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HR 3388 117th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021

Introduced: May 20, 2021 Introduced by: Fallon, Pat Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Nov 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 20, 2021
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021

This bill increases federal criminal penalties for computer fraud and abuse offenses that involve critical infrastructure. The term critical infrastructure means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.

Specifically, the bill imposes a fine, a mandatory minimum prison term of 30 years, or both for a computer fraud or abuse offense that involves critical infrastructure.

Additionally, the bill directs the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that access or attempt to access critical infrastructure.

What's happening now November 9, 2021

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
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Gooden, Lance
Texas · Jul 6, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3388: Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3388/
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"H.R. 3388: Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3388/.
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H.R. 3388, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3388/.
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[H.R. 3388: Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3388/)
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