Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jul 9, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedJun 7, 2001
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls for: (1) commercial and nonprofit web site operators, Members of Congress and their offices, and executive departments and agencies to deploy P3P-compliant privacy policies on their web sites; (2) legislation relating to online privacy to consider such specification; (3) the education of Internet users concerning such specification; and (4) commercial software developers to fully implement such specification.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 7, 2001 to Jul 10, 2001; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Calvin M. Dooley | Original | Jun 7, 2001 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Jun 7, 2001 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jun 7, 2001 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jun 7, 2001 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Jun 20, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Jul 10, 2001 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2001 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jun 18, 2001 | |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Jun 7, 2001 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 7, 2001 |
| Technology and Procurement Policy Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
- Jun 18, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- Jun 7, 2001Introduced in House
- Jun 7, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Government Reform, 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.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Computer software
- Computers and government
- Congress
- Congressional office operations
- Consumer education
- Electronic government information
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Internet
- Legislation
- Members of Congress
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2001Introduced in House
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