[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2031 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2031

    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced 
   penalties for the transmission of misleading or inaccurate caller 
 identification information with the intent to trigger a response by a 
                        law enforcement agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2015

Mr. Engel (for himself, Mr. DesJarlais, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, and 
Mr. Reichert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced 
   penalties for the transmission of misleading or inaccurate caller 
 identification information with the intent to trigger a response by a 
                        law enforcement agency.

    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-Swatting Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION OF MISLEADING OR INACCURATE CALLER ID INFORMATION 
              WITH INTENT TO TRIGGER LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.

    Section 227(e)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
227(e)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``Any person'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in subparagraph (C), any 
        person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Enhanced penalties for violation with intent 
                to trigger law enforcement response.--
                            ``(i) Criminal violation.--Any person who 
                        violates this subsection with the intent to 
                        trigger a response by a law enforcement agency 
                        in the absence of circumstances requiring such 
                        a response shall--
                                    ``(I) be fined under title 18, 
                                United States Code, or imprisoned not 
                                more than 5 years, or both; or
                                    ``(II) if serious bodily injury 
                                results, be fined under title 18, 
                                United States Code, or imprisoned not 
                                more than 20 years, or both.
                            ``(ii) Reimbursement.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The court, in 
                                imposing a sentence on a defendant who 
                                has been convicted of an offense under 
                                clause (i), shall order the defendant 
                                to reimburse any entity described in 
                                subclause (II) that incurs expenses in 
                                making or incident to the response 
                                described in clause (i) for such 
                                expenses.
                                    ``(II) Entity described.--An entity 
                                is described in this subclause if the 
                                entity is--
                                            ``(aa) a law enforcement 
                                        agency of the United States, a 
                                        State, or a political 
                                        subdivision of a State; or
                                            ``(bb) an agency of the 
                                        United States, a State, or a 
                                        political subdivision of a 
                                        State, or a private not-for-
                                        profit organization, that 
                                        provides fire, rescue, or 
                                        emergency medical services.
                                    ``(III) Liability.--A person 
                                ordered to make reimbursement under 
                                this clause shall be jointly and 
                                severally liable for such expenses with 
                                each other person, if any, who is 
                                ordered to make reimbursement under 
                                this clause for the same expenses.
                                    ``(IV) Civil judgment.--An order of 
                                reimbursement under this clause shall, 
                                for the purposes of enforcement, be 
                                treated as a civil judgment.''.
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