Fight Notario Fraud Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10452 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10452 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain types of fraud in the provision of immigration services, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2024 Ms. Escobar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain types of fraud in the provision of immigration services, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fight Notario Fraud Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FRAUD PROHIBITED. (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 1041. Schemes to defraud persons in any matter arising under immigration laws ``(a) Fraud.--Any person who knowingly executes a scheme or artifice, in connection with any matter authorized by or arising under the immigration laws, or any matter that such person claims or represents is authorized by or arises under the immigration laws to-- ``(1) defraud any other person; or ``(2) obtain or receive money or anything else of value from any other person by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. ``(b) Misrepresentation.--Any person who knowingly makes a false representation that such person is an attorney or an accredited representative (as such term is defined under section 1292.1(a)(4) of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)) in any matter arising under the im