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114 STAT. 2738 PUBLIC LAW 106-547—DEC. 19, 2000 Public Law 106-547 106th Congress An Act Dec. 19, 2000 [H.R. 4827] To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges by those seeking to commit a crime, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Enhanced the United States of America in Congress assembled. Federal Security Act of 2000. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000". SEC. 2. ENTRY BY FALSE PRETENSES TO ANY REAL PROPERTY, VESSEL, OR AIRCRAFT OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SECURE AREA OF AIRPORT. (a) IN GENERAL. — Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "§ 1036. Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport "(a) Whoever, by any fraud or false pretense, enters or attempts to enter— "(1) any real property belonging in whole or in part to, or leased by, the United States; "(2) any vessel or aircraft belonging in whole or in part to, or leased by, the United States; or "(3) any secure area of any airport, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section. "(b) The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) of this section is— "(1) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both, if the offense is committed with the intent to commit a felony; or "(2) a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both, in any other case. "(c) As used in this section— "(1) the term 'secure area' means an area access to which is restricted by the airport authority or a public agency; and "(2) the term 'airport' has the meaning given such term in section 47102 of title 49.".