Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007
Latest action · May 4, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the prohibition against conveying false information and hoaxes to include false information and hoaxes about any federal crime of terrorism; (2) increase maximum prison terms for hoaxes involving a member of the Armed Forces during war; (3) revise civil liability provisions to allow emergency personnel to seek reimbursement of expenses from the perpetrator of a hoax who receives actual notice that such personnel are taking emergency or investigative actions in response to the hoax and who fails to inform one or more parties of the hoax; and (4) expand the prohibition against mailing threatening communications in the United States or to a foreign country to include threats against corporations and governmental entities (as well as individuals).
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2007 to Apr 12, 2007, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Jon Kyl | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Mar 1, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Mar 19, 2007 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Apr 12, 2007 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Apr 12, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Apr 12, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 4, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-61.
- May 4, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
- Apr 25, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 12, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Corporations
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Damages
- Emergency Management
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Informers
- Law
- Military personnel
- Missing in action
- Postal service
- Sentences (Criminal procedure)
- Terrorism
- War casualties
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 4, 2007Reported to Senate
- Mar 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
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