Aaron's Law Act of 2013
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 20, 2013)
Aaron's Law Act of 2013 - Amends provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibiting computer fraud to replace the phrase "exceeds authorized access" with "access without authorization," which is defined as obtaining information on a protected computer that the accesser lacks authorization to obtain by knowingly circumventing one or more technological or physical measures that are designed to exclude or prevent unauthorized individuals from obtaining that information.
Modifies CFAA penalty provisions to: (1) limit the imposition of enhanced penalties to subsequent offenses under such Act (currently, additional penalties are allowed if there is a conviction for another offense) and to criminal acts punishable under federal or state law by a term of imprisonment for more than one year; and (2) require the determination of the value of information for enhanced penalty purposes to be made by reference to fair market value.
What just happenedJun 20, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJun 20, 2013
- Jun 20, 2013IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jun 20, 2013IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate