Bill > HR1042

This bill, the Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act, aims to provide an enhanced general penalty for individuals who willfully or maliciously destroy any communications facility, which includes infrastructure like towers, transmitting devices, and associated equipment. The bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to add a new section that imposes an additional 2-year prison sentence on top of the punishment for the underlying violation, and specifies that this additional sentence cannot be served concurrently with other sentences, with limited exceptions. The term "communications facility" is defined broadly to encompass a wide range of communications infrastructure.