Review - S 431 Introduced - §1030 Conspiracies

Back in February Sen Rounds (R,SD) introduced S 431, the Cyber Conspiracy Modernization Act. The bill would amend 18 USC 1030, Fraud and related activity in connection with computers by adding language to include ‘conspiracy’ to the various descriptions of offenses under the act. No new funding is authorized in the legislation.

Moving Forward

Neither Rounds, nor his sole cosponsor, Sen Gillibrand (D,NY), are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there is probably insufficient influence to see the bill considered in Committee. I would not expect there to be much support for this bill in that Committee because the wording of §1030(b) already specifically makes conspiracy a potential component of the offences listed in §1030(a).

 

For more information on the provisions of this bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-431-introduced - subscription required.