Sec. 3. Criminal penalty
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Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Whoever forges, counterfeits, or falsely alters any National Institute of Justice Standard certificate, validation, mark, or any other recognition of compliance with respect to any body armor shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. Whoever engages in any conduct with intent to convey false or misleading claims of compliance with respect to any body armor such that recognition of compliance may reasonably be believed to have been issued by the National Institute of Justice or its Compliance Testing program shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
In this section, the term body armor means ballistic-resistant or stab-resistant panels or plates designed to protect the torso and worn in a carrier against the body. . The table of sections for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1041. Fraud in connection with body armor. .