[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1710 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1710

     To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect individuals 
 performing certain Federal and federally assisted functions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2005

  Mr. Weiner 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 individuals 
 performing certain Federal and federally assisted functions, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Internet Police Protection Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING CERTAIN FEDERAL AND 
              FEDERALLY ASSISTED FUNCTIONS.

    (a) Offense.--Chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 117. Protection of individuals performing certain Federal and 
              federally assisted functions
    ``(a) Whoever knowingly makes restricted personal information about 
a covered official publicly available through the Internet shall be 
fined under this title and imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
    ``(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that--
            ``(1) the defendant is a provider of Internet services and 
        did not knowingly participate in the offense; or
            ``(2) the covered official gave permission to make the 
        restricted personal information publicly available.
    ``(c) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `restricted personal information' means, 
        with respect to an individual, the Social Security number, the 
        home address, home phone number, mobile phone number, personal 
        email, or home fax number of, and identifiable to, that 
        individual;
            ``(2) the term `covered official' means--
                    ``(A) an individual designated in section 1114;
                    ``(B) a public safety officer for a public agency 
                (including a court system), that receives Federal 
                financial assistance, of an entity that is a State of 
                the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
                Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the 
                United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust 
                Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of 
                the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or 
                possession of the United States, an Indian tribe, or a 
                unit of local government of that entity; or
                    ``(C) a grand or petit juror, or other officer in 
                or of any court of the United States, or an officer who 
                may be serving at any examination or other proceeding 
                before any United States magistrate judge or other 
                committing magistrate;
            ``(3) the term `public safety officer' means an individual 
        serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or 
        without compensation, as a judicial officer, as a firefighter, 
        as a chaplain, or as a member of a rescue squad or ambulance 
        crew;
            ``(4) the term `judicial officer' means a judge or other 
        officer or employee of a court, including prosecutors and 
        corrections, probation, and parole officers; and
            ``(5) the term `firefighter' includes an individual serving 
        as an official recognized or designated member of a legally 
        organized volunteer fire department and an officially 
        recognized or designated public employee member of a rescue 
        squad or ambulance crew.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``117. Protection of individuals performing certain Federal and 
                            federally assisted functions.''.
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