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Internet Legislation 109th Congress

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H.R.3726 Child Pornography Prevention Act of 2005:
To enhance prosecution of child pornography and obscenity by strengthening section 2257 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that children are not exploited in the production of pornography, prohibi

S.1633 Stop Online Predators Act
Title: A bill to allow law enforcement officers to represent themselves as minors on the Internet to better protect America's children from sexual predators. Sponsor: Sen Talent, Jim [MO] (introduced 9/8/2005)

S.2271 USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006
Title: A bill to clarify that individuals who receive FISA orders can challenge nondisclosure requirements, that individuals who receive national security letters are not required to disclose the name of their attorney, that libraries are not wire or electronic communication service providers unless they provide specific services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Sununu, John E. [NH] (introduced 2/10/2006)

H.R.3199 USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005
Title: To extend and modify authorities needed to combat terrorism, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 7/11/2005), Thomas 8/5/2005

S.2118
Title: A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the Act and the lone wolf provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to March 31, 2006 and to combat methamphetamine abuse. Spon

S.1507 Internet Safety and Child Protection Act of 2005
Title: A bill to protect children from Internet pornography and support law enforcement and other efforts to combat Internet and pornography-related crimes against children. Sponsor: Sen Lincoln, Bl, Thomas 8/5/2005

H.R.1710 Internet Police Protection Act of 2005
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect individuals performing certain Federal and federally assisted functions, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] (introduced

H.R.1099 Anti-phishing Act of 2005
To criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing. Sponsor: Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] (introduced 3/3/2005)

S.472 Anti-phishing Act of 2005
A bill to criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing. Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 2/28/2005)

H.CON.RES.268
Title: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Sponsor: Rep Doolittle, John T. [CA-4] (introduced 10/18/2005)

S.RES.273
Title: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United Nations and other international organizations shall not be allowed to exercise control over the Internet. Sponsor: Sen Coleman, Norm [MN] (introduced 10/17/2005)

H.R.4777 Internet Gambling Prohibition Act
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] (introduced 2/16/2006)

H.R.840 Ryan Haight Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2005'
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11]

S.399 Ryan Haight Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2005
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Coleman, Norm [MN

• Telecom Legislation Provokes Conflicting Views, AdvancedIPpipeline 7/29/2005
• Centrist Senate Democrats urge telecom law reform, Free Press 7/29/2005
• Telecom Act Rewrite — I've Always Depended on the Kindness of Monopolies, Harold Feld 7/29/2005
• Proposed Change To Daylight Savings Time Could Affect IT, Information Week 7/29/2005
• Broadband Bill Would Deregulate Video Services, Spur VoIP, Internet Week 7/29/2005
• Telecom draft, Susan Crawford 7/29/2005
• Ensign Bill Lets Carriers Mess with Content, Isen 8/2/2005

S.2256 Internet and Universal Service Act of 2006 Title: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the availability to all Americans of high-quality, advanced telecommunications and broadband services, technologies, and networks at just, reasonable, and affordable rates, and to establish a permanent mechanism to guarantee specific, sufficient, and predictable support for the preservation and advancement of universal service, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Burns, Conrad R. [MT] (introduced 2/8/2006)

S 1294 Community Broadband Act
Title: A bill to amend the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and protect the ability of local governments to provide broadband capability and services.
Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] (introduced 6/23/2005)
See Topic Muni Broadband
[PDF]COMMUNITY BROADBAND COALITION December 13, 2005 Dear Senator:

HR 2726 Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005
Title: To prohibit municipal governments from offering telecommunications, information, or cable services except to remedy market failures by private enterprise to provide such services.
Sponsor: Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] (introduced 5/26/2005)
See Topic Muni Broadband

S.1504 Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act
Title: A bill to establish a market driven telecommunications marketplace, to eliminate government managed competition of existing communication service, and to provide parity between functionally equivalent services. Sponsor: Sen Ensign, John [NV], Thomas 8/5/2005
See Topic Muni Broadband
Jim Baller’s response to Senator Ensign’s municipal networks provision

H.R.1479 Rural Access to Broadband Service At
Title: To expand rural access to broadband services. Sponsor: Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] (introduced 4/5/2005)

S.497 Broadband Rural Revitalization Act of 2005
A bill to revitalize our nation's rural communities by expanding broadband services. Sponsor: Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] (introduced 3/2/2005)

H.R.144: Rural America Digital Accessibility Act
To bridge the digital divide in rural areas. Sponsor: Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] (introduced 1/4/2005)

H.R.214: Advanced Internet Communications Services Act of 2005
To promote deployment of and investment in advanced Internet communications services. Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 1/4/2005)

• Another Try For Telecom Reform, Internet news 1/7/2005

H.R.4194
: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from treatment as public communications for purposes of such Act. Sponsor: Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] (introduced 11/1/2005)

S.678
A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication. Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 3/17/2005),

S.758 Federal Internet Tax Prohibition Act of 2005
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that the federal excise tax on communication services does not apply to internet access service. Sponsor: Sen Allen, George [VA] (introduced 4/11/2005)

H.R.1580 Stand By Your Internet Ad Act of 2005
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the requirements for the disclosure of identifying information within authorized campaign communications which are printed, to apply certain requirements regarding the disclosure of identifying information within communications made through the Internet, to apply certain disclosure requirements to prerecorded telephone calls, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] (introduced 4/12/2005)

H.R.1605 :
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication. Sponsor: Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] (introduced 4/13/2005)

H.R.1606 :
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication. Sponsor: Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] (introduced 4/13/2005)

H.R.4780 Global Online Freedom Act of 2006
Title: To promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep S,

H.R.4741 Global Internet Freedom Act
Title: To develop and deploy technologies to defeat Internet jamming. Sponsor: Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] (introduced 2/14/2006)

H.R.1440 Stamp Out Censorship Act of 2005
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from imposing penalties for indecent broadcasts on providers of video over cable television systems, satellite carriers, the Internet, or non-broadcast prov

H.R.3608 Internet Drug Sales Accountability Act
Title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit third-party Internet sales sites from posting offers to sell controlled substances, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Sweeney, John E. [NY-20] (i, Thomas 8/12/2005

H.R.1808 Safe Online Drug Act of 2005
Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to create a uniform certification standard for Internet pharmacies and to prohibit Internet pharmacies from engaging in certain advertising activities, to prohibit

H.R.840 Ryan Haight Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2005'
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11]

S.399 Ryan Haight Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2005
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the sale of prescription drugs through the Internet, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Coleman, Norm [MN

S.167 Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005
A bill to provide for the protection of intellectual property rights, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 1/25/2005),

H.R.4731 Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data Act of 2006
Title: To require owners of Internet websites to destroy obsolete data containing personal information. Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] (introduced 2/8/2006)

H.R.1745 Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2005
Title: To amend the Social Security Act to enhance Social Security account number privacy protections, to prevent fraudulent misuse of the Social Security account number, an,

S.751 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act
A bill to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing personal information, to disclose any unauthorized acquisition of such information. Spo,

S.687 SPY BLOCK Act
A bill to regulate the unauthorized installation of computer software, to require clear disclosure to computer users of certain computer software features that may pose a threat to user privacy, and for other purposes. Sponsor:

• Senators Re-Introduce Anti-Spyware Bill, Infoweek 3/22/2005

H.R.1099 Anti-phishing Act of 2005
To criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing. Sponsor: Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] (introduced 3/3/2005)

H.R.744 Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005
To amend title 18, United States Code, to discourage spyware, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] (introduced 2/10/2005)

S.116 Privacy Act of 2005
A bill to require the consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of such individual's personally identifiable information, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/24/2005)

H.R.29 Spy Act:
To protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Bono, Mary [CA-45] (introduced 1/4/2005)

• Full Committee Markup H.R. 29, “The Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act” or the `SPY ACT.' Full Committee on Energy and Commerce Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:00 AM,, House 3/9/2005
• House Revives Anti-Spyware Bill, Internet news 1/7/2005

H.R.82 Social Security On-line Privacy Protection Act
To regulate the use by interactive computer services of Social Security account numbers and related personally identifiable information. Sponsor: Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11] (introduced 1/4/2005),

H.R.84 Online Privacy Protection Act of 2005
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. [NJ-11] (introduced 1/4/2005)

H.R.1684 Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act of 2005
Title: To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce. Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-48] (introduced 4/19

H.R.1685 Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2005
Title: To amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce. Sponsor: Rep Cox, Christopher [CA-48] (introduced 4/19/20,

S.849 Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act
Title: A bill to make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce permanent. Sponsor: Sen Allen, George [VA] (introduced 4/19/2005)

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