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18 U.S.C. § 474A — Deterrents to counterfeiting of obligations and securities
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**(a)** Whoever has in his control or possession, after a distinctive paper has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States, any similar paper adapted to the making of any such obligation or other security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, is guilty of a class B felony.
**(b)** Whoever has in his control or possession, after a distinctive counterfeit deterrent has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States by publication in the Federal Register, any essentially identical feature or device adapted to the making of any such obligation or security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, is guilty of a class B felony.
**(c)** As used in this section—
(1) the term “distinctive paper” includes any distinctive medium of which currency is made, whether of wood pulp, rag, plastic substrate, or other natural or artificial fibers or materials; and
(2) the term “distinctive counterfeit deterrent” includes any ink, watermark, seal, security thread, optically variable device, or other feature or device;
(A) in which the United States has an exclusive property interest; or
(B) which is not otherwise in commercial use or in the public domain and which the Secretary designates as being necessary in preventing the counterfeiting of obligations or other securities of the United States.
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**(a)** Whoever has in his control or possession, after a distinctive paper has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States, any similar paper adapted to the making of any such obligation or other security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, is guilty of a class B felony.
**(b)** Whoever has in his control or possession, after a distinctive counterfeit deterrent has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States by publication in the Federal Register, any essentially identical feature or device adapted to the making of any such obligation or security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, is guilty of a class B felony.
**(c)** As used in this section—
(1) the term “distinctive paper” includes any distinctive medium of which currency is made, whether of wood pulp, rag, plastic substrate, or other natural or artificial fibers or materials; and
(2) the term “distinctive counterfeit deterrent” includes any ink, watermark, seal, security thread, optically variable device, or other feature or device;
(A) in which the United States has an exclusive property interest; or
(B) which is not otherwise in commercial use or in the public domain and which the Secretary designates as being necessary in preventing the counterfeiting of obligations or other securities of the United States.
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**(a)** Whoever, having control, custody, or possession of any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, from which has been printed, or which may be prepared by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of printing, any obligation or other security of the United States, uses such plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, or knowingly suffers the same to be used for the purpose of printing any such or similar obligation or other security, or any part thereof, except as may be printed for the use of the United States by order of the proper officer thereof; orWhoever makes or executes any plate, stone, or other thing in the likeness of any plate designated for the printing of such obligation or other security; or 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 obligation or other security of the United States; or Whoever sells any such plate, stone, or other thing, or brings into the United States any such plate, stone, or other thing, except under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, or with any other intent, in either case, than that such plate, stone, or other thing be used for the printing of the obligations or other securities of the United States; or Whoever has in his control, custody, or possession any plate, stone, or other thing in any manner made after or in the similitude of any plate, stone, or other thing, from which any such obligation or other security has been printed, with intent to use such plate, stone, or other thing, or to suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any such obligation or ot
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 476
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–208, §§ 101(f) [title VI,
§ 648(a)] and 2603(a), amended subsec. (a) identically,
substituting ‘‘class B felony’’ for ‘‘class C felony’’ in
last par.
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–550, § 1552(1)–(4), des-
ignated existing provisions as subsec. (a), in sixth un-
designated par., substituted ‘‘United States—’’ for
‘‘United States; or’’ at end, struck out seventh undesig-
nated par. which read as follows: ‘‘Whoever has or re-
tains in his control or possession, after a distinctive
paper has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury for the obligations and other securities of the
United States, any similar paper adapted to the mak-
ing of any such obligation or other security, except
under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or
some other proper officer of the United States—’’, and
amended last undesignated par. generally. Prior to
amendment, last par. read as follows: ‘‘Shall be fined
not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than fif-
teen years, or both.’’
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–550, § 1552(5), added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI,
§ 648(c)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–368, pro-
vided that: ‘‘This section [enacting section 514 of this
title and amending this section and section 474A of this
title] and the amendments made by this section shall
become effective on the date of enactment of this Act
[Sept. 30, 1996] and shall remain in effect during each
fiscal year following that date of enactment.’’
§ 474A. Deterrents to counterfeiting of obliga-
tions and securities
(a) Whoever has in his control or possession,
after a distinc
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