| Bill # |
Name (Sponsor) |
Summary |
Status |
S.2145
| SPY BLOCK Act (Burns) | To regulate the unauthorized installation of computer software, to require clear disclosure to computer users of certain computer software features that may pose a threat to user privacy.
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12/7/2004: Passed by Senate Commerce Committee |
HR 4661
| the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act (Goodlatte, Lofgren, Smith) | would establish prison sentences of up to 5 years for some spyware-related crimes. Referred to House Judiciary Committee.
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10/8/2004: Passed by House, Received in the Senate |
HR 2929
| Safeguard Against Privacy Invasions Act (Bono) | A bill to protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, and for other purposes.
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10/6/2004: Passed by House, Received in the Senate |
HR 743
 | Social Security Protection Act of 2003 (Shaw) | To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections |
2/12/03: Introduced and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
3/13/03: Committee on Ways and Means ordered to be reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 2 .
4/3/03: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
9/7/03: Committee on Finance, ordered reported.
10/29/03: Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
12/9/03: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
3/2/04: Became Public Law No: 108-203 |
| S 1581 | Identify Theft Victims Assistance Act of 2003 (Cantwell) | would, among other things, amend the Internet False Identification Prevention Act of 2000 to give the FTC more authority to target ID theft. |
9/3/03: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| HR 2622 | Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (Bachus) | would permanently preempt state financial and credit privacy laws, and amend other consumer protections in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. |
6/26/03: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
7/24/03: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
9/4/03: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. |
| HR 2971 | Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2003 (Shaw) | would restrict the sale and public display of SSNs. |
7/25/03: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce . |
| HR 1709 | Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2003 (Markey-MA) | Requires that health care providers obtain written consent from the individual as soon as practicable to use or disclose an individual's protected health information without prior consent under specified circumstances. |
5/2/03: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. |
| HR 1636 | Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2003 (Stearns) | To protect private information and reduce identity theft of consumers involved in interstate commerce. To give enforcement responsibility to the FTC. |
4/24/03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. |
| S 745 | Privacy Act of 2003 (Feinstein) | Relates to the commercial sale and marketing of personally identifiable information, social security number misuse, disclosure of non-public financial information, health information, and driver's license privacy. |
3/31/03: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
| HR 1234 | High Productivity and Economic Growth Act of 2003 (English) | Reauthorizes FTC, gives new cross border authority to the Commission |
3/12/03: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. |
HR 395
| Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (Tauzin) | To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees for the implementation and enforcement of a "do-not-call" registry. |
1/28/03: Introduced and referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce.
1/29/03: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2/12/03: Passed the House 418 - 7.
2/13/03: Received in the Senate, passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
3/11/03: Became Public Law No: 108-10. |
| HR 338 | Defense of Privacy Act (Chabot) | Requires agencies, in promulgating rules, to take into consideration the impact of such rules on the privacy of individuals. |
1/27/03: Introduced and referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
3/6/03: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law |
| HR 71 | To require customer consent to the provision of wireless call
location information (Frelinghuysen) | To require customer consent to the provision of wireless call
location information |
1/7/03: Introduced and referred to Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
2/14/03: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet |
| HR 70 | To regulate the use by interactive computer services of Social
Security account numbers and related personally identifiable
information. (Frelinghuysen) | To regulate the use by interactive computer services of Social
Security account numbers and related personally identifiable
information. |
1/7/03: Introduced and referred to Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
2/14/03: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection |
| HR 69 | To require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe
regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected
from and about individuals on the Internet. (Frelinghuysen) | To require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe
regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected
from and about individuals on the Internet. |
1/7/03: Introduced and referred to Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
2/3/03: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection |
| S 228 | Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act. (Feinstein) | A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of social security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, and for other purposes |
1/28/03: Introduced.
1/29/03: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. |
| S 223 | Identity Theft Prevention Act (Feinstein) | A bill to prevent identity theft. |
1/28/03: Introduced and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
| S 188 | Data-Mining Moratorium Act of 2003 (Feingold) | A bill to impose a moratorium on the implementation of datamining under the Total Information Awareness program of the Department of Defense and any similar program of the Department of Homeland Security |
1/16/03: Introduced and referred to Committee on the Judiciary . |
