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HR 3278In Committee

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act

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SummaryIntroduced in House
2025-05-08

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act This bill increases federal criminal penalties for computer fraud and abuse offenses that involve critical infrastructure. The term critical infrastructure means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters. Specifically, the bill imposes a fine, a mandatory minimum prison term of 30 years, or both for a computer fraud or abuse offense that involves critical infrastructure. Additionally, the bill directs the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that access or attempt to access critical infrastructure.

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Introduced in House2025-05-08T04:00:00Z
Introduced2025-05-08
119th Congress
Cosponsors3
Co-sponsoring members
Policy AreaCrime and Law Enforcement
Primary subject
Last Action2025-05-08
Referred to the Committee on the Judicia
Legislative Subjects0 total
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Latest Action2025-05-08

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.