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Bill #
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Name (Sponsor) |
Summary |
Status |
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HR 1964 |
Communications Privacy & Consumer Empowerment Act (Markey) |
Electronic privacy protections |
6/19/97 —Introduced. No further action. |
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HR 2937
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Electronic Financial Services Efficiency Act
(Baker, McCollum/Dreier) |
Preferential treatment for banks as certificate authorities |
Referred to 5 Committees. No further action. |
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HR 2368 |
Data Privacy Act of 1997 (Tauzin) |
Privacy self-regulation |
7/21/98 —Hearing held in Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade & Consumer Protection. No further action. |
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HR 4321 |
Financial Information Privacy Act 1998 (Leach) |
Privacy protections on personal information obtained by financial institutions |
2/5/98 —Markup held in Committee on Banking & Financial Services.
9/24/98—Commerce Committee markup held, amendment in the nature of a substitute passed. |
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S 2326 |
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act 1998 (Bryan) |
FTC regulations on information from children over internet |
9/23/98 —Senate Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on
Communications hearing.
CDT's Testimony;
10/1/98 —Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications markup.
Amendment in the nature of a substitute passed by Full Committee,
(proposed by Bryan, Burns, and McCain)
10/8/98 —Passed Senate as amendment to Internet Taxaton Freedom Act.
10/20/98 —Included in massive spending bill.
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HR 4388 |
Consumer Financial Privacy Act of 1988
(La Falce) |
Amends Consumer Credit Protection Act to ensure financial institution privacy protections |
8/5/98 —Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. |
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HR 98 |
Consumer Internet Privacy Protection Act of 1997 (Vento) |
Regulates personal information practices of internet service providers |
1/22/97 —Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. |
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HR 1813 |
Personal Information Privacy Act (Kleczka) |
Privacy protections on social security information |
6/10/97 —Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security. |
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HR 1367 |
Federal Internet Privacy Protections Act of 1997 (Barrett, Kelly, Frank, Kleczka) |
Prohibits federal agencies from posting confidential records on the internet |
4/21/97 —Referred to Subcommittee on Government Management, Information & Technology. |
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HR 2581 |
Social Security Privacy Act of 1997 (Cambell) |
Protects privacy of social security information |
10/6/97 —Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security. |
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HR 4425 |
Personal Privacy Protection Act (Conyers) |
Privacy protections against "reckless endangerment" and "tortious invasion" of privacy |
8/6/98 —Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. |
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S 600 |
Personal Information Privacy Act of 1997 (Feinstein) |
Protects privacy of social security information |
4/16/97 —Referred to Committee on Finance. |
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HR 1330 |
American Family Privacy Act of 1997 (Kanjorski) |
Prohibits federal officers from providing access to social security, earnings, benefits & tax information through the Internet. |
4/21/97 —Referred to Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. |
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HR 2369 |
Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1997
(Tauzin) |
Amends Communications Act of 1934 to strengthen prohibitions against electronic eavesdropping |
3/5/98 —Amended and passed by House, referred to Senate Commerce Committee. |
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HR 4478 |
Depository Institution Customers Financial Privacy Enhancement Act of 1998 (Markey) |
Protects confidentiality of financial information handled by depository institutions & credit unions |
Referred to Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit |
