HR 3388 — Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021
Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 117th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021 This bill increases federal criminal penalties for computer fraud and abuse offenses that involve critical infrastructure. The term critical infrastructure means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters. Specifically, the bill imposes a fine, a mandatory minimum prison term of 30 years, or both for a computer fraud or abuse offense that involves critical infrastructure. Additionally, the bill directs the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that access or attempt to access critical infrastructure.
Bill Text
- Introduced Introduced in House Current html May 20, 2021
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The bill increases penalties for certain computer fraud and related offenses involving critical infrastructure and establishes sanctions against foreign persons that access such infrastructure unlawfully.
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18 U.S.C. § 1030
.→ ; orModifies the existing legal text to allow for an additional category of offenses related to critical infrastructure.
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18 U.S.C. § 1030
"(5) a fine under this title and imprisonment for not less than 30 years or for life, in the case of an offense that involves critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107-56 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)))."
Establishes severe penalties of a minimum of 30 years imprisonment or life for offenses involving critical infrastructure.
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50 U.S.C. § 1705
A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.
Imposes penalties under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for violations related to sanctions against foreign persons accessing critical infrastructure.
Action History
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Introduced in House
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Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Sponsors
- Pat Fallon · Primary
- Lance Gooden · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 545 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Fallon, Pat Republican
Co-sponsors (1)
- Gooden, Lance Republican
Not signed on (545)
545 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HR 3388 do?
- Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021 This bill increases federal criminal penalties for computer fraud and abuse offenses that involve critical infrastructure. The term critical infrastructure means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters. Specifically, the bill imposes a fine, a mandatory minimum prison term of 30 years, or both for a computer fraud or abuse offense that involves critical infrastructure. Additionally, the bill directs the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that access or attempt to access critical infrastructure.
- Who sponsors HR 3388?
- HR 3388 is sponsored by Fallon, Pat (Republican) and Gooden, Lance (Republican).
- What is the current status of HR 3388?
- This bill died with 117th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track HR 3388?
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