A bill to increase the penalties for making personal information about a Federal law enforcement officer or other Federal officer available to the public.

Bill: 117-s-2248
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-06-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill increases from 5 to 10 years the statutory maximum prison term for making public the restricted personal information about a covered person or their immediate family member. </p> <p>The term <em>covered person</em> means a federal officer or employee who is engaged in official duties, a juror or witness in a federal proceeding, an informant or witness in a federal criminal investigation or prosecution, or a state or local officer or employee who is assisting in a federal criminal investigation.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2248 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 24, 2021 Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To increase the penalties for making personal information about a Federal law enforcement officer or other Federal officer available to the public.

1. Protecting Federal law enforcement officers from doxing Section 119(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the undesignated matter following paragraph (2), by striking 5 years and inserting 10 years .