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Interstate Swatting Hoax Act

Introduced: November 18, 2015 Introduced by: Clark, Katherine M. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Nov 18, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 18, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Interstate Swatting Hoax Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to use a telecommunications system, the mails, or another facility of interstate or foreign commerce to knowingly report false or misleading information with the intent to cause an emergency law enforcement response.

A violator is subject to criminal and civil penalties.

What's happening now December 4, 2015

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4
D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Sep 6, 2016
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 12, 2016
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 22, 2016
Kinzinger, Adam
· Mar 1, 2016
Lamborn, Doug
· Feb 11, 2016
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 11, 2015
Brooks, Susan
· Dec 10, 2015
Meehan, Patrick
· Nov 18, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4057: Interstate Swatting Hoax Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4057/
MLA
"H.R. 4057: Interstate Swatting Hoax Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4057/.
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H.R. 4057, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4057/.
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