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S 2844 111th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability Criminal procedure and sentencing Fraud offenses and financial crimes Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents Postal service Terrorism

Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2009

Introduced: December 7, 2009 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 7, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 December 7, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 28, 2010
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Dec 7, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2844: Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2844/
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"S. 2844: Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2844/.
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S. 2844, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2844/.
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