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

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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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