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HR 1918 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Computer security and identity theft Criminal procedure and sentencing Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Aaron's Law Act of 2015

Introduced: April 21, 2015 Introduced by: Lofgren, Zoe Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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May 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 21, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 21, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Aaron's Law Act of 2015

Amends provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibiting computer fraud to replace the phrase "exceeds authorized access" with "access without authorization," which is defined as obtaining information on a protected computer that the accesser lacks authorization to obtain by knowingly circumventing one or more technological or physical measures that are designed to exclude or prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining that information.

Modifies CFAA penalty provisions to: (1) limit the imposition of enhanced penalties to subsequent offenses under such Act (currently, additional penalties are allowed if there is a conviction for another offense) and to criminal acts punishable under federal or state law by a term of imprisonment for more than one year; and (2) require the determination of the value of information for enhanced penalty purposes to be made by reference to fair market value.

What's happening now May 15, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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