HR 4282
105th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Counterfeiting
Emblems
Equipment and supplies
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Law enforcement officers
Police
Police Badge Fraud Prevention Act of 1998
Introduced: July 21, 1998
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 21, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2276-2277)
Jul 31, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jul 21, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 21, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Police Badge Fraud Prevention Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly: (1) transferring, transporting, or receiving in interstate or foreign commerce, a counterfeit police badge; (2) transferring, in interstate or foreign commerce, a genuine police badge to an individual not authorized to possess it under the law of the place in which the badge is the official badge of the police; (3) receiving a genuine police badge in such a prohibited transfer; or (4) transporting a genuine police badge in interstate or foreign commerce being a person unauthorized to possess it.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2276-2277)
Committees of jurisdiction
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