View CDT's Congressional Agenda for the 110th Congress (published January 22, 2007)
PFF/CDT Index to Child Safety and Content Regulation Bills
CDT Analysis of Safety & Content Bills in Congress
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Porter)
CDT Notes:
- 6/22/00 Senate substituted its own text, S. 2553, into the bill, replacing most of it.
- 6/22/00 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) offers Amendment 3610, the "Children's Internet Protection Act."
- 8/7/00 Amendments added in conference, the "Children's Internet Protection Act."
- While this bill was being generated by the House Appropriations committee, Rep. Ernest Istook (R-OK) added an amendment to it that would prevent schools receiving federal money from using that money to purchase computers to access the Internet, or to pay for that access, unless filtering or blocking software were installed on all computers accessible to minors. Such software would be used to filter/block obscenity, child pornography, and material "harmful to minors."
To prohibit the making, importation, exportation, distribution, sale, offer for sale, installation, or use of an information collection device without proper labeling or notice and consent.
(Holt)
To require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected from and about individuals on the Internet, to provide greater individual control over the collection and use of that information, and for other purposes.
(Green)
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.
(Holt)
Presidential Threat Protection Act of 2000 (McCollum)
A bill to provide for the disclosure of the collection of information through computer software, and for other purposes.
(Edwards)
Internet Integrity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2000 (Hatch)
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000 (Canady)
A bill to protect the privacy of consumers who use the Internet.
(McCain)
A bill to protect the privacy of American consumers.
(Hollings)
CDT Notes: 10/3/00: Committee hearing held. CDT
testified.
