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(Original Signature of Member)

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114TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for clarification as to
the meaning of access without authorization, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Ms. LOFGREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on llllllllllllll

A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for clarification as to the meaning of access without authorization, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aaron’s Law Act of

5 2015’’.

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SEC. 2. CLARIFYING THAT ‘‘ACCESS WITHOUT AUTHORIZA-

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TION’’ UNDER 18 U.S.C. 1030 MEANS CIR-

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CUMVENTION

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RIERS IN ORDER TO GAIN UNAUTHORIZED

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ACCESS.

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OF

TECHNOLOGICAL

BAR-

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1030(e)(6) of title 18,

7 United States Code, is amended by—
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(1) striking ‘‘exceeds authorized access’’ and all
that follows; and

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(2) inserting the following: ‘‘ ‘access without authorization’ means—

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‘‘(A) to obtain information on a protected

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computer;

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‘‘(B) that the accesser lacks authorization

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to obtain; and

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‘‘(C) by knowingly circumventing one or

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more technological or physical measures that

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are designed to exclude or prevent unauthorized

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individuals from obtaining that information;’’.

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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1030 of

21 title 18, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (d)(10) by striking ‘‘unauthor-

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ized access, or exceeding authorized access, to a’’

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and inserting ‘‘access without authorization of a pro-

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tected’’; and

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(2) by striking ‘‘exceeds authorized access’’

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each place it appears.
SEC. 3. ELIMINATING REDUNDANCY.

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Section 1030(a)(4) of title 18, United States Code,

5 is repealed.
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SEC. 4. MAKING PENALTIES PROPORTIONAL TO CRIMES.

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Section 1030(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code is

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(1) in subparagraph (A)—

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(A) by striking ‘‘conviction for another’’

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and inserting ‘‘subsequent’’; and

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(B) by inserting ‘‘such’’ after ‘‘attempt to

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commit’’;

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(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting after

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‘‘financial gain’’ the following: ‘‘and the fair market

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value of the information obtained exceeds $5,000’’;

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(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘the of-

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fense was committed’’ and all that follows through

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the semicolon, and inserting the following: ‘‘the of-

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fense was committed in furtherance of any criminal

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act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the

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United States or of any State punishable by a term

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of imprisonment greater than one year, unless such

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criminal acts are prohibited by this section or such

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State violation would be based solely on accessing in-

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formation without authorization;’’;

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(4) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by inserting ‘‘fair
market’’ before ‘‘value’’; and

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(5) in subparagraph (C)—

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(A) by striking ‘‘conviction for another’’

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and inserting ‘‘subsequent’’; and

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(B) by inserting ‘‘such’’ after ‘‘attempt to

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commit’’.

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