This Act may be cited as the Combating Critical Infrastructure Vandalism Act of 2026.

Section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking Whoever willfully or maliciously injures or destroys and inserting the following: (a) In general It shall be unlawful to— (1) willfully or maliciously injure or destroy; (2) in subsection (a), as so designated— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking interferes and inserting interfere; (ii) by striking obstructs, hinders, or delays and inserting obstruct, hinder, or delay; (iii) by striking attempts or conspires and inserting attempt or conspire; and (iv) by striking, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. and inserting the following: “; or (2) willfully or maliciously injure, destroy, or steal, or attempt or conspire to injure, destroy, or steal, any copper, fiber, or coaxial cable used to provide telecommunications services (as defined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153U.S. Code — Title 47, Section 153View official source on GovInfo)) or information services (as defined in that section) that is used in or affects interstate or foreign commerce, whether constructed or in the process of construction.; and (B) in paragraph (2), as so designated, by striking In the case of any works and inserting the following: (b) Limitations (1) Certain lawful concerted activities In the case of any works; (3) in subsection (b), as so designated, by adding at the end the following: (2) Customer premises equipment (A) In general Subsection (a)(2) shall not apply to customer premises equipment. (B) Customer premises equipment defined In this section, the term customer premises equipment means equipment physically located on a customer’s property that is owned, rented, or leased by the customer.; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (c) Penalty Any person in violation of subsection (a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both..