Bill > HR5590

This bill, known as the "Schools Want Accountability for Threats Act" or the "SWAT Act", proposes to strengthen legal penalties for individuals who make threats against schools at any educational level. Specifically, the bill amends several sections of Title 18 of the United States Code to establish more severe criminal consequences for making threats involving fire or explosives, threats through mail or interstate communications, and providing false information about potential threats targeting schools. Under the proposed legislation, anyone who makes a threat against a public, private, or religious school (including institutions providing early childhood, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or career and technical education) could face up to 20 years in prison, a fine, or both. The bill aims to enhance school safety by creating more stringent legal deterrents and consequences for individuals who intentionally threaten educational institutions, regardless of the communication method used to convey the threat.

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