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Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1855-1857) Bill TextA bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Act for Our Kids - Repeals the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act. Amends the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to prohibit federal funding of television broadcasting to Cuba. Terminates the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Requires federal agencies to reduce administrative expenses. Eliminates the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization (SLUSH) Fund. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit profiteering and fraud involving a contract or the provision of goods or services in connection with a war or military action. Requires: (1) suspension and debarment of unethical contractors; (2) disclosure by federal agencies, upon request, to the appropriate committee chairman or ranking member of audit reports regarding federal contractors; and (3) public access to information on federal contractor penalties and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to prohibit deceptive conduct in the rating of video and computer games, and for other purposes. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Truth in Video Game Rating Act - Prohibits any rating organization from assigning a content rating to any video or computer game unless it has reviewed its entire playable content. Prohibits any producer, seller, or distributor of such games from withholding or hiding any such content from a rating organization. Requires any person submitting to a rating organization a video or computer game with hidden content to accompany it with the codes or methods necessary to access such hidden content. Prohibits a rating organization from providing a content rating that grossly mischaracterizes the game content. Makes a violation of a prohibition of this Act an unfair or deceptive act or practice under specified provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act.
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Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextTo require annual oral testimony before the Financial Services Committee of the Chairperson or a designee of the Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to their efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting. 2/27/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to provide oral testimony by their respective Chairpersons (or a designee), beginning in 2007, and annually for five years, to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on their efforts to reduce the complexity [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/09/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2973) Bill TextA bill to require annual testimony before Congress by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting. 3/9/2007--Introduced. Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to provide oral testimony by their respective chairpersons (or a designee), beginning in 2007, and annually for five years, to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on their efforts to reduce the complexity in financial reporting, so that investors are provided with more accurate and clear financial information.
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Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill TextTo protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Data Accountability and Trust Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses electronic data containing personal information to establish security policies and procedures. Authorizes the FTC to require a standard method or methods for destroying obsolete nonelectronic data. Requires information brokers to submit their security policies to the FTC in conjunction with a security breach notification or on FTC request. Requires the FTC to conduct or require an audit of security practices when information brokers are required to provide notification of such a breach. Authorizes additional audits after a breach. Requires information [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextTo protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, and for other purposes. 6/6/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act or Spy Act - (Sec. 2) Makes it unlawful for any person who is not the owner or authorized user (user) of a protected computer (a computer exclusively for the use of a financial institution or the U.S. government, or a computer used in interstate or foreign commerce or communication) to engage in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with specified conduct, including: (1) taking unsolicited control of the computer; (2) modifying computer settings; (3) collecting personally identifiable information; (4) inducing the owner or authorized user to disclose personally identifiable information; (5) inducing the unsolicited installation of computer software; and (6) removing or [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Star Print ordered on S. 948. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding for the establishment of a program on children and the media within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children. 3/21/2007--Introduced. Children and Media Research Advancement Act or the CAMRA Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Science or another appropriate entity to: (1) review, synthesize, and report on research regarding the roles and impact of electronic media (including television, motion pictures, DVD's, interactive video games, digital music, the Internet, and cell phones) and exposures to such media on youth in core areas of development; and (2) establish research priorities regarding such issues.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Child pornography, Child safety, Child sexual abuse, Children, Computer crimes, Computer security measures, Consumer education, Consumers, Criminal justice, Education, Electronic mail systems, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Federal aid to education, Government information, Government publicity, Humanities, Internet, Libraries, Pornography, Secondary education, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication rates, Web sites
Latest Action: 06/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6408-6409) Bill TextTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require schools and libraries that receive universal service support to enforce a policy that: (1) prohibits access to a commercial social networking website or chat room unless used for an educational purpose with adult supervision; and (2) protects against access to visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors. Allows an administrator, supervisor, or other authorized person to disable such a technology protection measure during use by an adult, or by minors with adult supervision, to enable access for educational purposes. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) issue a consumer alert regarding use of the Internet by child predators [...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/06/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes. 12/6/2007--Introduced. Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and to establish penalties for knowingly making available a computer-assisted remote hunt (i.e., using a computer or other device, equipment, or software to allow a person remotely to control the aiming and discharge of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the physical presence of the weapon).
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes. 6/14/2007--Introduced. Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and to establish penalties for knowingly making available a computer-assisted remote hunt (i.e., using a computer or other device, equipment, or software to allow a person remotely to control the aiming and discharge of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the targeted animal's physical presence).
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Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6022) Bill TextA bill to make grants to States to implement statewide portal initiatives, and for other purposes. 6/24/2008--Introduced. Empowering Teaching and Learning Through Education Portals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to implement or maintain education portal initiatives that include collecting and making available: (1) high quality resources (including data, tools, and digital media content) for teachers, students, and parents, that support public education from Head Start through graduate school; and (2) resources for ongoing and sustainable teacher training in the use of education technology at such educational levels. Allows teachers, students, and parents to contribute resources to their state portal, which is to be accessible statewide. Permits states to use funds available to them under part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to maintain [...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/06/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes. 12/6/2007--Introduced. Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and to establish penalties for knowingly making available a computer-assisted remote hunt (i.e., using a computer or other device, equipment, or software to allow a person remotely to control the aiming and discharge of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the physical presence of the weapon).
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes. 6/14/2007--Introduced. Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and to establish penalties for knowingly making available a computer-assisted remote hunt (i.e., using a computer or other device, equipment, or software to allow a person remotely to control the aiming and discharge of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the targeted animal's physical presence).
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Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Star Print ordered on S. 948. Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding for the establishment of a program on children and the media within the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children. 3/21/2007--Introduced. Children and Media Research Advancement Act or the CAMRA Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to enter into a contract with the National Academy of Science or another appropriate entity to: (1) review, synthesize, and report on research regarding the roles and impact of electronic media (including television, motion pictures, DVD's, interactive video games, digital music, the Internet, and cell phones) and exposures to such media on youth in core areas of development; and (2) establish research priorities regarding such issues.[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/09/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2973) Bill TextA bill to require annual testimony before Congress by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting. 3/9/2007--Introduced. Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to provide oral testimony by their respective chairpersons (or a designee), beginning in 2007, and annually for five years, to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on their efforts to reduce the complexity in financial reporting, so that investors are provided with more accurate and clear financial information.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Child pornography, Child safety, Child sexual abuse, Children, Computer crimes, Computer security measures, Consumer education, Consumers, Criminal justice, Education, Electronic mail systems, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Federal aid to education, Government information, Government publicity, Humanities, Internet, Libraries, Pornography, Secondary education, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication rates, Web sites
Latest Action: 06/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6408-6409) Bill TextTo amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require schools and libraries that receive universal service support to enforce a policy that: (1) prohibits access to a commercial social networking website or chat room unless used for an educational purpose with adult supervision; and (2) protects against access to visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors. Allows an administrator, supervisor, or other authorized person to disable such a technology protection measure during use by an adult, or by minors with adult supervision, to enable access for educational purposes. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) issue a consumer alert regarding use of the Internet by child predators [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Cable television, Child welfare, Children, Computer software, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer protection, Consumers, Deceptive advertising, Executive departments, Federal Trade Commission, Independent regulatory commissions, Internet, Labeling, Law, Marketing, Motion pictures, Pornography, Restrictive trade practices, Technology, Telecommunication, Television programs, Video games, Violence
Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to prohibit deceptive conduct in the rating of video and computer games, and for other purposes. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Truth in Video Game Rating Act - Prohibits any rating organization from assigning a content rating to any video or computer game unless it has reviewed its entire playable content. Prohibits any producer, seller, or distributor of such games from withholding or hiding any such content from a rating organization. Requires any person submitting to a rating organization a video or computer game with hidden content to accompany it with the codes or methods necessary to access such hidden content. Prohibits a rating organization from providing a content rating that grossly mischaracterizes the game content. Makes a violation of a prohibition of this Act an unfair or deceptive act or practice under specified provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act.
Also tagged in: Accreditation (Medical care), Actions and defenses, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Aged, Appropriations, Armed forces, Auditing, Australia, Budgets, Business, Business records, Canada, Capital gains tax, Caribbean area, Checks, Citizenship, Civil liberties, Claims, Competitive bidding, Conflict of interests, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Continental shelf, Contracts, Corporation taxes, Cost of living adjustments, Courts of special jurisdiction, Credit cards, Criminal justice, Cuba, Customs administration, Damages, Data banks, Defective products, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, Directories, Disciplining of employees, Dividends, Drug advertising, Drug approvals, Drug industry, Drugs, Due process of law, East Asia, Education, Electronic commerce, Electronic data interchange, Electronic funds transfers, Electronic government information, Employee rights, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Europe, European Union, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Expatriation, Export controls, Exports, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal employees, Federal officials, Federal preemption, Federal Trade Commission, Federal-state relations, Fees, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Foreign corporations, Foreign policy, Foreign tax credit, Forfeiture, Fraud, Gas in submerged lands, General Services Administration, Gifts, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Government publicity, Government spending reductions, Governmental investigations, Gulf of Mexico, Health policy, Higher education, Identification devices, Immigration, Import restrictions, Imports, Income tax, Independent regulatory commissions, Indexing (Economic policy), Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Injunctions, Intellectual property, Intelligence activities, International broadcasting, Internet, Japan, Judicial review, Jurisdiction, Labeling, Latin America, Law, Legal fees, Liability (Law), Licenses, Lobbying, Medical associations, Medical care, Medical education, Medical records, Medical tests, Medicare, Medicine, Minimum tax, New Zealand, Oceania, Office of Government Ethics, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Special Counsel, Oil and gas leases, Oil and gas royalties, Oil well drilling, Overhead costs, Packaging, Parties to actions, Patent infringement, Patents, Petroleum in submerged lands, Pharmaceutical research, Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Physical examinations, Politics and government, Prescription pricing, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Price discrimination, Product counterfeiting, Profit, Public contracts, Restrictive trade practices, Right of privacy, Science policy, Security clearances, State and local government, State laws, Sunset legislation, Surety and fidelity, Switzerland, Tax deductions, Tax deferral, Tax exclusion, Tax exemption, Tax liens, Tax rates, Tax shelters, Taxation of foreign income, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, Television broadcasting, Trade, User charges, Web sites, Whistle blowing, Wholesale trade
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1855-1857) Bill TextA bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit, and for other purposes. 2/12/2007--Introduced. Act for Our Kids - Repeals the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act. Amends the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to prohibit federal funding of television broadcasting to Cuba. Terminates the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Requires federal agencies to reduce administrative expenses. Eliminates the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization (SLUSH) Fund. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit profiteering and fraud involving a contract or the provision of goods or services in connection with a war or military action. Requires: (1) suspension and debarment of unethical contractors; (2) disclosure by federal agencies, upon request, to the appropriate committee chairman or ranking member of audit reports regarding federal contractors; and (3) public access to information on federal contractor penalties and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Business, Business records, Civil liberties, Communications, Computer security measures, Congress, Consumer credit, Consumer education, Consumer protection, Consumers, Cost effectiveness, Credit bureaus, Criminal justice, Electronic data interchange, Electronic mail systems, Encryption, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Federal preemption, Federal Trade Commission, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Health information systems, Health policy, Identification devices, Identity theft, Independent regulatory commissions, Information services, Injunctions, Internet, Language and languages, Law, Medical care, Medical records, Medicine, Parties to actions, Right of privacy, Security measures, Standards, State and local government, Sunset legislation, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Telephone, Web sites
Latest Action: 02/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Bill TextTo protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach. 2/8/2007--Introduced. Data Accountability and Trust Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission ( FTC) to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses electronic data containing personal information to establish security policies and procedures. Authorizes the FTC to require a standard method or methods for destroying obsolete nonelectronic data. Requires information brokers to submit their security policies to the FTC in conjunction with a security breach notification or on FTC request. Requires the FTC to conduct or require an audit of security practices when information brokers are required to provide notification of such a breach. Authorizes additional audits after a breach. Requires information [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Advertising, Business, Civil liberties, Computer crimes, Computer hackers, Computer industry, Computer networks, Computer security measures, Computer software, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumer protection, Consumers, Criminal justice, Electronic commerce, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Federal preemption, Federal Trade Commission, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Good samaritan laws, Identification devices, Independent regulatory commissions, Internet, Labeling, Law, Restrictive trade practices, Right of privacy, State and local government, State laws, Sunset legislation, Technology, Telecommunication, Telecommunication industry, Web sites
Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill. Bill TextTo protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, and for other purposes. 6/6/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act or Spy Act - (Sec. 2) Makes it unlawful for any person who is not the owner or authorized user (user) of a protected computer (a computer exclusively for the use of a financial institution or the U.S. government, or a computer used in interstate or foreign commerce or communication) to engage in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with specified conduct, including: (1) taking unsolicited control of the computer; (2) modifying computer settings; (3) collecting personally identifiable information; (4) inducing the owner or authorized user to disclose personally identifiable information; (5) inducing the unsolicited installation of computer software; and (6) removing or [...] show full description
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