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HR 6478 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offenses Civil actions and liability Pornography Postal service Right of privacy Sex offenses Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act

Introduced: December 8, 2016 Introduced by: Clark, Katherine M. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Dec 22, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Dec 8, 2016
Introduced in House
Dec 8, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to use the mail or any facility or means of interstate commerce to knowingly publish (or attempt or conspire to publish) personally identifiable information of another person with the intent to threaten, intimidate, harass, or stalk, and as a result, place that person in reasonable fear of death or seriously bodily injury to that person, or to that person's family member or intimate partner.

A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both—and civil liability.

What's happening now December 22, 2016

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6478: Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6478/
MLA
"H.R. 6478: Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6478/.
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H.R. 6478, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6478/.
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[H.R. 6478: Interstate Doxxing Prevention Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6478/)
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