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• Latest Action: Dec 16, 2011 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

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• Committee Assignment: House Judiciary

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• Committee Assignment: House Judiciary - Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

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• Committee Assignment: House Energy and Commerce

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Supporting Organizations

• National Sheriffs' Association

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• Eastern North Carolina Stop Human Trafficking Now

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• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

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• National Center for Victims of Crime

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• Major County Sheriff’s Association

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• International Union of Police Associations

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• Fraternal Order of Police

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• The Family Policy Council of West Virginia

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Opposing Organizations

• Demand Progress

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• DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

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• Electronic Privacy Information Center

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• Liberty Coalition

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• Muslim Public Affairs Council

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• American Civil Liberties Union

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• Center for Democracy & Technology

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• Consumer Action

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• Consumer Federation of America

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• Consumer Watchdog

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• Council on American-Islamic Relations

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• Defending Dissent Foundation

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• Electronic Frontier Foundation

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• American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

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• American Library Association

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• Association of Research Libraries

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• Bill of Rights Defense Committee

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• Center for Digital Democracy

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• Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights

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• Center for Media and Democracy

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• Center for National Security Studies

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• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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• National Workrights Institute

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• Patient Privacy Rights

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• Privacy Activism

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• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

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• World Privacy Forum

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Most-commented sections of the bill text

• ‘(B) the term ‘Internet’ has the same meaning given that term in section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934).’. (2 comments, Link )

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  specifically, this section of the legislation: " ‘(B) the term ‘Internet’ has the same meaning given that term in section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934).’. ",
• ‘(1) A commercial provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service shall retain for a period of at least 18 monthsone year a log of the temporarily assigned network addresses the service assigns to each account, unless that address is transmitted by radioprovider assigns to a subscriber to or customer of such service that enables the identification of the corresponding customer or subscriber information under subsection (c)(2) of this section. (2 comments, Link )

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  specifically, this section of the legislation: " ‘(1) A commercial provider of an electronic communication service or remote computing service shall retain for a period of at least 18 monthsone year a log of the temporarily assigned network addresses the service assigns to each account, unless that address is transmitted by radioprovider assigns to a subscriber to or customer of such service that enables the identification of the corresponding customer or subscriber information under subsection (c)(2) of this section. ",
• Section 2703(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘retaining records or,’ after ‘other specified persons for’. (1 comments, Link )

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  specifically, this section of the legislation: " Section 2703(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘retaining records or,’ after ‘other specified persons for’. ",
• This Act may be cited as the ‘Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011’. (1 comments, Link )

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  specifically, this section of the legislation: " This Act may be cited as the ‘Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011’. ",
• ‘(A) the term ‘commercial provider’ means a provider of electronic communication (as defined in section 3service that offers Internet access capability for a fee to the public or to such classes of users as to be effectively available to the public, regardless of the facilities used; and (1 comments, Link )

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  specifically, this section of the legislation: " ‘(A) the term ‘commercial provider’ means a provider of electronic communication (as defined in section 3service that offers Internet access capability for a fee to the public or to such classes of users as to be effectively available to the public, regardless of the facilities used; and ",

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• On July 29, 2011, by Maelstrom - It'd be more fitting to call this H.R. 1984!! Why don't you just call for the repeal of the Fourth Amendment, tyrannical Congress!

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  As noted by Maelstrom, a user on OpenCongress.org, on July 29, 2011, "It'd be more fitting to call this H.R. 1984!! Why don't you just call for the repeal of the Fourth Amendment, tyrannical Congress!"
• On August 03, 2011, by aReaganDesignee - Protecting children from child pornographers is a worthy cause, but this bill is really not about that. H.R. 1981 is a proposed blanket law that requires every internet service provider (ISP) to gather personal information on every American who uses the internet, and the ISPs must keep those records handy for the government for 18 months. All Americans using the internet will be subject to this. The information that must be collected includes customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses. This bill is not about pedophiles and makers of child pornography, this bill is about spying on every American who uses the internet and collecting private personal information. Naming this bill as protection against child pornographers is just a trick to make people support it & disparage those who oppose it. read more at http://www.usa-anti-communist.com/wp/?p=5654

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  As noted by aReaganDesignee, a user on OpenCongress.org, on August 03, 2011, "Protecting children from child pornographers is a worthy cause, but this bill is really not about that. H.R. 1981 is a proposed blanket law that requires every internet service provider (ISP) to gather personal information on every American who uses the internet, and the ISPs must keep those records handy for the government for 18 months. All Americans using the internet will be subject to this. The information that must be collected includes customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses. This bill is not about pedophiles and makers of child pornography, this bill is about spying on every American who uses the internet and collecting private personal information. Naming this bill as protection against child pornographers is just a trick to make people support it & disparage those who oppose it. read more at http://www.usa-anti-communist.com/wp/?p=5654 "
• On August 04, 2011, by polcat - The legal citizen's privacy should never be abridged no matter for what the purpose of government uses to try and stop ciminal conduct. The tiny minority of evil men and women should never deny the privacy and protections of the majority! EVER!

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  As noted by polcat, a user on OpenCongress.org, on August 04, 2011, "The legal citizen's privacy should never be abridged no matter for what the purpose of government uses to try and stop ciminal conduct. The tiny minority of evil men and women should never deny the privacy and protections of the majority! EVER!"

Highly Rated Blog Articles

• No Data Retention Mandate in Smith's New Legislation | Varanoid ... - July 13, 2012 by Perry Varanoid - SOPA-author Smith had previously introduced H.R. 1981, which would have mandated that ISPs collect and maintain data on Internet users not suspected of any crime. Under the bill, ISPs would be required to keep historical ...

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  As noted by Perry Varanoid on July 13, 2012, "SOPA-author Smith had previously introduced H.R. 1981, which would have mandated that ISPs collect and maintain data on Internet users not suspected of any crime. Under the bill, ISPs would be required to keep historical ..." (/url?q=http://www.varanoid.com/research-alerts/team-cymru/no-data-retention-mandate-in-smiths-new-legislation/&sa=U&ei=V_gAUNrgLMeA2gXrgZW3Cw&ved=0CEEQmAEwCA&usg=AFQjCNFXOwUh-drshl3v69WRiKY3ioqaIw)
• Data retention mandate removed from Lamar Smith's child ... - July 07, 2012 by DJ Pangburn - H.R. 1981 may not have garnered the negative attention of SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, but its data retention mandate, as laid out by Rep. Smith (King of Tyrants), was never a good idea. The data retention mandate would have ...

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  As noted by DJ Pangburn on July 07, 2012, "H.R. 1981 may not have garnered the negative attention of SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, but its data retention mandate, as laid out by Rep. Smith (King of Tyrants), was never a good idea. The data retention mandate would have ..." (/url?q=http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/185598/data-retention-mandate-removed-from-lamar-smiths-child-protection-bill/&sa=U&ei=0vX-T7iZMeSJ2AXNuqykBA&ved=0CEIQmAEwCA&usg=AFQjCNFxEzIdVRXHiTxWAML7iHdFlUgfqA)
• Data retention mandate removed from Lamar Smith's child ... - July 07, 2012 by DJ Pangburn - H.R. 1981 may not have garnered the negative attention of SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, but its data retention mandate, as laid out by Rep. Smith (King of Tyrants), was never a good idea. The data retention mandate would have ...

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  As noted by DJ Pangburn on July 07, 2012, "H.R. 1981 may not have garnered the negative attention of SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, but its data retention mandate, as laid out by Rep. Smith (King of Tyrants), was never a good idea. The data retention mandate would have ..." (/url?q=http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/185598/data-retention-mandate-removed-from-lamar-smiths-child-protection-bill/&sa=U&ei=EaP9T474CarO2AXWwei-Bg&ved=0CEYQmAEwCQ&usg=AFQjCNEqQYSFXPr7V_RxhCK4eAI7dUg0gw)

Highly Rated News Articles

• Data retention mandate removed from Lamar Smith’s child protection bill - July 06, 2012 by Death and Taxes - In Lamar Smith’s latest draft of H.R. 1981, or the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 ( S. 1308 in the Senate), the anti-privacy data retention mandate is quite noticeably absent. H.R. 1981 may not have garnered the negative ..

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  As noted by Death and Taxes on July 06, 2012, "In Lamar Smith’s latest draft of H.R. 1981, or the Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 ( S. 1308 in the Senate), the anti-privacy data retention mandate is quite noticeably absent. H.R. 1981 may not have garnered the negative .." (http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/185598/data-retention-mandate-removed-from-lamar-smiths-child-protection-bill/)
• U.S. government leads world in Google censorship requests - June 18, 2012 by Death and Taxes - With the U.S. government’s constant stream of Internet regulatory and censorship legislation and treaties—SOPA, Acta, H.R. 1981, CISPA, TPP, etc.—it comes as no real surprise that the U.S. leads the world in censorship requests submitted to Google.

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  As noted by Death and Taxes on June 18, 2012, "With the U.S. government’s constant stream of Internet regulatory and censorship legislation and treaties—SOPA, Acta, H.R. 1981, CISPA, TPP, etc.—it comes as no real surprise that the U.S. leads the world in censorship requests submitted to Google." (http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/184757/u-s-government-leads-world-in-google-censorship-requests/)
• 10 Terrible Tech Laws That Have You in Their Bull's-Eye - June 11, 2012 by PC Advisor - And note that a couple of them are in negotiations behind closed doors without public input at all. H.R. 1981: Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 The Legislation: If passed, this legislation could force any business offering paid .

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  As noted by PC Advisor on June 11, 2012, "And note that a couple of them are in negotiations behind closed doors without public input at all. H.R. 1981: Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 The Legislation: If passed, this legislation could force any business offering paid ." (http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/opinion/tech-industry/3363169/10-terrible-tech-laws-that-have-you-in-their-bulls-eye/)