ELECTRONICS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Justice: establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry (see H.R. 1441), H1857 [9AP]

EPA: prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2791), H4978 [23JY]

House of Representatives: permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 212), H52 [4JA]

Information technology: require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking technology to display notices to that effect (see H.R. 210), H52 [4JA]

——— specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see S. 639), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 1312), H1821 [21MR]

Motor vehicles: require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2414), H3758 [18JN]

Telecommunications: make it illegal to alter or remove the unique equipment identification number of a mobile electronic device (see S. 1070), S3844 [23MY]

——— prohibit mobile service providers from providing service on mobile electronic devices that have been reported stolen and enable consumers to remotely delete data from such devices (see H.R. 1730), H2349 [25AP]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 1235), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 2309), H3286 [11JN]

Remarks in House

Air Force: Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Missile Project delivery vehicle funding through reductions in Defense Rapid Innovation Program funding, H4920, H4921 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: lithium-ion battery research funding, H4919, H4920 [23JY]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (H.R. 1312), H7569 [9DE]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Energy: study and report on standby usage power standards implemented by States and other industrialized nations, S6356, S6357 [11SE]