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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7002 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalties for traf-
ficking 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. 
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 ‘‘Stop Coronavirus 
Scams Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT GOODS, SERVICES, 
OR DRUGS RELATED TO MAJOR DISASTERS 
OR EMERGENCIES. 
Section 2320(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) GOODS, SERVICES, OR DRUGS RELATED TO 
MAJOR
DISASTERS
OR
EMERGENCIES.—Whoever 
commits an offense under subsection (a) involving 
any good, service, or drug that is related to a presi-
dentially declared major disaster or emergency (as 
those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122))— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an offense described in 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) if an individual, shall be fined not 
more than $4,000,000 or imprisoned not 
more than 20 years, or both, and, if a per-
son other than an individual, shall be fined 
not more than $10,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) for a second or subsequent of-
fense, if an individual, shall be fined not 
more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned not 
more than 40 years, or both, and if other 
than an individual, shall be fined not more 
than $30,000,000; 
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‘‘(B) in the case of an offense described in 
paragraph (2)(A), if an individual, shall be 
fined not more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned 
for not more than 40 years, or both, and if 
other than an individual, shall be fined not 
more than $30,000,000; 
‘‘(C) in the case of an offense described in 
paragraph (2)(B), if an individual, shall be 
fined not more than $10,000,000 or imprisoned 
for any term of years or for life, or both, and 
if other than an individual, shall be fined not 
more than $30,000,000; and 
‘‘(D) in the case of an offense described in 
paragraph (3)— 
‘‘(i) if an individual, shall be fined not 
more than $10,000,000, imprisoned not 
more than 40 years, or both, and if other 
than an individual, be fined not more than 
$30,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) for a second or subsequent of-
fense, if an individual, shall be fined not 
more than $30,000,000, imprisoned not 
more than 60 years, or both, and if other 
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than an individual, shall be fined not more 
than $60,000,000.’’. 
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