[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1771 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1771

     To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit knowingly 
misinforming the relative of a member of the Armed Forces of the United 
  States that such member is deceased, injured, or missing due to an 
             event associated with their military service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2003

 Mr. McCotter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit knowingly 
misinforming the relative of a member of the Armed Forces of the United 
  States that such member is deceased, injured, or missing due to an 
             event associated with their military service.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION.

    Section 223(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
223(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D); and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(F) makes a telephone call or initiates a 
                communication with a telecommunications device with the 
                intended purpose of knowingly misinforming the relative 
                of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States 
                (including a member of the National Guard on active 
                service) that such member is deceased, injured, or 
                missing due to an event associated with their military 
                service; or''.
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