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; 2 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2007Markup Apr 25, 2007Reported May 4, 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
- Mar 1, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2501-2502)
- Mar 1, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1196 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Feb 26, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2501, S2502 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Norm Coleman R-MN | Mar 1, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 2, 2007S. 735, Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007</p>
- May 2, 2007S. 735, Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32842 | Gun Control Legislation Archived | Report | Nov 14, 2012 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the terrorist hoax statute.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2007
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
