Sec. 375. COUNTERFEITING FOREIGN CURRENCY AND OBLIGATIONS

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## 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 Securities Section 479 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “three years” and inserting “20 years”. ###

(c)Possessing Counterfeit Foreign Obligations or Securities 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 Securities ####

(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”. ###

(e)Foreign Bank Notes Section 482 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “two years” and inserting “20 years”. ###

(f)Uttering Counterfeit Foreign Bank Notes Section 483 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “one year” and inserting “20 years”.