3.0.0 472 2019-11-15T21:56:00Z 2019-11-15T21:56:00Z Senate S S 2005-02-28 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-28T21:02:53Z Anti-phishing Act of 2005 109 1099 HR 2005-05-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2005-02-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-02-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1804) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-06-15 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2006-06-28 False Crime and Law Enforcement Commerce Electronic commerce Electronic mail systems Fines (Penalties) Fraud Identity theft Internet Science, Technology, Communications Web sites Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2005-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-02T18:23:43Z Anti-phishing Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information (phishing).

Imposes a fine or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, for a person who knowingly and with the intent to engage in an activity constituting fraud or identity theft under Federal or State law: (1) creates or procures the creation of a website or domain name that represents itself as a legitimate online business without the authority or approval of the registered owner of such business; and (2) uses that website or domain name to solicit means of identification from any person.

Imposes a fine or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, for a person who knowingly and with the intent to engage in activity constituting fraud or identity theft under Federal or State law sends an electronic mail message that: (1) falsely represents itself as being sent by a legitimate online business; (2) includes an Internet location tool referring or linking users to an online location on the World Wide Web that falsely purports to belong to or be associated with a legitimate online business; and (3) solicits means of identification from the recipient.

]]> Anti-phishing Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Anti-phishing Act of 2005 Display Title Anti-phishing Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s472is/xml/BILLS-109s472is.xml 2005-02-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.