119-hr3278

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3278 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3278

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase penalties for 
 certain computer fraud and related offenses that involve critical 
 infrastructure, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 8, 2025

 Mr. Fallon (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. Moylan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was 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

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 A BILL

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase penalties for 
 certain computer fraud and related offenses that involve critical 
 infrastructure, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Critical Infrastructure 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FRAUD AND RELATED ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION WITH CRITICAL 
 INFRASTRUCTURE.

 

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

    (1) in paragraph

    (4)
        (G) , by striking the period at the end 
 and inserting ``; or''; and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (4) the following:
 ``

    (5) a fine under this title and imprisonment for not less 
 than 30 years or for life, in the case of an offense that 
 involves critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in 
 

section 1016

    (e) of Public Law 107-56 (42 U.S.C. 5195c

    (e) )).''.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT 
 KNOWINGLY ACCESS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) Imposition of Sanctions.--The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection

    (b) with respect to any foreign 
person that the President determines knowingly accesses or attempts to 
access critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in 

section 1016

    (e) of Public Law 107-56 (42 U.S.C. 5195c

    (e) )) for the purpose of 
harming--

    (1) the national security or defense of the United States; 
 or

    (2) the safety and security of any United States citizen or 
 alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

    (b) Sanctions Described.--

    (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
 with respect to a foreign person determined by the President to 
 be subject to subsection

    (a) are the following:
        (A) Asset blocking.--The President shall exercise 
 of all powers granted to the President by the 
 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and 
 prohibit all transactions in property and interests in 
 property of the foreign person if such property and 
 interests in property are in the United States, come 
 within the United States, or are or come within the 
 possession or control of a United States person.
        (B) Inadmissibility of certain individuals.--
            (i) Ineligibility for visas, admission, or 
 parole.--In the case of a foreign person who is 
 an individual, the foreign person is--
            (I) inadmissible to the United 
 States;
            (II) ineligible to receive a visa 
 or other documentation to enter the 
 United States; and
            (III) otherwise ineligible to be 
 admitted or paroled into the United 
 States or to receive any other benefit 
 under the Immigration and Nationality 
 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
            (ii) Current visas revoked.--
            (I) In general.--In the case of a 
 foreign person who is an individual, 
 the visa or other documentation issued 
 to the person shall be revoked, 
 regardless of when such visa or other 
 documentation is or was issued.
            (II) Effect of revocation.--A 
 revocation under subclause
            (I) shall--

    (aa) take effect 
 immediately; and

    (bb) automatically cancel 
 any other valid visa or entry 
 documentation that is in the 
 person's possession.

    (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
 violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any 
 regulation, license, or order issued to carry out paragraph

    (1)
        (A) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in 
 subsections

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 206 of the International 
 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same 
 extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in 
 subsection

    (a) of that section.

    (3) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
 agreement.--Sanctions under paragraph

    (1)
        (B) shall not apply to 
 a foreign person who is an individual if admitting the person 
 into the United States is necessary to permit the United States 
 to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
 United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
 entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United 
 Nations and the United States, or other applicable 
 international obligations.
            (c) Waiver.--The President may, on a case-by-case basis and for 
periods not to exceed 180 days, waive the application of sanctions 
imposed with respect to a foreign person under this section if the 
President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees not 
later than 15 days before such waiver is to take effect that the waiver 
is vital to the national security interests of the United States.
            (d) Implementation Authority.--The President may exercise all 
authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 205 of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section.

    (e) Regulatory Authority.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the President shall promulgate such 
 regulations as are necessary for the implementation of this 
 section.

    (2) Notification to congress.--Not less than 10 days before 
 the promulgation of regulations under paragraph

    (1) , the 
 President shall notify and provide to the appropriate 
 congressional committees the proposed regulations and an 
 identification of the provisions of this section that the 
 regulations are implementing.

    (f) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Admitted; alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and ``alien'' 
 have the meanings given those terms in 

section 101

    (a) of the 
 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101

    (a) ).

    (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
 on the Judiciary, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
 the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
 Representatives; and
        (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
 Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Finance, 
 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
 Affairs of the Senate.

    (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means a 
 person that is not a United States person.

    (4) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to 
 conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has 
 actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the 
 circumstance, or the result.

    (5) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual or 
 entity.

    (6) Property; interest in property.--The terms ``property'' 
 and ``interest in property'' have the meanings given the terms 
 ``property'' and ``property interest'', respectively, in 
 

section 576.312 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as in 
 effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.

    (7) United states person.--The term ``United States 
 person'' means--
        (A) an individual who is a United States citizen or 
 an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
 the United States;
        (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
 United States or any jurisdiction within the United 
 States, including a foreign branch of such an entity; 
 or
            (C) any person in the United States.
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