I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2031 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties 
for the transmission of misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
information with the intent to trigger a response by a law enforcement 
agency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2015 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, and 
Mr. REICHERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, 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 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for 
enhanced penalties for the transmission of misleading 
or inaccurate caller identification information with the 
intent to trigger a response by a law enforcement agency. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Swatting Act of 
2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSMISSION OF MISLEADING OR INACCURATE 
CALLER ID INFORMATION WITH INTENT TO 
TRIGGER LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE. 
Section 227(e)(5) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Any per-
son’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), any person’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLA-
TION WITH INTENT TO TRIGGER LAW ENFORCE-
MENT RESPONSE.— 
‘‘(i) CRIMINAL VIOLATION.—Any per-
son who violates this subsection with the 
intent to trigger a response by a law en-
forcement agency in the absence of cir-
cumstances requiring such a response 
shall— 
‘‘(I) be fined under title 18, 
United States Code, or imprisoned not 
more than 5 years, or both; or 
‘‘(II) if serious bodily injury re-
sults, be fined under title 18, United 
States Code, or imprisoned not more 
than 20 years, or both. 
‘‘(ii) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
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‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The court, in 
imposing a sentence on a defendant 
who has been convicted of an offense 
under clause (i), shall order the de-
fendant to reimburse any entity de-
scribed in subclause (II) that incurs 
expenses in making or incident to the 
response described in clause (i) for 
such expenses. 
‘‘(II) ENTITY
DESCRIBED.—An 
entity is described in this subclause if 
the entity is— 
‘‘(aa) a law enforcement 
agency of the United States, a 
State, or a political subdivision of 
a State; or 
‘‘(bb) an agency of the 
United States, a State, or a polit-
ical subdivision of a State, or a 
private not-for-profit organiza-
tion, that provides fire, rescue, or 
emergency medical services. 
‘‘(III) LIABILITY.—A person or-
dered to make reimbursement under 
this clause shall be jointly and sever-
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ally liable for such expenses with each 
other person, if any, who is ordered to 
make reimbursement under this clause 
for the same expenses. 
‘‘(IV) 
CIVIL
JUDGMENT.—An 
order of reimbursement under this 
clause shall, for the purposes of en-
forcement, be treated as a civil judg-
ment.’’. 
Æ 
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