18 U.S.C. § 1542 : US Code - Section 1542: False statement in application and use of passport

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1542 : US Code - Section 1542: False statement in application and use of passport

Whoever willfully and knowingly makes any false statement in an
application for passport with intent to induce or secure the
issuance of a passport under the authority of the United States,
either for his own use or the use of another, contrary to the laws
regulating the issuance of passports or the rules prescribed
pursuant to such laws; or
Whoever willfully and knowingly uses or attempts to use, or
furnishes to another for use any passport the issue of which was
secured in any way by reason of any false statement -
Shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 25
years (if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of
international terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of this
title)), 20 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate a
drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this
title)), 10 years (in the case of the first or second such offense,
if the offense was not committed to facilitate such an act of
international terrorism or a drug trafficking crime), or 15 years
(in the case of any other offense), or both.