FC: Congress update: So much Internet regulation, so little time...

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Mon May 20 2002 - 07:06:13 PDT

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    It's a busy time for regulation-happy congresscritters. Last week, the 
    Senate Commerce committee approved and sent to the floor...
    
    Burns' "Can Spam" act:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.00630:
    Wyden's national emergency technology guard bill:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.02037:
    Wyden's Cyber Security Research and Development Act (CSRDA):
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.02182:
    Opposition to the CSRDA:
       http://www.itaa.org/news/pr/PressRelease.cfm?ReleaseID=1021661107
       http://www.bsa.org/usa/press/newsreleases/2002-05-17.1094.phtml
    
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    ...the Commerce committee also approved the Online Personal Privacy Act:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.2201:
    
    ...including two successful amendments...
    Brownback amendment on small business safe harbor:
       http://www.cdt.org/legislation/107th/privacy/020516brownback.pdf
    Nelson amendment, requiring "compliance officers":
       http://www.cdt.org/legislation/107th/privacy/020516nelson.pdf
    
    ...the largely Dem-GOP party-line vote came after opposition to the bill 
    from just about every business group imaginable:
       http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cspp.hollings.privacy.051702.html
       http://www.ccianet.org/letters/hollings_privacy.php3
       http://www.uschamber.com/Press+Room/2002+Releases/May+2002/02-93.htm
    
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    ...the Senate Judiciary committee, meanwhile, last week approved:
    Feinstein's Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.00848:
    
    ..and Cantwell's Restore Your Identity Act:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.01742:
    
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    ...the House Judiciary committee last week postponed votes on:
    
    the new "morphed" child porn bill, aka the Child Obscenity and Pormography 
    Prevention Act:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:h.r.4623:
    
    ...and Goodlatte's Internet gambling bill:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:h.r.3215:
    
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    ...last week, a House Judiciary subcommittee postponed consideration of:
    
    Coble's "to provide criminal penalties for providing false information in 
    registering a domain name on the Internet" bill:
       http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:h.r.4640:
    
    Pence's "to punish persons who use false or misleading domain names to 
    attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children" bill:
    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:h.r.4658:
    
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    ...on Tuesday, the full House is scheduled to vote on:
    
    the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002:
    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.03833:
    
    the Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 2002:
    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.01877:
    
    -Declan
    
    
    
    
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