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S. 982 (104th)

National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996

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Introduced

29 June 1995

Last action

4 October 1996 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Sponsors

Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]

Subjects

Transport

Source updated

10 August 2026

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Summary

National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1995 - Revises Federal criminal code provisions regarding fraud and related activity in connection with computers. Sets penalties with respect to anyone who having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access, obtains specified restricted information or data, and, with reason to believe that such information could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, or transmits it to any person not entitled to receive it (or causes or attempts such communication) or willfully retains it and fails to deliver it to the U.S. officer or employee entitled to receive it. Sets penalties for: (1) intentionally accessing a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access and thereby obtaining information from any U.S. department or agency, or from any protected computer if the conduct involved an interstate or foreign communication; (2) intentionally accessing, without authorization, any computer of a U.S. department or agency that is exclusively for use by or for the U.S. Government or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, that is used by or for the U.S. Government if such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer; (3) knowingly and with intent to defraud, accessing a protected computer without authorization, or exceeding authorized access, and furthering the intended fraud and obtaining anything of value, unless the object of the fraud and the thing obtained consists only of the use of the computer and the value of such use is not more than $5,000 in any one-year period; (4) knowingly causing the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and, as a result, intentionally causing damage without authorization to a protected computer, intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage, or intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and causing damage; and (5) with intent to extort from any person or legal entity any thing of value, transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing a threat to cause damage to a protected computer. Increases penalties for fraud and related activity in connection with computers.

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Timeline

  1. 29 June 1995

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 29 June 1995

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9422-9423)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 29 June 1995

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 1 August 1996

    Reported

    Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

  5. 2 August 1996

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 563.

    Source: Calendars

  6. 2 August 1996

    Reported

    Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  7. 2 August 1996

    Reported

    Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    Source: Committee

  8. 27 August 1996

    Floor

    By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report under the authority of the order of Aug 2, 96. Report No. 104-357.

    Source: Floor

  9. 27 August 1996

    Committee

    By Senator Hatch from Committee on Judiciary filed written report under the authority of the order of Aug 2, 96. Report No. 104-357.

    Source: Committee

  10. 18 September 1996

    Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10886-10890)

    Source: Floor

  11. 18 September 1996

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Floor

  12. 19 September 1996

    Floor

    Received in the House.

    Source: Floor

  13. 19 September 1996

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  14. 19 September 1996

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

  15. 4 October 1996

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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  • Referred in House (text)

    Referred in House · EN · 19 September 1996

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    Referred in House · EN · 19 September 1996

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  • Engrossed in Senate (text)

    Engrossed in Senate · EN · 18 September 1996

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  • Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

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