PUBLIC LAW 99-474—OCT. 16, 1986
100 STAT. 1213
Public Law 99-474 99th Congress An Act To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide additional penalties for fraud and related activities in connection with access devices and computers, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.
Computer Fraud
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986". SEC. 2. SECTION 1030 AMENDMENTS. (a) MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—Sec-
tion 1030(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out "knowingly" and inserting "intentionally" in lieu thereof; (2) by striking out "as such terms are defined in the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.),"; (3) by striking out the term "or" where it appears at the end of section 1030(a)(2) of title 18; and (4) by adding after the term "financial institution" the following: "or of a card issuer as defined in section 1602(n) of title 15,". (b) MODIFICATION OF EXISTING GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS O F -
FENSE.—Section 1030(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) to read as follows: "(3) intentionally, without authorization to access any computer of a department or agency of the United States, accesses such a computer of that department or agency that is exclusively for the use of the Government of the United States or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, is used by or for the Government of the United States and such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer;"; and (2) by striking out the flush language after section 1030(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, beginning with "It is not an offense" and all that follows through "use of the computer.". (c) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED ACCESS ASPECT OF OFFENSES.—
Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1030(a) of title 18, United States Code, are each amended by striking out ", or having accessed" and all that follows through "does not extend" and inserting "or exceeds authorized access" in lieu thereof, (d) NEW OFFENSES.—Section 1030(a) of title 18, United States Ckxie, is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: "(4) knowingly and with intent to defraud, accesses a Federal interest computer without authorization, or exceeds authorized access, and by means of such conduct furthers the intended fraud and obtains anything of value, unless the object of the
and Abuse Act of 1986.
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