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Legislative Initiatives
Bridge the
Digital Divide in Rural Areas: House of Representatives
Further House discussions on subsidies for lower income families.
Congressman
McDermott Supports Internet Gambling Legislation
Representative
McDermott introduced the Internet Gambling
Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act (H.R. 2607), which would tax
regulated
Internet gambling.
CRS Report for
Congress
A
Congressional
Report on the Federal Assistance Programs that support Broadband
Internet Access and that are effectively trying to bridge the Digital
Divide in
the rural areas.
Senate discussion
of Digital Television
Transition
Discusses the conversion of television from analog to digital, and the
possible
subsidies for lower income families.
House of
Representatives: To amend title 18, United States Code
To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the placing of sexual
explicit
photographs on the Internet without the permission of the persons
photographed.
Internet
Safety and Child Protection Act
To protect children from Internet pornography and support law
enforcement and
other efforts to combat Internet and pornography-related crimes against
children.
Discussion of Internet
Tax
Nondiscrimination Act in:
House of
Reps. H.R. 1684
House of
Reps. H.R. 1685
Senate
Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on State
taxation
of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on
electronic
commerce.
ISP-tracking
legislation
Prominent
GOP
lawmakers support a legislation to prevent cyber crimes by tracking
ISPs.
Legislation
on
Tech Policy
This
link lists
out discussions on various legislations on the Tech Policy Central
website.
Matrix of
Internet Related Issues
Intenational Chamber of Commerce downloadable revised and updated
matrix of
issues related to the Internet and organizations dealing with them for
2006.
Michigan
House of Representatives: Voice over Internet Tax Freedom Act
Exempts voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) service from state
regulation under
telecommunications statutes, and from state and local taxation except
for
purposes of funding emergency telephone services.
National
Conference of State Legislatures
This page addresses the various technology related topics.
Washington
State Legislature: Developing Emergency 911 Standards for VoIP
Requesting Congress to develop Emergency 911 standards for Voice Over
Internet
Protocol service.
A website which tracks the current legislation going through the US Congress on Science and Tech Issues
DTV Transition Site
The official Department of Commerce DTV switch site
US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportion
The Official website for the Senate Committee for Commerce, Science and Transportion.
US House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
The Official website for the US House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.
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