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RAPID Act Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployments Act [HB-5378]
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RAPID Act Reducing Antiquated Permitting for Infrastructure Deployments Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to determine when the activities of radio station licensees are not subject to review under the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/23/2018
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Honest Ads Act [S.1989]
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[Data Privacy ]
Honest Ads Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On The Judiciary Subcommittee On Crime And Terrorism. Hearings Held. on 06/26/2018
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Fair Elections Now Act [S.1640]
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Fair Elections Now Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S4303-4310) on 07/26/2017
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Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2017 [HB-3360]
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Telehealth Enhancement Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Harper
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/28/2017
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Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 [HB-3203]
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Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 This bill directs the Departments of State, Defense, and Treasury and the Director of National Intelligence to submit a strategy every two years for deterring conventional and asymmetric Iranian activities that threaten the United States and key allies. The President shall impose specified sanctions against: (1) any person that materially contributes to Iran's ballistic missile or weapons of mass destruction programs, and (2) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated foreign persons.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steny Hoyer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 07/24/2017
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 [S.1519]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 This bill authorizes FY2018 appropriations and sets forth policies regarding the military activities of the Department of Defense (DOD), military construction, and the defense activities of the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill authorizes appropriations, but does not provide budget authority for discretionary programs, which is included in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for Procurement; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Operation
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Motion To Proceed To Consideration Of Measure Made In Senate. (consideration: Cr S1886-1892, S1892-1931) on 03/22/2018
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 [HB-2810]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 This bill authorizes FY2018 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill authorizes appropriations to DOD for: (1) Procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, space procurement, and other procurement; (2) Research, Development,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Smith
Signed By President. on 12/12/2017
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Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act [HB-2811]
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Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to provide that whenever the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reason to believe that a person or enterprise may be in possession or control of documentary material relevant to an investigation under FARA, the DOJ, before initiating a civil or criminal proceeding with respect to the production of such material, may serve a written demand upon the entity to produce the material for examination. The bill includes social media
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 07/12/2017
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PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act [S.1296]
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PRIVATE Act Protecting the Rights of IndiViduals Against Technological Exploitation Act This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit a person from knowingly and wrongfully broadcasting or distributing an intimate visual image of a private area of another individual who is at least 18 years old, who is identifiable from the image or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who does not explicitly consent, if the person knows or reasonably should have known that: the image was made under circumstances in which
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Sponsored by: Sen. Claire McCaskill
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 06/06/2017
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Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 [S.1221]
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Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 This bill declares that the United States supports the "Stimson Doctrine" and thus does not recognize territorial changes effected by force, including the illegal invasions and occupations of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, and Transnistria. The bill: (1) authorizes FY2018-FY2019 assistance for the Countering Russian Influence Fund; and (2) prescribes fund use, including assisting those North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or European Union (EU) countries that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Committee On Foreign Relations. Reported By Senator Corker With Amendments. Without Written Report. on 06/06/2017
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Protecting Dissenting Viewpoints and Voices Act of 2017 [HB-1574]
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Protecting Dissenting Viewpoints and Voices Act of 2017 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using the viewpoints that a person broadcasts or otherwise disseminates on issues of public importance as a basis for: (1) revoking the person's licenses or authorizations; (2) taking action against the person; or (3) placing conditions on the FCC's approval of the assignment or transfer of a station license or construction permit or the construction, extension, acquisition, operation,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017
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Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act [HB-1588]
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Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images. To be guilty of such offense, a person must have: knowingly broadcast or distributed a visual image of another person who is at least 18 years of age, who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area; obtained the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/05/2017
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Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2017 [S.643]
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Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when it would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, a district court must order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1845) on 03/15/2017
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Cameras in the Courtroom Act [S.649]
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Cameras in the Courtroom Act This bill requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1846) on 03/15/2017
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Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act [S.625]
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Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) to provide that whenever the Department of Justice (DOJ) has reason to believe that a person or enterprise may be in possession or control of documentary material relevant to an investigation under FARA, the DOJ, before initiating a civil or criminal proceeding with respect to the production of such material, may serve a written demand upon the entity to produce the material for examination. The bill includes social media
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 03/14/2017
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Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act [HB-1440]
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Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to require online public inspection files that must be uploaded to the Internet by television broadcast stations, AM or FM radio broadcast stations, cable operators, direct broadcast satellite service providers, or satellite digital audio radio service providers to be made available to the public in a machine-readable format that supports automated searching, bulk downloading, aggregation, manipulation, and sorting. Public inspection files include political
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/10/2017
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Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017 [HB-1439]
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Keeping Our Campaigns Honest Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to revise its sponsorship identification rules to require the disclosure announcements required for broadcast matter or origination cablecasting matter that is political or that involves the discussion of a controversial issue of public importance to include the names of significant donors to the person whose identity is required to be disclosed in such an announcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/10/2017
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Cybersecurity Responsibility Act of 2017 [HB-1335]
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Cybersecurity Responsibility Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue cybersecurity rules for communications networks (wireline or mobile telephone service, Internet access service, radio or television broadcasting, cable service, direct broadcast satellite service, or other communications service) to: (1) secure networks through managing, assessing, and prioritizing cyber risks and actions to reduce such risks; and (2) address the treatment of critical infrastructure information relating to such networks
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Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette Clarke
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017
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Interagency Cybersecurity Cooperation Act [HB-1340]
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Interagency Cybersecurity Cooperation Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish the Interagency Communications Security Committee as an advisory committee to: review communications security reports from federal agencies and communications network providers (wireline or mobile telephone service, Internet access service, radio or television broadcasting, cable service, direct broadcast satellite service, or other communications services); recommend investigation by relevant agencies into any such report; and issue
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eliot Engel
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/17/2017
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To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content. [HB-726]
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To prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content. This bill prohibits federal funding to organizations incorporated to: (1) make radio programs available for broadcast over noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, networks, and systems; (2) cooperate with foreign broadcasting systems and networks in international radio programming and broadcasting; (3) assist and support such noncommercial educational radio broadcasting pursuant to the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967; (4) pay dues
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Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 02/03/2017