Cyber-Crime Act of 2007

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve prevention, investigation, and prosecution of cyber-crime, and for other purposes.

10/22/2007--Introduced.
Cyber-Crime Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to:
(1) add criminal penalties for conspiracy to intentionally access a protected computer (i.e., computers serving the federal government or financial institutions);
(2) redefine the crime of computer-related extortion to include threats to access without authorization (or to exceed authorized access of) a protected computer;
(3) impose criminal penalties for damaging 10 or more protected computers during any one-year period;
(4) expand the definition of racketeering to include computer fraud;
(5) eliminate the interstate communication requirement for purposes of prosecuting computer fraud offenses; and
(6) impose civil forfeiture penalties for unauthorized access to protected computers.
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and revise its sentencing guidelines and policy statements for crimes involving document and computer fraud, aggravated identity theft, and illegal wiretapping to reflect congressional intent to increase the penalties for such crimes.
Authorizes additional funding for the U.S. Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Attorney General in FY2008-FY2012 to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving computers.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Evan Bayh [D, IN]
  • Sen. Joseph Biden [D, DE]
  • Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2213

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
October 22, 2007

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• Introduced on Oct 22, 2007.
• Oct 22, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13194-13195)
• Oct 22, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Related Bills:

• S.2168
• H.R.836
• H.R.2290

Related Issue Areas:

• Criminal justice
• Administrative procedure
• Bank records
• Computer crimes
• 27 more
• Conspiracy
• Counterfeiting
• Criminal investigation
• Department of Homeland Security
• Department of Justice
• Electronic government information
• Electronic surveillance
• Executive departments
• Extortion
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal law enforcement officers
• Finance
• Forfeiture
• Fraud
• Government employees
• Government information
• Identity theft
• Intelligence activities
• Law
• Organized crime
• Prosecution
• Recruiting of employees
• Secret service
• Sentences (Criminal procedure)
• Sentencing guidelines
• Technology
• U.S. Sentencing Commission

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September 28, 2008 Orphan Works Passed in Senate/ Stop it in the House!

version of the Orphan Works Legislation- S.2213 We need everyone to contact their Congressperson as they may try to pass the house version or they could adopt the Senate Version over the weekend. For more information-you can see the ...

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November 19, 2007 Senate passes cybercrime bill

The Senate bill was introduced in October and incorporates many of the provisions of an earlier bill, S.2213. The House companion bill, H.R.2290, was introduced in May and now is before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and ...

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November 19, 2007 BSA on Senate passing the Anti-Cyber-Crime Bill

We also commend Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Joe Biden (D-DE) for their critical contribution to this legislation, which incorporates many of the provisions of their bill S. 2213, The Cyber-Crime Act of 2007.

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