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Also tagged in: Adoption, Birth defects, Budgets, Child development, Children, Civil liberties, Communication in medicine, Communication in science, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Data banks, Directories, Down's syndrome, Electronic government information, Epidemiology, Families, Family services, Fetus, Genetic counseling, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Health counseling, Health education, Health information systems, Health policy, Health surveys, Hereditary diseases, Imaging systems in medicine, Informed consent (Medical law), Internet, Law, Life expectancy, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical records, Medical screening, Medical statistics, Medical tests, Medicine, Patients' rights, Quality of life, Right of privacy, Science policy, Technology, Telecommunication, Vital statistics, Web sites
Latest Action: 10/08/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions. 4/21/2008--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through either the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to authorize and oversee certain activities relating to Down syndrome or other prenatally or postnatally diagnosed conditions. Includes among such activities the awarding of grants, contracts or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to: (1) collect,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/08/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States. 4/29/2008--Introduced. Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide coordination and assistance for the maintenance of the nationwide toll-free phone number to access poison control centers. Requires the Secretary to carry out and expand upon a national media campaign to educate the public and health care providers about poison prevention and the availability of poison control center resources in local communities. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with nationally recognized organizations in the field of poison control and national media firms [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Accident prevention, Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Business, Civil rights, Colorado, Communications, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Damages, Department of Labor, Department of Transportation, Disciplining of employees, Discrimination in employment, Dismissal of employees, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee rights, Employee training, Employers' liability, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal advisory bodies, Federal employees, Fines (Penalties), Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Hours of labor, Job training, Judicial review, Labor, Law, Licenses, Limitation of actions, Maintenance and repair, Medical care, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical supplies, Medicine, Occupational health and safety, Public contracts, Public service advertising, Punitive damages, Railroad accidents, Railroad commuting traffic, Railroad employees, Railroad equipment, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroads, Research and development facilities, Right-of-way, Safety appliances, Science policy, State and local government, State laws, Telecommunication, Traffic accidents and safety, Traffic signs and signals, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances, Transportation planning, Transportation research, Tunnels, Wage restitution, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 10/06/2008 - Presented to President. Bill TextTo amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. 10/17/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 - Title I: Federal Railroad Safety Administration - (Sec. 101) Amends federal transportation law to establish within the Department of Transportation (DOT) the Federal Railroad Safety Administration to carry out, with the highest priority, enforcement of U.S. safety laws with respect to rail transportation (effectively replacing the Federal Railroad Administration). Provides for the appointment of an Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety who shall be the Chief Safety Officer of the Federal Railroad Safety Administration. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to develop a long-term strategy for improving [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Budgets, Business, Business records, Computer networks, Court records, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Electronic government information, Exhibitions, Families, Family violence, Federal-state relations, Fines (Penalties), Fingerprints, Firearms, Firearms control, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Identification devices, Identification of criminals, Injunctions, Law, Licenses, Retail trade, State and local government, State courts, State laws, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at events that provide a venue for the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for regulation of firearms transfers at special firearms events (events at which 75 or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, exchange, or transfer if one or more of the firearms has been shipped or transported in, or otherwise affects, interstate or foreign commerce, excluding an offer or exhibit of firearms: (1) by an individual, from that individual's personal collection, at that individual's private residence, if the individual is not required to be licensed; and (2) at events conducted and attended by permanent or annual dues paying members of private, not-for-profit organizations whose primary purpose is owning and maintaining real property for hunting activities).[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Alien labor, Aliens, Authorization, Border patrols, Budgets, Citizenship, Civil liberties, Confidential communications, Counterfeiting, Criminal justice, Data banks, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Dismissal of employees, Electronic government information, Employee selection, Employers' liability, Encryption, Executive departments, Federal aid to law enforcement, Fines (Penalties), Fingerprints, Fraud, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Identification devices, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Labor, Law, Photography, Recruiting of employees, Right of privacy, Social security, Social security numbers, Technological innovations, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - For Further Action See Title III of H.R. 2954. Bill TextTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require inclusion of encrypted machine-readable electronic identification strips on Social Security cards. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to: (1) develop the strip in a manner that enables employers to access the Employment Eligibility Database (EED) established by this Act; and (2) transmit to the Secretary of Homeland Security necessary information from an individual's application for a Social Security card or number for inclusion in the EED. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain the EED. Requires the EED to [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Bill TextTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 to continue in effect and expand the Lifeline Assistance Program and the Link Up Program, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Serving Everyone with Reliable, Vital Internet, Communications, and Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program and the Link Up Program. Requires a report to Congress on the benefit level for the programs that will encourage low-income consumers to seek broadband service, projections on potential broadband consumers if the service was economically feasible, industry requirements to provide broadband service in underserved areas, and policy proposals regarding gaps in broadband availability.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Business, Business records, Civil liberties, Communications, Computer security measures, Consumer education, Consumers, Criminal justice, Damages, Data banks, Executive departments, Federal Communications Commission, Federal preemption, Federal Trade Commission, Fines (Penalties), Forfeiture, Government information, Government publicity, Independent regulatory commissions, Injunctions, Internet, Law, Limitation of actions, Local laws, Parties to actions, Public service advertising, Punitive damages, Restrictive trade practices, Right of privacy, State and local government, State laws, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the unlawful acquisition and use of confidential customer proprietary network information, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act - Makes it unlawful to: (1) acquire or use customer proprietary network information without written consent; (2) represent that another person has consented in order to acquire such information; (3) obtain unauthorized access to certain systems or records in order to acquire such information; (4) sell or offer for sale such information; or (5) request that another person unlawfully obtain such information. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for a civil forfeiture penalty for violation of this Act. Imposes on IP-enabled voice service providers a duty to protect the confidentiality of specified proprietary information. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require each telecommunications carrier [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Department of Commerce, Department of Transportation, Emergency communication systems, Emergency management, Executive departments, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Law, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-38. Bill TextA bill to authorize NTIA to borrow against anticipated receipts of the Digital Television and Public Safety Fund to initiate migration to a national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen activated emergency communications. 3/26/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) 911 Modernization Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to authorize the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to borrow from the treasury to make payments to implement the ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004. Requires repayment, without interest, as funds are deposited into the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund. Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to update and reinvigorate universal service provided under the Communications Act of 1934. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Universal Service for Americans Act or USA Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require each communications service provider to contribute to support universal service (the provision of communications service in rural, insular, and high-cost areas), subject to exemptions. Modifies requirements regarding interconnection and rural telephone companies. Imposes on facilities-based IP-enabled voice service providers the same rights, duties, and obligations as a requesting telecommunications carrier if the provider elects to assert those rights. Prohibits a carrier from refusing to transport or terminate IP-enabled voice traffic solely because it is IP-enabled and prohibits a provider originating, transmitting, or terminating IP-enabled voice traffic from being exempted from paying compensation for interstate traffic solely because the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response Discharged. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Smarter Funding for All of America's Homeland Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a State and Regional First Responder Grant Program under which the Secretary may make grants to states and eligible regional entities on the basis of the threat to a state or region's population and critical infrastructure, as determined by the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to evaluate and prioritize grant applications, considering factors such as threats to the population, specific economic sectors, major communications nodes and transportation systems, specific elements of the food supply, the water and energy supplies, civic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities,[...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Air cargo, Aircraft pilots, Airline passenger traffic, Airlines, Airports, Alien labor, Aliens, Animals, Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Aviation safety, Biological warfare, Border patrols, Bridges, Budgets, Business, Canada, Chemical warfare, Child pornography, Child sexual abuse, Children, Coast guard, Computer security measures, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction industries, Construction workers, Counterfeiting, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Customs administration, Data banks, Defense policy, Delegation of powers, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Detention of persons, Disaster insurance, Disaster loans, Disaster relief, Drone aircraft, Drug abuse, Drug law enforcement, Drugs, Emergency communication systems, Emergency housing, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee selection, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Explosives, Families, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal employees, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fire prevention, Flight training, Floods, Food, Food relief, Foreign policy, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government lending, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Hazardous substances, Horses, Hours of labor, Housing, Identification of criminals, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Imports, Informers, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intelligence activities, International affairs, Ionizing radiation, Job training, Labor, Latin America, Maps, Marine pollution, Marine resources, Marine terminals, Marine transportation, Mass rapid transit, Medical care, Medicine, Metropolitan areas, Mexico, Midwest (U.S.), Military pensions, Military training, Minimum wages, Missing children, Motor buses, Navigational aids, Nuclear research, Nuclear terrorism, Off-budget expenditures, Oil pollution, Patrol aircraft, Patrol ships, Pensions, Police training, Politics and government, Prescription pricing, Presidents, Protection of animals, Public contracts, Railroad safety, Repatriation, Reprogramming of appropriated funds, Research and development, Risk, Salaries, Science policy, Secret service, Security measures, Smuggling, State and local government, Survivors' benefits, Technological innovations, Technology, Telecommunication, Temporary employment, Terrorism, Tornadoes, Trade, Transportation, Transportation safety, Trucking, Urban affairs, Veterans, Wages, Water pollution, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 09/18/2008 - The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-862, by Mr. Price (NC). Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 9/18/2008--Introduced. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2009 for: (1) the Offices of the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and the Inspector General; (2) Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for customs and border protection fencing, infrastructure, and technology; (3) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including for detention and removal operations (including to identify and remove aliens who have been convicted of a crime once they are judged deportable) and the Federal Protective Service; (4) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for screening operations and procurement and installation [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 09/23/2008 - Received in the Senate. Bill TextA bill to establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator to address mortgage fraud in the United States, and for other purposes. 9/22/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator Act of 2008 - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assign the Chief of its Financial Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division, to be the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator, who shall oversee all FBI activities related to investigation of mortgage fraud. Directs the Coordinator to: (1) establish regional task forces, consisting of the voluntary participation of federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, to organize initiatives to address mortgage fraud; (2) train such agencies; (3) collect and disseminate mortgage fraud data; and (4) perform other related functions. Authorizes the Coordinator to: (1) [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Alcohol and youth, Budgets, Child abuse, Child welfare, Children, Children's rights, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Damages, Death, Department of Health and Human Services, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Drugs and youth, Electronic government information, Emergency medicine, Employee selection, Executive departments, Families, Fines (Penalties), Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Grants-in-aid, Group homes, Guardian and ward, Health policy, Housing, Identification of criminals, Injunctions, Law, Legal fees, Medical care, Medicine, Mental care facilities, Mental health services, Mental illness, Parent and child, Punitive damages, Standards, Telecommunication, Youth services
Latest Action: 06/26/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes. 6/25/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to require each location of a covered program to meet specified minimum standards if individually or together with other locations it has an effect on interstate commerce. Defines "covered program" as one operated by a public or private entity that with respect to one or more children unrelated to the program owner or operator: (1) provides a residential environment; and (2) operates with a focus on serving [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/18/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978, to require the Council to establish a single telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal banking agency or State bank supervisor, and for other purposes. 6/18/2008--Introduced. Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require federal financial institution regulatory agencies, coordinating through the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, to establish: (1) a single, toll-free telephone number for consumer complaints and inquiries concerning institutions under their jurisdiction; and (2) a system for routing such calls to the federal financial institution regulatory agency that primarily supervises the financial institution, or that is otherwise the appropriate agency to address the subject of the complaint or inquiry.Cites circumstances [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, relating to equitable relief with respect to a State or private employer, and for other purposes. 6/10/2008--Introduced. Injunctive Relief for Veterans Act of 2008 - Requires (current law authorizes) the appropriate U.S. district court to use its equity powers in any case in which the court determines it is appropriate, including injunctive relief, to fully vindicate a veteran's employment or reemployment rights with respect to a state or private employer.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Child safety, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Curricula, Education, Electronic mail systems, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Grants-in-aid, Internet, Parent and child, Pornography, Racism, Right of privacy, School administration, Sexual harassment, Technology, Telecommunication
Latest Action: 06/02/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to establish a grant program to provide Internet crime prevention education. 6/2/2008--Introduced. Internet Safety Education Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to award grants to certain U.S. entities that assist elementary and secondary school administrators, faculty and staff, and law enforcement officials in implementing Internet crime prevention education. Defines "Internet crime prevention education" to mean programs that help parents, educators, and law enforcement officials to educate children and communities about how to recognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on the Internet, telephone, and other electronic means.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Antitrust law, Armed forces, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cartels, Climate change, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Defense economics, Derivative securities, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Energy, Energy prices, Energy security, Energy supplies, Environmental protection, Excess profits tax, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Foreign tax credit, Futures trading, Gasoline, Government information, Government liability (International law), Government procurement, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Income tax, International affairs, Iraq compilation, Law, Losses, Margins (Security trading), Natural gas, Oil and gas royalties, Parties to actions, Petroleum industry, Petroleum reserves, Price fixing, Profit, Public contracts, Restrictive trade practices, Strategic materials, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation of foreign income, Telecommunication, Trade
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5472-5517) Bill TextA bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit; (3) impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil companies; and (4) establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming. Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Executive departments, Government information, Government paperwork, Internet, Law, Technology, Telecommunication, Web sites
Latest Action: 07/30/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Bill TextTo amend title 44, United States Code, to require each agency to include contact information for the agency in its collection of information. 7/29/2008--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Paperwork Assistance Act - Requires a federal agency to inform any person receiving a collection of information from the agency of the agency's contact information, including a website and a telephone number, by which a person may obtain a specific contact person responsible for answering questions about the information collection and other information to assist in responding to the information collection.Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to include in the Director's annual report on information policy activities: (1) the status of implementation by agencies of the requirements of this Act; and (2) a description of how each agency has responded to complaints related to the agency's compliance with such requirements.[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3407-3408) Bill TextA bill to promote the accurate transmission of network traffic identification information. 4/24/2008--Introduced. Signaling Modernization Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a telecommunications service or IP-enabled voice service provide to ensure that all voice communications service traffic originating on its network contains the signaling information reasonably needed to facilitate intercarrier billing in accordance with industry standards. Requires a provider that transports or transits traffic between voice communications service providers to forward the signaling information it receives from another provider (without altering such signaling information) that is reasonably needed to facilitate intercarrier billing in accordance with industry standards, except as otherwise permitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Also tagged in: Budgets, Child pornography, Child sexual abuse, Children, Civil liberties, Computer crimes, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Electronic mail systems, Federal aid to law enforcement, Government information, Government publicity, Internet, Minorities, Pornography, Racism, Right of privacy, Sexual harassment, Technology, Telecommunication, Web sites, Women
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to direct the Attorney General to provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs. 5/14/2008--Introduced. Internet Crime Prevention Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to i-SAFE, Inc., and to establish and administer competitive grant programs for organizations, to carry out Internet crime prevention education programs. Defines "Internet crime prevention education program" to mean a program for educating parents, children, educators, and communities to recognize and prevent potentially criminal activity on the Internet.
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