HR 2421 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Jurisdictional Certainty Over Digital Commerce Act

Introduced Jun 28, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Cliff Stearns R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 16, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 28, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Jurisdictional Certainty Over Digital Commerce Act - Reserves solely to the Federal Government the responsibility and authority to regulate digital commercial transactions. Prohibits: (1) any State or political subdivision from enacting or enforcing any provision regulating such transactions; or (2) the delegation of such responsibility or authority to any State. Makes such reservation inapplicable to non-digital commercial transactions, and makes this Act inapplicable to Uniform Commercial Code requirements in effect in any State.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 28, 2001.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NHCharles F. BassOriginalJun 28, 2001
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJun 28, 2001
R-ORGreg WaldenOriginalJun 28, 2001
D-GANathan DealOriginalJun 28, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 16, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
  2. Jul 6, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
  3. Jun 28, 2001Introduced in House
  4. Jun 28, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

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