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HR 1552 104th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Age (Law) Counterfeiting Fines (Penalties) Forgery Fraud Government Operations and Politics Identification devices Law Postal crimes Sentences (Criminal procedure)

False Identification Act of 1995

Introduced: May 3, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 1995
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 18, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
May 3, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 3, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

False Identification Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to reduce the minimum number of documents to three (currently, five) for certain offenses involving fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents.

Sets criminal penalties for knowingly sending through the mails or producing, with the intention or knowledge that it will be deposited for mailing, any unverified identification document that bears a birth date showing the individual named in the document to be 21 years of age or older, when in fact that individual has not attained age 21.

What's happening now September 28, 1995

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9 Republican 2
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 6, 1996
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 8, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 29, 1996
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 8, 1995
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Aug 4, 1995
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 13, 1995
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 13, 1995
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 16, 1995
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 24, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 24, 1995
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 12, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1552: False Identification Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1552/
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"H.R. 1552: False Identification Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1552/.
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H.R. 1552, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1552/.
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