This One - explanations please

[marathoner]

On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold in the form of bullion or coins, immigrants found that on arrival in the United States they had to surrender all of the gold they had brought with them.

A. On account of a law passed in 1993, making it a crime punishable by
imprisonment that a United States citizen hold
B. With a law passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by imprisonment that
a United States citizen hold
C. A law passed in 1933 that made it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a
United States citizen holding
D. Because of a law passed in 1933 making it a crime punishable by imprisonment
for a United States citizen to hold
E. Due to a law being passed in 1933 that makes it a crime punishable by
imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold

[gsunder23]

D for me

[pharmindo]

I'm a bit confused between D and E.

I think the main problem with the original subclause lies in "...making it a crime punishable by imprisonment that a United States citizen hold gold.."
Those two words should be changed into "... making it a crime punishable by imprisonment for a United States citizen to hold gold.."
That makes A and B out.
C is incorrect since it makes the two clauses become parallel without adding the "connecting word" that will make them parallel such as "and", "or", etc.

E sounds better to me, so I choose E.

[bungholio]

prefer D

being is usually wrong more often than it is right.

pharmindo, the pattern for using "being" is

with + NOUN + being + NOUN Complement.

check http://home.comcast.net/~dave.kim/GM...y_Strategy.htm for more info on being.