INFORMATION SERVICES

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (S. 2154), S11652, S11662 [19NO]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4402, S4404, S4435, S4436 [27AP], S4506, S4605, S4607, S4608, S4609, S4611, S4612, S4613, S4614, S4615, S4616, S4619, S4620, S4621 [28AP], S4657, S4658, S4661, S4662, S4710, S4711, S4712, S4713, S4715, S4716 [29AP]

Articles and editorials

Alexander-Carper Internet Tax Bill Protects Local Authority, S4640 [29AP]

Court Creates Snoopers' Heaven, S7894 [9JY]

Derail E-Mail Snooping, S7894 [9JY]

Electric Companies Begin Offering Broadband Service, S4350 [26AP]

Georgia City Decided To Provide Its Residents With a Year of Free Internet Access. But Only Half Have Signed On. Why LaGrange Isn't More ``Wired,'', S4350 [26AP]

Intercepting E-Mail, S7894 [9JY]

Internet Access Fees—Don't Let Removal Have Unintended Effects, S4351 [26AP]

Tax and Click, S4351 [26AP]

You've Got Mail (and Court Says Others Can Read It), S7895 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

American Library Association: observance of National Library Workers Day (see H. Res. 597), H2153 [2AP]

Birds: conduct a pilot program under which States may issue electronic Federal migratory bird hunting stamps (see H.R. 4685), H4926 (see H.R. 4685), H5070 [24JN]

Business and industry: establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts (see H.R. 4699), H4927 (see H.R. 4699), H5070 [24JN]

———establish grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts (see S. 2582), S7434 [24JN]

Children and youth: ensure that appropriate State social services officers have access to certain Federal databases to carry out checks in cases of child abuse and neglect and cases of missing children (see H.R. 3972), H1116 [16MR]

———regulate interstate commerce by prohibiting the sale of children's personally identifiable information for commercial marketing purposes (see S. 2160), S2105 [3MR] (see H.R. 4955), H6703 [22JY]

Civil liberties: prohibit transfer of personal information to any person outside the U.S. without notice and consent (see H.R. 4366), H3015 [13MY]

———require reports on Federal data-mining programs to collect personal information from commercial and governmental sources (see H.R. 4290), H2657 [5MY]

Computers: amend criminal code relative to stored electronic communications (see H.R. 5059), H6997 [9SE]

———criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing (see S. 2636), S7896 [9JY]

———discourage spyware (see H.R. 4661), H4893 [23JN]

———encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see S. 2577, 2578), S7434 [24JN]

———increase protections for children from obscene material on the Internet (see H.R. 4305), H2727 [6MY]

———prevent deceptive software transmission practices in order to safeguard computer privacy, maintain computer control, and protect Internet commerce (see H.R. 4255), H2490 [30AP]

———prohibit misappropriation of databases while ensuring consumer access to factual information (see H.R. 3872), H752 [2MR]

———protect the reasonable expectation of privacy of users of e-mail (see H.R. 4977), H6704 [22JY]

———provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 5068), H7073 [13SE]

———regulate unauthorized installation of computer software and require disclosure to users of certain software features that pose a threat to user privacy (see S. 2131), S1683 [26FE] (see S. 2145), S1891 [27FE]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (see S. 2953), S10845 [8OC] (see H.R. 5335), H9049 [8OC]

Copyrights: allow creative artists to sue corporations that encourage individuals to commit illegal or criminal acts of copyright infringement (see S. 2560), S7174 [22JN]

———enhance criminal enforcement of copyright laws and educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet (see H.R. 4077), H1789 [31MR]

Crime: provide additional civil and criminal remedies for domain name fraud (see H.R. 3754), H303 [3FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Internet website designed to allow consumers to compare prices for covered outpatient drugs sold by retail pharmacies that participate in the Medicaid program (see S. 2597), S7435 [24JN] (see H.R. 4681), H4926 (see H.R. 4681), H5070 [24JN]

———expand the National Practitioner Data Bank (see S. 2341), S4300 [22AP] (see H.R. 4211), H2372 [22AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (see S. 2154), S1999 [2MR] (see H.R. 3929), H1010 [10MR]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure certain information is included in the National Driver Register (see H.R. 5230), H8407 [6OC]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: enter into a memorandum of understanding to guide integration of the automated fingerprint identification systems of the FBI and the Dept. of Homeland Security (see H.R. 4857), H5982 [19JY]

Employment: eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs and provide assistance and improve the health care tax credit for certain displaced workers (see S. 2531), S6881 [16JN]

FCC: oppose rules authorizing Broadband Over Power Line Systems without more comprehensive evaluation of interference potential to public safety services and other licensed radio services (see H. Res. 850), H9050 [8OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (see S. 2464), S5949 [20MY] (see H.R. 3880), H830 [3MR]

Government: amend requirement for Federal agencies to have a privacy officer to protect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 5425), H10926 [6DE]

———repeal requirement for Federal agencies to have a privacy officer to protect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 5424), H10926 [6DE]

———restore and strengthen laws that provide for an open and transparent Federal Government (see H.R. 5073), H7137 [14SE]

Government regulations: require the annual poverty estimate, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress, to be subject to certain guidance on the release of information to the public (see H.R. 4969), H6703 [22JY]

Health: improve health care for minority and underserved populations (see S. 2594), S7435 [24JN]

———improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology (see S. 2710), S8548 [21JY] (see S. 2907), S10568 [6OC]

———modernize the health care system through the use of information technology and reduce costs, improve quality, and provide a new focus on prevention with respect to health care (see S. 2421), S5472 [13MY]

Help America Vote Act: require software used in electronic voting machines to meet certain requirements before using such machines in Federal elections (see H.R. 4966), H6703 [22JY]

———require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2265 [21AP]

High-Performance Computing Act: amend (see H.R. 4218), H2405 [27AP]

House Rules: amend relative to the availability of legislation on the Internet (see H. Res. 875), H11057 [7DE]

Immigration: increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (see S. 2252), S3294 [29MR] (see H.R. 4052), H1643 [29MR]

Information Technology Management Reform Act: enhance agency planning for information security needs (see H.R. 4570), H4170 [15JN]

Intelligence services: facilitate alternative analyses of intelligence by the intelligence community (see S. 2854), S9812 [28SE]

———require a report on methodologies utilized for National Intelligence Estimates (see S. 2853), S9812 [28SE]

Investments: improve the access of investors to regulatory records relative to securities brokers, dealers, and investment advisers (see H.R. 3863), H699 [26FE]

Law enforcement: promote rural safety and improve rural law enforcement (see H.R. 4276), H2656 [5MY]

———strengthen protection of assets, life, and property by granting private security agencies access to National Crime Information Center criminal history records for employee screening (see H.R. 4022), H1483 [24MR]

Libraries: provide public library construction and technology enhancement (see H.R. 4286), H2657 [5MY]

Library of Congress: ensure that legislative information is publicly available through the Internet (see S. Res. 360), S5472 [13MY]

Medicare: provide beneficiaries access to information on the quality of care provided by skilled nursing facilities and provide incentives for such facilities to improve the quality of care (see S. 2988), S11429 [17NO]

National Computer Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7864 [29SE]

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (see S. 2447), S5799 [19MY]

National security: enhance homeland security information sharing and analysis (see H.R. 4930), H6702 [22JY]

News media: establish protections against compelled disclosure of sources, and news or information, by persons providing services for the news media (see S. 3020), S11640 [19NO]

Pharmaceuticals: standardize certification of Internet pharmacies and prohibit certain advertising activities and the use of certain bank instruments for purchases associated with illegal Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 4612), H4579 [18JN]

Political campaigns: clarify disclosure requirements of identifying information within campaign communications which are printed, made through the Internet, and through prerecorded telephone calls (see H.R. 4985), H6704 [22JY]

———require candidates to stand by their printed and Internet advertising (see S. 2392), S4996 [6MY]

Public Health Service Act: expand the clinical trials drug data bank (see S. 2933), S10703 [7OC]

Roads and highways: require States to make public information on dangerous intersections and to use funds earmarked for safety programs to be spent on safety programs (see S. 2025), S247 [26JA]

Schools: expand use of technology and information management systems in administration of school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 3869), H752 [2MR]

Science: facilitate development of science parks (see S. 2737), S8688 [22JY]

States: establish prescription drug monitoring programs, impose requirements on Internet pharmacies, require manufacturers to implement chain-of-custody procedures, and restrict exemption on importation of certain drugs (see H.R. 3870), H752 [2MR]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2084), S1286 [12FE] (see S. 2348), S4373 [26AP]

———increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (see H.R. 5013), H6755 [7SE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 146), S11429 [17NO]

Technology: promote deployment of, and investment in, advanced Internet communications services (see H.R. 4757), H5195 [6JY]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (see S. 2664), S8229 [15JY]

———strengthen anti-terrorism investigative tools, enhance prevention and prosecution of terrorist crimes, combat terrorism financing, and improve border and transportation security (see S. 2599), S7435 [24JN]

———strengthen anti-terrorism investigative tools, promote information sharing, and punish terrorist offenses (see S. 2679), S8277 [16JY]

Volunteer workers: make the program for national criminal background checks for volunteer groups permanent (see S. 2882), S10261 [1OC]

Cloture motions

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4406, S4422 [27AP], S4641, S4642, S4646 [29AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), motion to proceed, S4333 [22AP], S4361 [26AP]

Letters

Clinical trials drug data bank expansion: Diane E. Dorman, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., S10729 [7OC]

———Janell Mayo Duncan, Consumers Union, S10729 [7OC]

———Mark Isaac, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, S10729 [7OC]

———Richard Sarles, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, S10729 [7OC]

Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act: Loren L. Chumley, Tennessee Dept. of Revenue, S4352 [26AP], S4639 [29AP]

———National Governors Association, S4419 [27AP]

Investigation of leaked minority staff memos and documents from the Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) shared computer server: several Democratic Senators, S2770 [12MR]

———several Republican Senators, S2770 [12MR]

———several Senators, S2770 [12MR]

Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY ACT) Act: Avi Nader, WhenU.com, Inc., H8088 [5OC]

———Bruce J. Goodman, Humana Inc., H8087 [5OC]

———Jack Krumholtz, Microsoft Corp., H8087 [5OC]

———Jennifer Jacobsen, Time Warner Inc., H8086 [5OC]

———John Scheibel, Yahoo! Inc., H8087 [5OC]

———Keith Smith, 180solutions (company), H8088 [5OC]

———Robert W. Holleyman II, Business Software Alliance, H8086 [5OC]

———Tod H. Cohen, eBay Inc., H8087 [5OC]

———Walter B. McCormick, Jr., U.S. Telecom Association, H8088 [5OC]

Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act: several consumer organizations, S10850 [8OC]

Lists

Unfunded Federal mandates created by H.R. 49, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S4349 [26AP]

Unfunded Federal mandates created by S. 150, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S4350 [26AP]

Motions

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4666 [29AP]

Remarks in House

Adventist Health (nonprofit organization): tribute to Project Intellicare, E2040 [18NO]

Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement: prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information on an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H4535-H4539 [18JN], H4752 [22JN], E1288 [25JN]

Climate: develop a national climate change strategy and a voluntary greenhouse gas reduction registry and information system to provide data for greenhouse gas stabilization and reduction strategies, H3976 [15JN]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): investigation of leaked minority staff memos and documents from shared computer server, H399 [10FE]

Computers: discourage spyware (H.R. 4661), H8088 [5OC], H8250-H8252 [6OC], E1235 [24JN]

———prohibit distribution of peer-to-peer file trading software in interstate commerce (H.R. 2885), H2499 [4MY], H3235 [19MY]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (H.R. 2929), H8080-H8089 [5OC]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (H.R. 5335), E1902 [11OC]

Copyrights: enhance criminal enforcement of copyright laws and educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet (H.R. 4077), H7654, H7657-H7660 [28SE], E1788-E1790 [4OC]

Crime: clarify and strengthen laws relative to cyberstalking, H2626 [5MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Utilities Service broadband loan program funding, H5598 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: information technology funding, H6820 [8SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national DNA database for sex offenders and those who commit violent crimes against children (H.R. 89), H8193 [6OC]

———investigation and prosecution of adult obscenity and child exploitation programs funding, H5257, H5258 [7JY]

———prohibit funding to States or localities that restrict information on an individual's citizenship or immigration status, H5298-H5300 [7JY], E1344 [9JY]

Dept. of State: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor funding for compilation of a public list of foreign government officials involved in torture, H5291, H5292 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior: website management and maintenance funding, H4260, H4261 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation: make report on allocation of Federal surface transportation funds available to the public via the Internet, H1984 [1AP]

FCC: court ruling on triennial review rulemaking on local phone competition and broadband deployment, H835, H843 [4MR], E289, E295 [3MR], E305, E308 [4MR], E329, E332 [9MR]

———economic impact of deregulating the deployment of broadband facilities, E30 [21JA]

Government: repeal requirement for Federal agencies to have a privacy officer to protect personally identifiable information (H.R. 5424), H10901 [6DE]

Government regulations: require the annual poverty estimate, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress, to be subject to certain guidance on the release of information to the public (H.R. 4969), E1508 [22JY]

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (H.R. 4187), E581 [21AP]

High-Performance Computing Act: amend (H.R. 4218), H2381 [27AP], H5203-H5207 [7JY], E1052 [4JN]

Immigration: increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (H.R. 4052), E479 [30MR]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: investigation into allegations of the withholding of information relative to disclosure of cost of implementation, H7822 [29SE]

Monuments and memorials: establish a national database to identify, locate, and catalogue memorials and permanent tributes to U.S. veterans (H.R. 2201), H3025, H3026 [17MY]

National security: dissemination of information to the public on homeland security, H5920 [19JY]

Overstock.com, Inc.: tribute to employment assistance efforts in Afghanistan, E1510 [22JY]

Privacy: prohibit the establishment of any uniform national health care identifying number or health information database (H.R. 1699), H8072 [5OC]

Rural areas: establish broadband service to improve intelligent transportation systems and homeland security, H1813 [1AP]

Schools: expand use of technology and information management systems in administration of school lunch and breakfast programs, H1408 [24MR], H4936 [24JN]

———expand use of technology and information management systems in administration of school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 3869), H712 [2MR]

Taxation: increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (H.R. 5013), E1585 [10SE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), H10025-H10029 [19NO], E2200 [7DE], E2211 [20DE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 146), H10024 [19NO], E2211 [20DE]

Remarks in Senate

Children and youth: regulate interstate commerce by prohibiting the sale of children's personally identifiable information for commercial marketing purposes (S. 2160), S2106-S2109 [3MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): investigation of leaked minority staff memos and documents from shared computer server, S2769 [12MR]

Computers: criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining personal information, commonly known as phishing (S. 2636), S7897 [9JY]

———protect consumer privacy of e-mail communications, S7893 [9JY]

———regulate unauthorized installation of computer software and require disclosure to users of certain software features that pose a threat to user privacy (S. 2131), S1684, S1685 [26FE]

Coordinated Environmental Health Network: establish (S. 2953), S10851 [8OC]

Copyrights: allow creative artists to sue corporations that encourage individuals to commit illegal or criminal acts of copyright infringement (S. 2560), S7189-S7193 [22JN]

———enhance criminal enforcement of copyright laws and educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet (H.R. 4077), S11291 [11OC]

Dept. of HHS: develop uniform standards for the submission of electronic clinical data by long-term care facilities, S11889 [7DE]

———establish an Internet website designed to allow consumers to compare prices for covered outpatient drugs sold by retail pharmacies that participate in the Medicaid program (S. 2597), S7474 [24JN]

———expand the National Practitioner Data Bank (S. 2341), S4328 [22AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program with State, local, and other Federal law enforcement agencies (S. 1612), unanimous-consent agreement, S596 [4FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a national sex offender registration database (S. 2154), S2001 [2MR], S3255 [29MR], S9910 [29SE], S11662, S11663 [19NO], S11789 [20NO]

E-Government Act: amend relative to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference (H.R. 1303), S7899 [9JY], S8268 [15JY]

———amend relative to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference (H.R. 1303), unanimous-consent agreement, S8052 [13JY]

Employment: eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs, S10410 [5OC], S11029 [10OC]

———eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs and provide assistance and improve the health care tax credit for certain displaced workers (S. 2531), S6894 [16JN]

FCC: requirements that providers of telecommunications and information services provide such services for schools and libraries at a discounted rate, S12010 [8DE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish requirements to allow sale of prescription drugs over the Internet (S. 2464), S5983-S5985 [20MY]

Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (S. 1706), S1969 [2MR], S11620 [19NO]

———release of information on gun stores that sell the most guns used in crimes, S216 [23JA]

Health: improve health care for minority and underserved populations (S. 2594), S7454 [24JN]

———improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology (S. 2710), S8656 [22JY]

———improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology (S. 2907), S10581 [6OC]

———modernize the health care system through the use of information technology and reduce costs, improve quality, and provide a new focus on prevention with respect to health care (S. 2421), S5479 [13MY]

Immigration: include immigration violators in the National Crime Information Center database, S10344 [4OC]

———increase the number of aliens receiving certain nonimmigrant status and require submissions of information by the Dept. of Homeland Security (S. 2252), S3296 [29MR], S4825 [4MY], S6083 [21MY], S8661 [22JY]

Information Technology Management Reform Act: enhance agency planning for information security needs, S9913 [29SE], S10013 [30SE]

Intelligence services: modify certain requirements relative to information sharing, S10232 [1OC], S10519 [6OC], S11972, S11973 [8DE]

Internet Tax Freedom Act: extend certain grandfather provisions, S4657, S4662-S4666 [29AP]

———require a GAO study on the impact on State and local governments and on broadband deployment, S4658 [29AP]

Library of Congress: ensure that legislative information is publicly available through the Internet (S. Res. 360), S5481, S5482 [13MY], S10193 [30SE]

Medicare: provide beneficiaries access to information on the quality of care provided by skilled nursing facilities and provide incentives for such facilities to improve the quality of care (S. 2988), S11430 [17NO]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: investigation into allegations of the withholding of information relative to disclosure of cost of implementation, S7118 [22JN], S9541 [23SE]

National Guard: assess suitability of using Delaware Air National Guard personnel for information assurance and financial tracking development in support of the war on terrorism, S7278 [23JN]

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: establish a program on children and the media to study the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children (S. 2447), S5803-S5806 [19MY]

National Intelligence Authority: cancel transfer of decision-making authority over the acquisition of major national security and defense intelligence systems, S10233 [1OC]

National Library Week: observance, S4220 [21AP]

News media: establish protections against compelled disclosure of sources, and news or information, by persons providing services for the news media (S. 3020), S11646-S11648 [19NO]

Political campaigns: require candidates to stand by their printed and Internet advertising (S. 2392), S4999 [6MY]

Public Health Service Act: expand the clinical trials drug data bank (S. 2933), S10728-S10731 [7OC]

Roads and highways: require States to make public information on dangerous intersections and to use funds earmarked for safety programs to be spent on safety programs (S. 2025), S214 [23JA]

Taxation: clarify definition of Internet access service relative to moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S4405 [27AP], S4668, S4671 [29AP]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S4403, S4404, S4419 [27AP], S4453-S4466, S4468-S4471 [28AP], S4647, S4667, S4668 [29AP]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2084), S1295 [12FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2348), S4379 [26AP], S4443 [27AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability, S4896 [5MY], S5209 [11MY]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4402-S4422 [27AP], S4453-S4466, S4468-S4471, S4479-S4484 [28AP], S4630, S4635-S4647, S4651, S4655-S4659, S4661-S4671 [29AP], S4991 [6MY], S9068 [10SE], S11626, S11627 [19NO], S11670-S11674, S11678 [20NO]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 146), S11398 [17NO]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), motion to proceed, S4333 [22AP], S4337-S4339, S4345-S4367 [26AP], S4390-S4402 [27AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), unanimous-consent agreement, S4367 [26AP]

———treatment of broadband Internet access, S4347, S4348 [26AP]

———treatment of voice services over the Internet, S4661, S4662 [29AP]

Telecommunications: regulatory treatment of broadband providers, S11671 [20NO]

Terrorism: deter and punish terrorist acts and enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (S. 2664), S11998 [8DE]

———strengthen anti-terrorism investigative tools, enhance prevention and prosecution of terrorist crimes, combat terrorism financing, and improve border and transportation security (S. 2599), S7477 [24JN]

———strengthen anti-terrorism investigative tools, promote information sharing, and punish terrorist offenses, S10225-S10231 [1OC]

———strengthen anti-terrorism investigative tools, promote information sharing, and punish terrorist offenses (S. 2679), S8400 [16JY], S8427 [19JY]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend, S4147-S4150, S4165 [20AP], S4172, S4173 [21AP], S4276 [22AP]

Volunteer workers: make the program for national criminal background checks for volunteer groups permanent (S. 2882), S10276 [1OC]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services: anniversary, S8224 [15JY]

White House Conference on Library and Information Services Taskforce: anniversary, S8224 [15JY]

Reports filed

Consumer Access to Information Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3872) (H. Rept. 108-437), H1116 [16MR]

Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3261) (H. Rept. 108-421), H1070 [11MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3261) (H. Rept. 108-421), H513 [11FE]

E-Government Act Amendment Relative to Rulemaking Authority of the Judicial Conference: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1303), S7749 [7JY]

Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3754) (H. Rept. 108-536), H3872 [9JN]

High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act: Committee on Science (House) (H.R. 4218) (H. Rept. 108-580), H5194 [6JY]

Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4661) (H. Rept. 108-698), H7574 [23SE]

National War Permanent Tribute Historical Database Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2201) (H. Rept. 108-492), H3092 [17MY]

Piracy Deterrence and Education Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4077), H7579 [24SE]

Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY ACT) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2929) (H. Rept. 108-619), H6126 [20JY]

Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge (SPY BLOCK) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2145), S11639 [19NO]

———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2145) (S. Rept. 108-424), S11897 [7DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), S4646 [29AP]

Statements

Faircare Act: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, S7461 [24JN]

———National Conference for Community and Justice, S7461 [24JN]

———National Health Law Program (law firm), S7461 [24JN]

———Out of Many, One Coalition, S7461 [24JN]

———Physicians for Human Rights (organization), S7461 [24JN]

———Progressive Policy Institute, S7461 [24JN]

NGA Supports Reasonable Extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act: National Governors Association, S4418 [27AP], S4640 [29AP]

Summaries

Internet Tax Ban Extension and Improvement Act (S. 2084): Michael Mazerov, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S4352 [26AP]

Texts of

H.R. 2201, National War Permanent Tribute Historical Database Act, H3025 [17MY]

H.R. 2929, Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY ACT) Act, H8080-H8083 [5OC]

H.R. 4077, Piracy Deterrence and Education Act, H7655-H7657 [28SE]

H.R. 4218, High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act, H5203-H5205 [7JY]

H.R. 4661, Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act, H8250 [6OC]

S. 150, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S4669 [29AP], H10025 [19NO]

S. 1612, Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act, S596 [4FE]

S. 2025, Safe Streets and Highways Act, S248-S250 [26JA]

S. 2084, Internet Tax Ban Extension and Improvement Act, S1294 [12FE]

S. 2131, Controlling Invasive and Unauthorized Software Act, S1685-S1688 [26FE]

S. 2145, Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge (SPY BLOCK) Act, S1893-S1895 [27FE]

S. 2154, National Sex Offender Registry Act, S2001 [2MR]

S. 2160, Children's Listbroker Privacy Act, S2107 [3MR]

S. 2392, Political Candidate Personal Responsibility Act, S5000 [6MY]

S. 2447, Children and Media Research Advancement Act, S5805 [19MY]

S. 2531, Keeping American Jobs at Home Act, S6895-S6898 [16JN]

S. 2560, Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act, S7192 [22JN]

S. 2594, Faircare Act, S7455-S7461 [24JN]

S. 2597, Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act, S7474 [24JN]

S. 2882, make the program for national criminal background checks for volunteer groups permanent, S10276 [1OC]

S. 2953, Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act, S10852-S10855 [8OC]

S. 3020, Free Speech Protection Act, S11648 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 146, corrections in enrollment of S. 150, Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act, S11398, S11435 [17NO], H10024 [19NO]

S. Res. 360, ensure that legislative information is publicly available through the Internet, S5481 [13MY]