HRES 12 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Opposing the imposition of criminal liability on Internet service providers based on the actions of their users.

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor David Dreier R-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 3, 2001
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Declares that the House of Representatives opposes: (1) the imposition of criminal liability on any Internet service provider based on content supplied or controlled by, or because of links controlled by, a third party; (2) efforts by foreign governments to hold Internet service providers based in the United States criminally liable under foreign laws for content that is protected by the First Amendment, processed by servers located in the United States, and not targeted toward the citizens of the foreign country; and (3) the expansion of liability for Internet service providers under international treaties which might expose such providers based in the United States to criminal liability for third-party content.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe.
  2. Feb 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
  3. Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
  4. Jan 3, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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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