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False Travel Documents Prohibition Act of 2011

Introduced: July 14, 2011 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 20, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
Jul 6, 2011
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 6, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

False Travel Documents Prohibition Act of 2011 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the production, transfer, possession, and use of false travel documents.

Directs the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security [sic] to provide recurring training to transportation security officers on methods to identify false travel documents and false identification documents.

What's happening now August 25, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3
D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 15, 2011
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 14, 2011
Richardson, Laura
· Jul 14, 2011
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jul 6, 2011
Higgins, Brian
· Jul 6, 2011
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Jul 6, 2011
Speier, Jackie
· Jul 6, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2431: False Travel Documents Prohibition Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2431/
MLA
"H.R. 2431: False Travel Documents Prohibition Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2431/.
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H.R. 2431, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2431/.
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