United States · Bill · S
S. 472 (109th)
Anti-phishing Act of 2005
Introduced
28 February 2005
Last action
28 February 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Anti-phishing Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information (phishing). Imposes a fine or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, for a person who knowingly and with the intent to engage in an activity constituting fraud or identity theft under Federal or State law: (1) creates or procures the creation of a website or domain name that represents itself as a legitimate online business without the authority or approval of the registered owner of such business; and (2) uses that website or domain name to solicit means of identification from any person. Imposes a fine or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, for a person who knowingly and with the intent to engage in activity constituting fraud or identity theft under Federal or State law sends an electronic mail message that: (1) falsely represents itself as being sent by a legitimate online business; (2) includes an Internet location tool referring or linking users to an online location on the World Wide Web that falsely purports to belong to or be associated with a legitimate online business; and (3) solicits means of identification from the recipient.
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Timeline
28 February 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
28 February 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1804)
Source: IntroReferral
28 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 February 2005 · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Anti-phishing Act of 2005
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/472
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/472
- us · 109-s-472 · source updated 10 August 2026