18 U.S.C. § 1544 : US Code - Section 1544: Misuse of passport

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1544 : US Code - Section 1544: Misuse of passport

Whoever willfully and knowingly uses, or attempts to use, any
passport issued or designed for the use of another; or
Whoever willfully and knowingly uses or attempts to use any
passport in violation of the conditions or restrictions therein
contained, or of the rules prescribed pursuant to the laws
regulating the issuance of passports; or
Whoever willfully and knowingly furnishes, disposes of, or
delivers a passport to any person, for use by another than the
person for whose use it was originally issued and designed -
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.
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