3.0.0 2213 2023-01-11T20:20:26Z 2023-01-11T20:20:26Z Senate S S 2007-10-22 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-10-22T22:31:04Z Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2007 110 836 HR 2007-03-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS Cyber-Security Enhancement Act of 2007 110 2290 HR 2007-06-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2007-10-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-10-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13194-13195) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-10-22 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2007-10-31 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-12-11 False Crime and Law Enforcement Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Bank records Computer crimes Conspiracy Counterfeiting Criminal investigation Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice Electronic government information Electronic surveillance Extortion Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal law enforcement officers Finance and Financial Sector Forfeiture Fraud Government Operations and Politics Identity theft Law Organized crime Prosecution Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Secret service Sentences (Criminal procedure) Sentencing guidelines U.S. Sentencing Commission Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-10-22 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-26T16:29:05Z Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) add criminal penalties for conspiracy to intentionally access a protected computer (i.e., computers serving the federal government or financial institutions); (2) redefine the crime of computer-related extortion to include threats to access without authorization (or to exceed authorized access of) a protected computer; (3) impose criminal penalties for damaging 10 or more protected computers during any one-year period; (4) expand the definition of racketeering to include computer fraud; (5) eliminate the interstate communication requirement for purposes of prosecuting computer fraud offenses; and (6) impose civil forfeiture penalties for unauthorized access to protected computers.

Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and revise its sentencing guidelines and policy statements for crimes involving document and computer fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegal wiretapping to reflect congressional intent to increase the penalties for such crimes.

Authorizes additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Attorney General in FY2008-FY2012 to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving computers.

]]> Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve prevention, investigation, and prosecution of cyber-crime, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2213is/xml/BILLS-110s2213is.xml 2007-10-22 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.