[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5170 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5170

    To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect against code 
                               grabbers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 1994

 Mr. Packard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect against code 
                               grabbers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Code Grabber Prohibition Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CODE GRABBERS.

    Section 2510(16) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
            (2) by inserting ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (E); and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following;
                    ``(F) a coded signal sent by a motor vehicle alarm 
                system, unless the interception, access, disclosure, or 
                other conduct otherwise prohibited by this chapter or 
                chapter 121 of this title is for a noncriminal and 
                nontortious purpose;''.
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