3.0.0 1267 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z Senate S S 2007-05-02 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-02T19:24:24Z Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 110 2102 HR 2007-10-18 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 428. Identical bill CRS 2007-05-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-05-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5504-5505) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-05-02 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2007-05-02 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2007-05-02 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-05-02 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2007-05-03 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-05-14 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-06-11 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-06-22 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-09-17 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-09-20 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-09-26 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-04-14 False Law Arts, Culture, Religion Authors and authorship Business records Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Confidential communications Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Criminal procedure Discovery (Law) Evidence (Law) Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Informers Journalism Journalistic ethics Newspapers Periodicals Press Prosecution Radio stations Science, Technology, Communications Subpoena Television stations Witnesses Law 00 2007-05-02 Introduced in Senate 2007-10-30T19:18:39Z Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 - Prohibits a federal entity (an entity or employee of the judicial or executive branch or an administrative agency) from compelling a covered person (a person engaged in journalism, including their supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate) to testify or produce any document unless a court makes specified determinations by a preponderance of the evidence.

Requires the content of compelled testimony or documents to be limited and narrowly tailored.

Applies this Act to communications service providers with regard to testimony or any record, information, or other communication that relates to a business transaction between such providers and covered persons. Sets forth notice requirements. Permits a court to delay notice to a covered person upon determining that such notice would pose a substantial threat to the integrity of a criminal investigation.

]]> Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 Display Title Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1267is/xml/BILLS-110s1267is.xml 2007-05-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.