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HR 1374 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Fraud offenses and financial crimes Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Mar 16, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 16, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the federal criminal code to provide for a fine, up to six months' imprisonment, or both, for: (1) knowingly transferring for money or property a ticket to a presidential inaugural ceremony (a public inaugural ceremony at which the President elect or Vice President elect take the oath or affirmation of office), except for a transfer that occurs after the date on which the ceremony for which the ticket was issued takes place; (2) knowingly, falsely, and with intent to defraud, making, forging, counterfeiting, or altering a ticket to such ceremony; or (3) with intent to defraud, entering or attempting to enter such a ceremony with a ticket, knowing that ticket to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered.

What's happening now March 31, 2015

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 16, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 16, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1374: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for other purposes.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1374/
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"H.R. 1374: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for other purposes.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1374/.
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H.R. 1374, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1374/.
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[H.R. 1374: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for counterfeiting or selling Presidential inauguration tickets, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1374/)
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