Amend CSHB 2730 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. IMPERSONATING UNITED STATES CITIZEN
	SECTION ____.____.  Chapter 37, Penal Code, is amended by 
adding Section 37.115 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.115.  IMPERSONATING UNITED STATES CITIZEN.  (a)  A 
person commits an offense if the person is a citizen of a country 
other than the United States and the person:
		(1)  exercises a right that, under state or federal 
law, may be exercised only by a citizen of the United States;
		(2)  makes an entry in a governmental record that state 
or federal law authorizes to be made only by a citizen of the United 
States; or
		(3)  obtains a benefit reserved under state or federal 
law for a citizen of the United States only.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third 
degree.