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Adds a new subparagraph (D) to 18 U.S.C. 1038(a)(1) that subjects persons who transmit false information or hoaxes indicating that an activity has taken, is taking, or will take place in a public, private, or religious school (providing early childhood, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or career and technical education, as determined under State law) to fines under title 18 or imprisonment of not more than 20 years, or both.
Adds subsection (e) to section 875 making a violation of the section that involves making a threat against a public, private, or religious school that provides early childhood, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or career and technical education (as determined under State law) punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine under this title, or both.
Adds subsection (e) to section 876 making a violation of the section that involves making a threat against a public, private, or religious school that provides early childhood, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or career and technical education (as determined under State law) punishable by imprisonment for not more than 20 years or a fine under this title, or both.
Renumbers subsection (e) as (e)(1) and adds a new paragraph (e)(2) making it a felony punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment or a fine (or both) to make a threat against, or maliciously convey false information with respect to, a public, private, or religious school that provides early childhood, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or career and technical education, as determined under State law.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced September 26, 2025 by Michael Lawler · Last progress September 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House