US Congress House Bill 1918 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Aaron's Law Act of 2015 Amends provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibiting computer fraud to replace the phrase "exceeds authorized access" with "access without authorization," which is defined as obtaining information on a protected computer that the accesser lacks authorization to obtain by knowingly circumventing one or more technological or physical measures that are designed to exclude or prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining that information. Modifies CFAA penalty provisions to: (1) limit the imposition of enhanced penalties to subsequent offenses under such Act (currently, additional penalties are allowed if there is a conviction for another offense) and to criminal acts punishable under federal or state law by a term of imprisonment for more than one year; and (2) require the determination of the value of information for enhanced penalty purposes to be made by reference to fair market value.

Aaron's Law Act of 2015

Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-04-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-04-21	House	Introduced in House

SB1030 (Same As) 2015-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2304; text of measure as introduced: CR S2304-2305)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1918/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1918/BILLS-114hr1918ih.pdf