Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Penalizes 'swatting' which is fraudulent 911 calls to set up innocent people.
Title: SWAT Act Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015
Subject: Chemical and biological weapons: Crimes against property: Criminal procedure and sentencing: Emergency communications systems: Firearms and explosives: First responders and emergency personnel: Fraud offenses and financial crimes: Law enforcement administration and funding: Nuclear power: Pipelines: State and local finance: Terrorism: Crime and law enforcement
Description: SWAT Act Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a term of imprisonment of up to eight years for making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a federal law enforcement agency that causes an emergency federal law enforcement response; and (2) require the court to order a defendant convicted of such an offense to reimburse any federal, state, or local government for up to $10,000 in expenses incurred in responding to that conduct. Extends the requirement that a court order a person convicted of conveying false or misleading information indicating that conduct involving specified criminal violations has taken, is taking, or will take place (including violations regarding biological and chemical weapons, firearms, sabotage of nuclear facilities, importation of explosive materials, terrorism, and damaging or destroying pipeline facilities) to reimburse state and local governments and not-for-profit organizations for expenses incident to fire and rescue service provided in any emergency or investigative response to such conduct to also require reimbursement of law enforcement service and any such services provided by the federal government.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 21, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1018/all-info
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1 sponsors: Charles Schumer (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 21 2015 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 29 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill