Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1153) to explicitly make unauthorized access to Department of Education information technology systems and the misuse of identification devices issued by the Department of Education a criminal act. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 1153 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 ``Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) In General.--Section 490 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1097) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Access to Department of Education Information Technology Systems for Fraud, Commercial Advantage, or Private Financial Gain.--Any person who knowingly uses an access device, as defined in section 1029(e)(1) of title 18, United States Code, issued to another person or obtained by fraud or false statement to access Department information technology systems for purposes of obtaining commercial advantage or private financial gain, or in furtherance of any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any State, shall be fined not more than $20,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.''.…”