Asbestos Attorneys: Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005

Your Asbestos Attorneys provides you with House Resolution 1390: Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005. If you have been injured by Asbestos, this document may help you understand your Asbestos lawsuit. To find out if you have a claim, use our FREE Asbestos Case Evaluator.

TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. FALSE INFORMATION.

(a) In General- Chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

Sec. 1348. Fraud and false statements in connection with participation in Asbestos Injury Claims Resolution Fund

(a) Fraud Relating to Asbestos Injury Claims Resolution Fund- Whoever knowingly and willfully executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice to defraud the Office of Asbestos Disease Compensation or the Asbestos Insurers Commission under title II of the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

(b) False Statement Relating to Asbestos Injury Claims Resolution Fund- Whoever, in any matter involving the Office of Asbestos Disease Compensation or the Asbestos Insurers Commission, knowingly and willfully--

(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;

(2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations; or

(3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, in connection with the award of a claim or the determination of a participant's payment obligation under title I or II of the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005 shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.'.

(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment- The table of sections for chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`1348. Fraud and false statements in connection with participation in Asbestos Injury Claims Resolution Fund.'.