Criminal penalties for naturalization fraud and false statements

(a) Naturalization fraud Section 1425 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the undesignated matter following subsection (b); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Penalties A person who violates subsection (a) or (b) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned— (1) not more than 25 years, if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism, as defined in section 2331; (2) not more than 20 years, if the offense was committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime, as defined in section 929(a), or transnational criminal activity; (3) not more than 10 years, in the case of the first or second such offense, if the offense was not committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism, a drug trafficking crime, or transnational criminal activity; or (4) not more than 15 years, in the case of any other offense, or both. (d) Forfeiture Any document, thing of value, or proceeds obtained as a result of an offense under this section shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States. (e) Immigration consequences A conviction under this section shall be deemed to involve moral turpitude, fraud, and obstruction of the naturalization process for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.. (b) False statements relating to naturalization, citizenship, or registry Section 1015 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the undesignated matter following subsection (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: (g) Penalty Except as provided in subsection (h), a person who violates this section shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. (h) Enhanced penalty If an offense under this section involves terrorism, espionage, sabotage, a transnational criminal organization, cartel activity, gang activity, a sex offense, child exploitation, human trafficking, unlawful voting, false identity, prior removal, or knowingly acting as an agent, representative, or instrumentality of a foreign power, or knowingly acting under the direction or control of a foreign power, in a manner materially inconsistent with allegiance to the United States, the defendant shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.. (c) Document fraud Section 274C(e)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324c(e)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking not less than $250 and not more than $2,000 and inserting not less than $2,500 and not more than $10,000; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking not less than $2,000 and not more than $5,000 and inserting not less than $10,000 and not more than $25,000. (d) Definition In this section, the term transnational criminal activity means criminal activity carried out by, at the direction of, or in material coordination with a transnational criminal organization, cartel, or criminal gang that is based primarily outside the United States. (e) Rule of construction Nothing in this section, or the amendments made by this section, may be construed to limit the authority of the United States to pursue denaturalization, removal, forfeiture, civil penalties, criminal penalties, or any other remedy available under law.