Title: Stop Coronavirus Scams Act
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Stop Coronavirus Scams Act
This bill increases penalties for trafficking in counterfeit goods, services, or drugs related to a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7002 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2020

  Mr. Steil introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Coronavirus Scams Act''.

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 
        presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those 
        terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 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 person other 
                        than an individual, shall be fined not more 
                        than $10,000,000; and
                            ``(ii) for a second or subsequent offense, 
                        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;
                    ``(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 offense, 
                        if an individual, shall be fined not more than 
                        $30,000,000, imprisoned not more than 60 years, 
                        or both, and if other than an individual, shall 
                        be fined not more than $60,000,000.''.
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