 12, 1974; Public Law 94-141 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976; S. 1517], 89 Stat. 756, approved November 29, 1975; Public Law 94-350 [foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977; S. 3168], 90 Stat. 823, approved July 12, 1976; Public Law 95-45 [Department of State Appropriations Authorization, Fiscal Year 1977; H.R. 5040], 91 Stat. 221, approved June 15, 1977; Public Law 95–105 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978; H.R. 6689], 91 Stat. 844 at 845, approved August 17, 1977; by Public Law 98-164 [Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985; H.R. 2915], 97 Stat. 1017, approved November 22, 1983; Public Law 99-399 [Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, H.R. 2151], 100 Stat. 863, approved August 27, 1986; Public Law 101-246 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991; H.R. 3792], 104 Stat. 15, approved February 16, 1990; and by Public Law 102-138 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993; H.R. 1415], 105 Stat. 647, approved October 28, 1991

AN ACT For the acquisition of buildings and grounds in foreign countries for the use of the Government of the United States of America.1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 2 (a) 3 the Secretary of State is empowered to acquire by purchase or construction in the manner hereinafter provided, within the limits of appropriations made to carry out this Act, or by exchange, in whole or in part, of any building or grounds of the United States in foreign countries and under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of State, sites and buildings in foreign capitals and in other foreign cities, and to alter, repair, and furnish such buildings for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States, or for the purpose of consolidating within one or more buildings, the embassies, legation, consulates, and other agen

All references in this Act to the Foreign Service Buildings Commission were deleted by sec. 2 of Public Law 88-94 (77 Stat. 121).

2 22 U.S.C. 292. Sec. 1 was amended and restated by Public Law 70-586 (45 Stat. 971), and further amended by Public Law 88-94 (77 Stat. 122) and Public Law 89-636 (80 Stat. 881). 3 Sec. 2 of Public Law 89-636 (80 Stat. 881), inserted "(a)" and added subsec. (b).

+ The words "to carry out" were substituted in lieu of "pursuant to" and "under authority of", respectively, by sec. 106(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978 (91 Stat. 845).

cies of the United States Government there maintained.5 The space in such buildings shall be allotted by the Secretary of State 6 among the several agencies of the United States Government.

(b) 3 Payments made for rent or otherwise by the United States from funds other than appropriations made to carry out this Act may be credited toward the acquisition of property under this Act without regard to limitations of amounts imposed by this Act. SEC. 2.7*** [Repealed-1963]

SEC. 3.8 Buildings and grounds acquired under this Act or heretofore acquired or authorized for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments in foreign countries may be used, in the case of buildings and grounds for the diplomatic establishment, as Government offices or residences or as such offices and residences; or, in the case of other buildings and grounds, as such offices or such offices and residences. The contracts for purchases of buildings, for leases, and for 10 all work of construction, alteration, and repair under this Act are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the contracts to be prescribed, and the work to be performed, where necessary without regard to such statutory provisions as relate to the negotiation, making, and performance of contracts and performance of work in the United States and without regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (31 U.S.C. 529).11

SEC. 4.12 (a) For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act there is hereby authorized to be appropriated an amount not exceeding $10,000,000, and the appropriations made pursuant to this authorization shall constitute a fund to be known as the Foreign Service Buildings Fund, to remain available until expended. Under this authorization not more than $2,000,000 shall be appropriated for any one year, but within the total authorization provided in this Act the Secretary of State 13 may enter into contracts for the acquisition of the buildings and grounds authorized by this Act. In the case of the buildings and grounds authorized by this Act, after the initial alterations, repairs, and furnishings have been completed, subsequent expenditures for such purposes may be made out of the appropriations authorized by this Act in amounts authorized by the Congress each year. 14

5 Sec. 105 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (92 Stat. 965), directed the Secretary of State to implement projects for the application of solar energy or other forms of renewable energy in buildings acquired under this section. For text, see page 248.

6 Sec. 2(b)(4) of Public Law 89-94 (77 Stat. 121), added “The space in such buildings shall be allotted by the Secretary of State".

7 Sec. 2(c) of Public Law 88-94 (77 Stat. 122), approved August 12, 1963, repealed sec. 2 of the 1926 Act, establishing the Foreign Service Buildings Commission; sec. 2(g) of the 1963 Act repealed all references to the Commission in all of the laws of the United States; and sec. 2(f) of the 1963 Act repealed sec. 1(e) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of May 9, 1939 (53 Stat. 1432, 66 Stat. 140).

8 22 U.S.C. 294.

9 Sec. 2(c)(1) of Public Law 88-94 (70 Stat. 122) deleted the phrases "subject to the direction of the Commission" and "in the judgment of the Commission".

10 Sec. 115(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 105 Stat. 656), inserted "purchases of buildings, for leases, and for". 11 Sec. 2(c)(2) of Public Law 88-94 (70 Stat. 122), added "and without regard to

529)".

12 22 U.S.C. 295.

⚫ (31 U.S.C.

13 Sec. 2(d) of Public Law 88-94 (70 Stat. 122), struck out the phrase "subject to the direction of the commission".

14 Sec. 2 of Public Law 82-399 (66 Stat. 140), added the phrase "in amounts authorized by Congress each fiscal year".