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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 9, 2011
Amends the federal criminal code to subject an individual who knowingly and for pecuniary gain, while representing himself or herself as a principal, officer, or director of an educational institution, files a petition for certification or recertification with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program for attendance at such institution of certain nonimmigrant students under false pretenses, to a fine, up to 15 years imprisonment, or both. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements to reflect such penalties.
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Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D–NY
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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