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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7002 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalties for trafficking in counterfeit goods, services, or drugs related to a major disaster 

or emergency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2020 

Mr. STEIL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the 

penalties for trafficking in counterfeit goods, services, 

or drugs related to a major disaster or emergency, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Coronavirus 

5 Scams Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS, SERVICES, 

2 OR DRUGS RELATED TO MAJOR DISASTERS 

3 OR EMERGENCIES. 

4 Section 2320(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) GOODS, SERVICES, OR DRUGS RELATED TO

7 MAJOR DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—Whoever 

8 commits an offense under subsection (a) involving 

9 any good, service, or drug that is related to a presi10 dentially declared major disaster or emergency (as 

11 those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert 

12 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist13 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122))— 

14 ‘‘(A) in the case of an offense described in 

15 paragraph (1)— 

16 ‘‘(i) if an individual, shall be fined not 

17 more than $4,000,000 or imprisoned not 

18 more than 20 years, or both, and, if a per19 son other than an individual, shall be fined 

20 not more than $10,000,000; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) for a second or subsequent of22 fense, if an individual, shall be fined not 

23 more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned not 

24 more than 40 years, or both, and if other 

25 than an individual, shall be fined not more 

26 than $30,000,000; 


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1 ‘‘(B) in the case of an offense described in 

2 paragraph (2)(A), if an individual, shall be 

3 fined not more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned 

4 for not more than 40 years, or both, and if 

5 other than an individual, shall be fined not 

6 more than $30,000,000; 

7 ‘‘(C) in the case of an offense described in 

8 paragraph (2)(B), if an individual, shall be 

9 fined not more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned 

10 for any term of years or for life, or both, and 

11 if other than an individual, shall be fined not 

12 more than $30,000,000; and 

13 ‘‘(D) in the case of an offense described in 

14 paragraph (3)— 

15 ‘‘(i) if an individual, shall be fined not 

16 more than $10,000,000, imprisoned not 

17 more than 40 years, or both, and if other 

18 than an individual, be fined not more than 

19 $30,000,000; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) for a second or subsequent of21 fense, if an individual, shall be fined not 

22 more than $30,000,000, imprisoned not 

23 more than 60 years, or both, and if other 


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1 than an individual, shall be fined not more 

2 than $60,000,000.’’. 

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