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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Dec 7, 2009
Terrorist Hoax Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) extend the prohibition against conveying false information and hoaxes to include false information and hoaxes about any federal crime of terrorism; (2) increase maximum prison terms for hoaxes involving a member of the Armed Forces during war; (3) expand civil liability provisions relating to expenses incurred by emergency personnel in responding to a hoax; and (4) extend the prohibition against mailing threatening communications to include threats against corporations or governmental entities (as well as individuals).
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Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D–NY
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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