[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1666 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1666

             To prevent terrorist hoaxes and false reports.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 2001

   Mr. Leahy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
             To prevent terrorist hoaxes and false reports.

    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 ``Anti Terrorist Hoax and False Report 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. HOAXES, FALSE REPORTS, AND RESTITUTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 41 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 880 the following:
``Sec. 881. Terrorist Hoaxes and False Information
    ``(a) In General.--Whoever knowingly and maliciously imparts, 
conveys, or communicates information or material, knowing the 
information or material to be false or fraudulent, and under 
circumstances in which such information or material may reasonably be 
believed and is reasonably likely to cause any response by a Federal, 
State, or local government agency, concerning the existence of activity 
that would constitute a violation of section 175, 229, 2332a, or 831 of 
this title, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
5 years, or both.
    ``(b) Restitution.--Notwithstanding and in addition to sections 
3663, or 3663A of this title and any other civil or criminal penalty 
authorized by law, the court shall order--
            ``(1) restitution to all victims of an offense under 
        subsection (a), including any losses suffered by a victim as a 
        proximate result of the offense; and
            ``(2) the defendant to reimburse all Federal, State, and 
        local government, entities for any expenses incurred in 
        response to the offense to protect public health or safety.''.
    (b) Chapter Analysis.--The chapter analysis for chapter 41 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the 
following:

``881. Terrorist hoaxes and false information.''.
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