ELECTRONICS

Bills and resolutions

Civil liberties: prohibit unauthorized use of electronic tracking devices (see S. 2933), S6022 [17NO]

EPA: prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see S. 2090), S1365 [6MR]

——— revise third-party certification requirements for labeling of certain electronic products under the Energy Star program (see H.R. 4921), H5557 [19JN]

FCC: modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (see S. 2583), S4404 [10JY] (see H.R. 5161), H6655 [22JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit requirement that private entities design or alter their commercial information technology products to facilitate Government surveillance (see S. 2981), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 5800), H8668 [4DE]

Information technology: apply first sale doctrine to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate (see H.R. 5586), H7884 [18SE]

——— limit ability of companies to share consumer geolocation information accessed through electronic communications devices (see S. 2171), S1818 [27MR]

Motor vehicles: limit retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders (see S. 1925), S325 [14JA]

Senate: clarify policy governing use of electronic devices on the Senate floor (see S. Res. 385), S1653 [13MR]

Telecommunications: require mobile service providers and mobile device manufacturers to enable consumers to remotely delete data from mobile devices and render such devices inoperable (see S. 2032), S948 [12FE] (see H.R. 4065), H1776 [14FE]

Remarks in House

Air Force: Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Missile Project delivery vehicle funding, H5463, H5464 [18JN]

Best Buy Co., Inc.: tribute to electronics recycling initiative, E1446 [17SE]

FCC: modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (H.R. 5161), H7349, H7350 [9SE], E1389 [11SE]

——— modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (S. 2583), H7965 [13NO]

Gambling: opposition to expansion of legalized gambling, E1502 [19SE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (H.R. 2309), H6230 [15JY]

Remarks in Senate

FCC: modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (S. 2583), S5874 [18SE]

Motor vehicles: limit retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders (S. 1925), S327–S329 [14JA]

Reports filed

Driver Privacy Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1925) (S. Rept. 113–255), S5588 [15SE]

Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses (E-LABEL) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2583), S5697 [17SE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2583) (S. Rept. 113–280), S6234 [1DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5161) (H. Rept. 113–575), H7295 [8SE]

Statements

Opposition to Legalized Gambling: Les Bernal and Tom Grey, Stop Predatory Gambling (organization), E1502 [19SE]

Texts of

H.R. 5161, Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses (E-LABEL) Act, H7349 [9SE]

S. 2583, Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses (E-LABEL) Act, S5874 [18SE], H7965 [13NO]

S. Res. 385, clarify policy governing use of electronic devices on the Senate floor, S1662 [13MR]