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New Bills in U.S. Congress
@ Jan 17 2003, 16:27 (UTC+0) | From: stand__sure :
The following is a list of new legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate which was receceived from EPIC.
House
H.R.48: To develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming and censorship.
Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher (R-CA).
Committees: House International Relations.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.69: To require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected from and about individuals who are not covered by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 on the Internet, to provide greater individual control over the collection and use of that information, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. (R-NJ).
Committees: House Energy and Commerce.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
H.R.70: To regulate the use by interactive computer services of Social Security account numbers and related personally identifiable information.
Sponsor: Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. (R-NJ).
Committees: House Energy and Commerce.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to
House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.71: To require customer consent to the provision of wireless call location information.
Sponsor: Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. (R-NJ).
Committees: House Energy and Commerce.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.107: To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc is an unfair method of competition and an unfair and deceptive act or practice, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Boucher, Rick (D-VA).
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.115: To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve airport security by using biometric security badges, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hefley, Joel (R-CO).
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.122: To amend section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of the text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages.
Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. (D-NJ).
Committees: House Energy and Commerce.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to House committee.
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
*Senate*
S.6 Comprehensive Homeland Security Act of 2003. A bill to enhance homeland security and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. (D-SD).
Committees: Senate Judiciary.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.16: A bill to protect the civil rights of all Americans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. (D-SD).
Committees: Senate Finance.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.22: A bill to enhance domestic security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. (D-SD).
Committees: Senate Judiciary.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.41: A bill to strike certain provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. (D-CT).
Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs.
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
S.113: A bill to exclude United States persons from the definition of "foreign power" under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to international terrorism.
Sponsor: Sen Kyl, Jon (R-AZ).
Committees: Senate Judiciary.
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2003 Referred to
Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.123: A bill to exclude United States persons from the definition of "foreign power" under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating to international terrorism.
Sponsor: Sen Kyl, Jon (R-AZ).
Committees: Senate Judiciary.
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2003 Referred to
Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.153: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA).
Committees: Senate Judiciary.
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2003 Referred to Senate committee.
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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