[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 845 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 845

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a minimum mandatory 
 penalty for conveying false bomb threats through instrumentalities of 
                    interstate and foreign commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 1997

 Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut 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 provide a minimum mandatory 
 penalty for conveying false bomb threats through instrumentalities of 
                    interstate and foreign commerce.

    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 ``False Bomb Threat Penalty Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. FALSE BOMB THREATS.

    Section 844(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``for not more than'' and all that follows through ``, or 
both.'' and inserting ``for not less than one year nor more than 10 
years and fined under this title.''.
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