3.0.0 1018 2023-01-11T13:27:28Z 2023-01-11T13:27:28Z Senate S 2015-04-21 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-21T16:13:21Z 2015-04-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-04-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Crime and Law Enforcement Chemical and biological weapons Crimes against property Criminal procedure and sentencing Emergency communications systems Firearms and explosives First responders and emergency personnel Fraud offenses and financial crimes Law enforcement administration and funding Nuclear power Pipelines State and local finance Terrorism Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-04-21 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-15T15:24:25Z Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 or the SWAT Act

Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a term of imprisonment of up to eight years for making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a federal law enforcement agency that causes an emergency federal law enforcement response; and (2) require the court to order a defendant convicted of such an offense to reimburse any federal, state, or local government for up to $10,000 in expenses incurred in responding to that conduct.

Extends the requirement that a court order a person convicted of conveying false or misleading information indicating that conduct involving specified criminal violations has taken, is taking, or will take place (including violations regarding biological and chemical weapons, firearms, sabotage of nuclear facilities, importation of explosive materials, terrorism, and damaging or destroying pipeline facilities) to reimburse state and local governments and not-for-profit organizations for expenses incident to fire and rescue service provided in any emergency or investigative response to such conduct to also require reimbursement of law enforcement service and any such services provided by the federal government.

]]> SWAT Act Display Title SWAT Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the penalty for fraudulent 9-1-1 calls that result in an emergency response from law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SWAT Act Short Titles as Introduced Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1018is/xml/BILLS-114s1018is.xml 2015-04-21 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.