S 2042
98th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Airlines
Aviation
Burglary
Crime prevention
Larceny
Receiving stolen goods
Robbery
Stolen property
A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to prohibit the robbery and burglary of airline tickets, and to prohibit the transportation or use in interstate or foreign commerce of counterfeit, fictitious, altered, lost or stolen airline tickets.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 7, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Nov 2, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 2, 1983
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal offense to take from another by force, violence, or intimidation certain airline tickets. Prohibits the burglary of airline tickets from an airline ticket facility. Limits such offense to instances where the value of such tickets is not less than $5,000 or the number of tickets stolen is not less than 100. Provides for a fine of up to $5,000 and imprisonment for up to ten years for theft, and up to five years for burglary.
Includes airline tickets within the prohibitions against transporting and selling stolen property.
What's happening now
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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