To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect Americans from cybercrime.
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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7498, S7503)
October 27, 2015
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Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7498, S7503)
October 27, 2015
Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 2626.
October 27, 2015
Amendment SA 2626 ruled non-germane by the chair.
October 27, 2015
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7430)
October 22, 2015
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7374, S7388-7397)
October 21, 2015
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2626 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Whitehouse to Amendment SA 2716.(consideration: CR S7335-7336, S7339-7340; text: CR S7335-7336; text as modified: CR S7339-7340)
October 20, 2015
Amendment SA 2626 proposed by Senator Feinstein for Senator Whitehouse to Amendment SA 2716. (consideration: CR S7335-7336, S7339-7340; text: CR S7335-7336; text as modified: CR S7339-7340) To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect Americans from cybercrime.
October 20, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
August 5, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
August 5, 2015
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Submitted
SA 2626. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 754, to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end, add the following: SEC. __. STOPPING THE SALE OF AMERICANS' FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Section 1029(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``if--'' and all that follows through ``therefrom.'' and inserting ``if the offense involves an access device issued, owned, managed, or controlled by a financial institution, account issuer, credit card system member, or other entity organized under the laws of the United States, or any State, the District of Columbia, or other Territory of the United States.''. SEC. __. SHUTTING DOWN BOTNETS. (a) Amendment.--Section 1345 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the heading, by inserting ``and abuse'' after ``fraud''; (2) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (1)-- (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon; and (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: ``(D) violating or about to violate paragraph (1), (4), (5), or (7) of section 1030(a) where such conduct would affect 100 or more protected computers (as defined in section 1030) during any 1-year period, including by denying access to or operation of the computers, installing malicious software on the computers, or using the computers without authorization;''; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, a violation described in subsection (a)(1)(D),'' before ``or a Federal''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(c) A restraining order, prohibition, or other action described in subsection (b), if issued in circumstances described in subsection (a)(1)(D), may, upon application of the Attorney General-- ``(1) specify that no cause of action shall lie in any court against a person for complying with the restraining order, prohibition, or other action; and ``(2) provide that the United States shall pay to such person a fee for reimbursement for such costs as are reasonably necessary and which have been directly incurred in complying with the restraining order, prohibition, or other action.''. (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of section for chapter 63 is amended by striking the item relating to section 1345 and inserting the following: ``1345. Injunctions against fraud and abuse.''. SEC. __. AGGRAVATED DAMAGE TO A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMPUTER. (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1030 the following: [[Page S6416]] ``Sec. 1030A. Aggravated damage to a critical infrastructure computer ``(a) Offense.--It shall be unlawful, during and in relation to a felony violation of section 1030, to knowingly cause or attempt to cause damage to a critical infrastructure computer, if such damage results in (or, in the case of an attempted offense, would, if completed have resulted in) the substantial impairment-- ``(1) of the operation of the critical infrastructure computer; or ``(2) of the critical infrastructure associated with such computer. ``(b) Penalty.--Any person who violates subsection (a) shall, in addition to the term of punishment provided for the felony violation of section 1030, be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both. ``(c) Consecutive Sentence.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law-- ``(1) a court shall not place any person convicted of a violation of this section on probation; ``(2) except as provided in paragraph (4), no term of imprisonment imposed on a person under this section shall run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed on the person under any other provision of law, including any term of imprisonment imposed for the felony violation of section 1030; ``(3) in determining any term of imprisonment to be imposed for the felony violation of section 1030, a court shall not in any way reduce the term to be imposed for such violation to compensate for, or otherwise take into account, any separate term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a violation of this section; and ``(4) a term of imprisonment imposed on a person for a violation of this section may, in the discretion of the court, run concurrently, in whole or in part, only with another term of imprisonment that is imposed by the court at the same time on that person for an additional violation of this section, if such discretion shall be exercised in accordance with any applicable guidelines and policy statements issued by the United States Sentencing Commission pursuant to section 994 of title 28. ``(d) Definitions.--In this section ``(1) the terms `computer' and `damage' have the meanings given the terms in section 1030; and ``(2) the term `critical infrastructure' has the meaning given the term in section 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).''. (b) Table of Sections.--The table of sections for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1030 the following: ``1030A. Aggravated damage to a critical infrastructure computer.''. SEC. __. STOPPING TRAFFICKING IN BOTNETS. (a) In General.--Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following: ``(6) knowing such conduct to be wrongful, intentionally traffics in any password or similar information, or any other means of access, further knowing or having reason to know that a protected computer would be accessed or damaged without authorization in a manner prohibited by this section as the result of such trafficking;''; (2) in subsection (c)-- (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, (a)(3), or (a)(6)'' each place it appears and inserting ``or (a)(3)''; and (B) in paragraph (4)-- (i) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``or an attempt to commit an offense''; and (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: ``(ii) an offense, or an attempt to commit an offense, under subsection (a)(6);''; and (3) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by inserting ``, except for a violation of subsection (a)(6),'' after ``of this section''. ______