S 2844
111th Congress
Senate
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Terrorism
Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2009
Introduced: December 7, 2009
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Became law
Dec 7, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 7, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) extend the prohibition against conveying false information and hoaxes to include false information and hoaxes about any federal crime of terrorism; (2) increase maximum prison terms for hoaxes involving a member of the Armed Forces during war; (3) expand civil liability provisions relating to expenses incurred by emergency personnel in responding to a hoax; and (4) extend the prohibition against mailing threatening communications to include threats against corporations or governmental entities (as well as individuals).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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