Credit Card Theft Sentencing Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-1984
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2014-02-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Consumer credit

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-02-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Credit Card Theft Sentencing Act of 2014 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to set penalties of a fine, imprisonment for at least 25 years or for life, or both for intentionally accessing a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access and thereby obtaining information of 1 million or more credit card holders contained in a financial record of a financial institution or a card issuer, contained in a file of a consumer reporting agency on a consumer, from any federal agency, or from any protected computer.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1984 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 3, 2014 Mr. Kirk introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To enhance penalties for computer crimes, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Credit Card Theft Sentencing Act of 2014 . 2. Enhanced penalty Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking in section 1602(n) of title 15 and inserting in section 103(o) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1602(o) ) ; and (2) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting and after the semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (D) a fine under this title, imprisonment for any term of years not less than 25 or for life, or both, in the case of an offense under subsection (a)(2) in which information of 1,000,000 or more cardholders (as defined in section 103(n) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1602(n) )) is obtained; .