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(f) TAKING IMPRESSIONS OF TOOLS USED FOR OBLIGATIONS OR
SECURITIES.—Section 476 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘analog, digital, or electronic image,’’ after
‘‘impression, stamp,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years’’.
(g) POSSESSING OR SELLING IMPRESSIONS OF TOOLS USED FOR
OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES.—Section 477 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) in the first paragraph, by inserting ‘‘analog, digital,
or electronic image,’’ after ‘‘imprint, stamp,’’;
(2) in the second paragraph, by inserting ‘‘analog, digital,
or electronic image,’’ after ‘‘imprint, stamp,’’; and
(3) in the third paragraph, by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and
inserting ‘‘25 years’’.
(h) CONNECTING PARTS OF DIFFERENT NOTES.—Section 484 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’
and inserting ‘‘10 years’’.
(i) BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS OF CERTAIN LENDING AGENCIES.—
The first and second paragraphs of section 493 of title 18, United
States Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting
‘‘10 years’’.
SEC. 375. COUNTERFEITING FOREIGN CURRENCY AND OBLIGATIONS.
(a) FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURITIES.—Section 478 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and
inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(b) UTTERING COUNTERFEIT FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURI-
TIES.—Section 479 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘three years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(c) POSSESSING COUNTERFEIT FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURI-
TIES.—Section 480 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’.
(d) PLATES, STONES, OR ANALOG, DIGITAL, OR ELECTRONIC
IMAGES FOR COUNTERFEITING FOREIGN OBLIGATIONS OR SECURI-
TIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 481 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after the second paragraph the
following new paragraph:
‘‘Whoever, with intent to defraud, makes, executes, acquires,
scans, captures, records, receives, transmits, reproduces, sells, or
has in such person’s control, custody, or possession, an analog,
digital, or electronic image of any bond, certificate, obligation, or
other security of any foreign government, or of any treasury note,
bill, or promise to pay, lawfully issued by such foreign government
and intended to circulate as money; or’’.
(2) INCREASED SENTENCE.—The last paragraph of section
481 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years’’.
(3) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The
heading for section 481 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘or stones’’ and inserting ‘‘, stones, or
analog, digital, or electronic images’’.
(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for
chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in
the item relating to section 481 by striking ‘‘or stones’’ and
inserting ‘‘, stones, or analog, digital, or electronic images’’.