(a) Offenses.—(1) In general.—Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection (c), knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years.
(2) Terrorism offense.—Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in section 2332b(g)(5)(B), knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person or a false identification document shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 5 years.
(b) Consecutive Sentence.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law—(1) a court shall not place on probation any person convicted of a violation of this section;
(2) except as provided in paragraph (4), no term of imprisonment imposed on a person under this section shall run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment imposed on the person under any other provision of law, including any term of imprisonment imposed for the felony during which the means of identification was transferred, possessed, or used;
(3) in determining any term of imprisonment to be imposed for the felony during which the means of identification was transferred, possessed, or used, a court shall not in any way reduce the term to be imposed for such crime so as to compensate for, or otherwise take into account, any separate term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a violation of this section; and
(4) a term of imprisonment imposed on a person for a violation of this section may, in the discretion of the court, run concurrently, in whole or in part, only with another term of imprisonment that is imposed by the court at the same time on that person for an additional violation of this section, provided that such discretion shall be exercised in accordance with any applicable guidelines and policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to section 994 of title 28.
(c) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “felony violation enumerated in subsection (c)” means any offense that is a felony violation of—(1) section 641 (relating to theft of public money, property, or rewards 11 So in original. Probably should be “records”.), section 656 (relating to theft, embezzlement, or misapplication by bank officer or employee), or section 664 (relating to theft from employee benefit plans);
(2) section 911 (relating to false personation of citizenship);
(3) section 922(a)(6) (relating to false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm);
(4) any provision contained in this chapter (relating to fraud and false statements), other than this section or section 1028(a)(7);
(5) any provision contained in chapter 63 (relating to mail, bank, and wire fraud);
(6) any provision contained in chapter 69 (relating to nationality and citizenship);
(7) any provision contained in chapter 75 (relating to passports and visas);
(8) section 523 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6823) (relating to obtaining customer information by false pretenses);
(9) section 243 or 266 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253 and 1306) (relating to willfully failing to leave the United States after deportation and creating a counterfeit alien registration card);
(10) any provision contained in chapter 8 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1321 et seq.) (relating to various immigration offenses); or
(11) section 208, 811, 1107(b), 1128B(a), or 1632 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408, 1011, 1307(b), 1320a–7b(a), and 1383a) (relating to false statements relating to programs under the Act).
Structure US Code
Title 18— CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 47— FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS
§ 1001. Statements or entries generally
§ 1002. Possession of false papers to defraud United States
§ 1003. Demands against the United States
§ 1004. Certification of checks
§ 1005. Bank entries, reports and transactions
§ 1006. Federal credit institution entries, reports and transactions
§ 1007. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation transactions
[§§ 1008, 1009. Repealed. , §§ 961(g)(1), 962(a)(3), , , 502]
§ 1010. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration transactions
§ 1011. Federal land bank mortgage transactions
§ 1012. Department of Housing and Urban Development transactions
§ 1013. Farm loan bonds and credit bank debentures
§ 1014. Loan and credit applications generally; renewals and discounts; crop insurance
§ 1015. Naturalization, citizenship or alien registry
§ 1016. Acknowledgment of appearance or oath
§ 1017. Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed
§ 1018. Official certificates or writings
§ 1019. Certificates by consular officers
§ 1022. Delivery of certificate, voucher, receipt for military or naval property
§ 1023. Insufficient delivery of money or property for military or naval service
§ 1024. Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veteran’s facilities property
§ 1025. False pretenses on high seas and other waters
§ 1026. Compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of farm indebtedness
§ 1028A. Aggravated identity theft
§ 1029. Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices
§ 1030. Fraud and related activity in connection with computers
§ 1031. Major fraud against the United States
§ 1032. Concealment of assets from conservator, receiver, or liquidating agent
§ 1034. Civil penalties and injunctions for violations of section 1033
§ 1035. False statements relating to health care matters
§ 1037. Fraud and related activity in connection with electronic mail
§ 1038. False information and hoaxes
§ 1040. Fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits