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 98 STAT. 2184

U.S. Secret Service, investigations.

PUBLIC LAW 98-473—OCT. 12, 1984

"(3) a fine of not more than the greater of $100,000 or twice the value obtained by the offense or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both, in the case of an offense under subsection (a) of this section which occurs after a conviction for another offense under such subsection, or an attempt to commit an offense punishable under this paragraph. "(d) The United States Secret Service shall, in addition to any other agency having such authority, have the authority to investigate offenses under this section. Such authority of the United States Secret Service shall be exercised in accordance with an agreement which shall be entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General. "(e) As used in this section— "(1) the term 'access device' means any card, plate, code, account number, or other means of account access that can be used, alone or in conjunction with another access device, to obtain money, goods, services, or any other thing of value, or that can be used to initiate a transfer of funds (other than a transfer originated solely by paper instrument); "(2) the term 'counterfeit access device' means any access device that is counterfeit, fictitious, altered, or forged, or an identifiable component of an access device or a counterfeit access device; "(3) the term 'unauthorized access device' means any access device that is lost, stolen, expired, revoked, canceled, or obtained with intent to defraud; "(4) the term 'produce' includes design, alter, authenticate, duplicate, or assemble; "(5) the term 'traffic' means transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to another, or obtain control of with intent to transfer or dispose of; and "(6) the term 'device-making equipment' means any equipment, mechanism, or impression designed or primarily used for making an access device or a counterfeit access device. "(f) This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States, or any activity authorized under title V of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970) 18 U.S.C. note prec. 3481).". (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "1029. Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices.".

Report. 18 USC 1029 note.

SEC. 1603. The Attorney General shall report to the Congress annually, during the first three years following the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, concerning prosecutions under the section of title 18 of the United States Code added by this chapter. CHAPTER XVII—SALARIES OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS SEC. 1701. (a) Section 548 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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