SWAT Act

Bill: 114-s-1018
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2015-04-21
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons

Crimes against property

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Emergency communications systems

Firearms and explosives

First responders and emergency personnel

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Law enforcement administration and funding

Nuclear power

Pipelines

State and local finance

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 or the SWAT Act</strong></p> <p>Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose a term of imprisonment of up to eight years for making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation to a federal law enforcement agency that causes an emergency federal law enforcement response; and (2) require the court to order a defendant convicted of such an offense to reimburse any federal, state, or local government for up to $10,000 in expenses incurred in responding to that conduct.</p> <p>Extends the requirement that a court order a person convicted of conveying false or misleading information indicating that conduct involving specified criminal violations has taken, is taking, or will take place (including violations regarding biological and chemical weapons, firearms, sabotage of nuclear facilities, importation of explosive materials, terrorism, and damaging or destroying pipeline facilities) to reimburse state and local governments and not-for-profit organizations for expenses incident to fire and rescue service provided in any emergency or investigative response to such conduct to also require reimbursement of law enforcement service and any such services provided by the federal government.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1018 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 21, 2015 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To increase the penalties for fraudulent 9–1–1 calls that result in an emergency response from law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Swatting Won't be Accepted or Tolerated Act of 2015 or the SWAT Act . 2. Increased penalties Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 1001— (A) in subsection (a), in the flush text following paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: If the offense involves a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, whether written or oral, to a Federal law enforcement agency that causes an emergency Federal law enforcement response, the term of imprisonment shall be not more than 8 years. ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (d) Reimbursement (1) In general The court, in imposing a sentence on a defendant who has been convicted of an offense under subsection (a) that involves a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, whether written or oral, to a Federal law enforcement agency that causes an emergency Federal law enforcement response, shall order the defendant to reimburse any Federal, State, or local government incurring expenses incident to any law enforcement emergency or investigative response to that conduct, for those expenses up to $10,000. (2) Liability A person ordered to make reimbursement under this subsection shall be jointly and severally liable for such expenses with each other person, if any, who is ordered to make reimbursement under this subsection for the same expenses. (3) Civil judgment An order of reimbursement under this subsection shall, for the purposes of enforcement, be treated as a civil judgment. ; and (2) in section 1038(c)(1), by— (A) striking state or local and inserting Federal, State, or local ; and (B) striking fire or rescue service and inserting fire, rescue, or law enforcement service .