I 
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 func-
tions, 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 ‘‘Internet Police Protec-
tion Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING CER-
TAIN FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED 
FUNCTIONS. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 117. Protection of individuals performing certain 
Federal and federally assisted functions 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly makes restricted personal in-
formation about a covered official publicly available 
through the Internet shall be fined under this title and 
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this sec-
tion that— 
‘‘(1) the defendant is a provider of Internet 
services and did not knowingly participate in the of-
fense; or 
‘‘(2) the covered official gave permission to 
make the restricted personal information publicly 
available. 
‘‘(c) As used in this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘restricted personal information’ 
means, with respect to an individual, the Social Se-
curity number, the home address, home phone num-
ber, mobile phone number, personal email, or home 
fax number of, and identifiable to, that individual; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered official’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual designated in section 
1114; 
‘‘(B) a public safety officer for a public 
agency (including a court system), that receives 
Federal financial assistance, of an entity that is
a State of the United States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or 
possession of the United States, an Indian 
tribe, or a unit of local government of that enti-
ty; or 
‘‘(C) a grand or petit juror, or other officer 
in or of any court of the United States, or an 
officer who may be serving at any examination 
or other proceeding before any United States 
magistrate judge or other committing mag-
istrate; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘public safety officer’ means an 
individual serving a public agency in an official ca-
pacity, with or without compensation, as a judicial 
officer, as a firefighter, as a chaplain, or as a mem-
ber of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘judicial officer’ means a judge or 
other officer or employee of a court, including pros-
ecutors and corrections, probation, and parole offi-
cers; and
‘‘(5) the term ‘firefighter’ includes an individual 
serving as an official recognized or designated mem-
ber of a legally organized volunteer fire department 
and an officially recognized or designated public em-
ployee member of a rescue squad or ambulance 
crew.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 7 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘117. Protection of individuals performing certain Federal and federally as-
sisted functions.’’. 
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