[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4640 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4640

   To provide criminal penalties for providing false information in 
               registering a domain name on the Internet.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2002

 Mr. Coble (for himself and Mr. Berman) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide criminal penalties for providing false information in 
               registering a domain name on the Internet.

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

SECTION 1. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR FALSE INFORMATION IN REGISTRATION OF 
              DOMAIN NAMES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1037. Fraudulent information in registering domain name
    ``(a) Offense.--Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud 
provides material and misleading false contact information to a domain 
name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration 
authority in registering a domain name shall be fined under this title 
or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `domain name' means any alphanumeric 
        designation which is registered with or assigned by a domain 
        name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name 
        registration authority as part of an electronic address on the 
        Internet; and
            ``(2) the term `Internet' has the meaning given that term 
        in section 230(f)(1) of the Communications Act of 1034 (47 
        U.S.C. 230(f)(1)).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 47 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``1037. Fraudulent information in registering domain name.''.
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