SWAT Act
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 or the SWAT Act
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a term of imprisonment of up to eight years for making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a federal law enforcement agency that causes an emergency federal law enforcement response; and (2) require the court to order a defendant convicted of such an offense to reimburse any federal, state, or local government for up to $10,000 in expenses incurred in responding to that conduct.
Extends the requirement that a court order a person convicted of conveying false or misleading information indicating that conduct involving specified criminal violations has taken, is taking, or will take place (including violations regarding biological and chemical weapons, firearms, sabotage of nuclear facilities, importation of explosive materials, terrorism, and damaging or destroying pipeline facilities) to reimburse state and local governments and not-for-profit organizations for expenses incident to fire and rescue service provided in any emergency or investigative response to such conduct to also require reimbursement of law enforcement service and any such services provided by the federal government.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1018: SWAT Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1018/
"S. 1018: SWAT Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1018/.
S. 1018, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1018/.
[S. 1018: SWAT Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1018/)