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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1710 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect individuals performing 

certain Federal and federally assisted functions, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 19, 2005 

Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect individuals 

performing certain Federal and federally assisted functions, 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 ‘‘Internet Police Protec5 tion Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING CER7 TAIN FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED 

8 FUNCTIONS. 

9 (a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States 

10 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘§ 117. Protection of individuals performing certain 

2 Federal and federally assisted functions 

3 ‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly makes restricted personal in4 formation about a covered official publicly available 

5 through the Internet shall be fined under this title and 

6 imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 

7 ‘‘(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this sec8 tion that— 

9 ‘‘(1) the defendant is a provider of Internet 

10 services and did not knowingly participate in the of11 fense; or 

12 ‘‘(2) the covered official gave permission to 

13 make the restricted personal information publicly 

14 available. 

15 ‘‘(c) As used in this section— 

16 ‘‘(1) the term ‘restricted personal information’ 

17 means, with respect to an individual, the Social Se18 curity number, the home address, home phone num19 ber, mobile phone number, personal email, or home 

20 fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual; 

21 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered official’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) an individual designated in section 

23 1114; 

24 ‘‘(B) a public safety officer for a public 

25 agency (including a court system), that receives 

26 Federal financial assistance, of an entity that is 
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1 a State of the United States, the District of Co2 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

3 Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, 

4 American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 

5 Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the 

6 Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or 

7 possession of the United States, an Indian 

8 tribe, or a unit of local government of that enti9 ty; or 

10 ‘‘(C) a grand or petit juror, or other officer 

11 in or of any court of the United States, or an 

12 officer who may be serving at any examination 

13 or other proceeding before any United States 

14 magistrate judge or other committing mag15 istrate; 

16 ‘‘(3) the term ‘public safety officer’ means an 

17 individual serving a public agency in an official ca18 pacity, with or without compensation, as a judicial 

19 officer, as a firefighter, as a chaplain, or as a mem20 ber of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; 

21 ‘‘(4) the term ‘judicial officer’ means a judge or 

22 other officer or employee of a court, including pros23 ecutors and corrections, probation, and parole offi24 cers; and 
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1 ‘‘(5) the term ‘firefighter’ includes an individual 

2 serving as an official recognized or designated mem3 ber of a legally organized volunteer fire department 

4 and an officially recognized or designated public em5 ployee member of a rescue squad or ambulance 

6 crew.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 18, United States 

9 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 item: 

‘‘117. Protection of individuals performing certain Federal and federally assisted functions.’’. 

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