S 2137 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Family Privacy and Security Act of 2002

Introduced Apr 16, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Mary L. Landrieu D-LA

Latest action · Apr 16, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 16, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Family Privacy and Security Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to: (1) develop, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (concerning the policy for determining the addition of top-level Internet domains), a plan for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to establish a top-level international domain meeting specified requirements; (2) make the plan available to the public; and (3) enter into any necessary agreements with ICANN to carry out the plan. Provides a process for the selection of an operator of the new domain.

Requires the operator of any web site or online service whose primary business is making available material that is harmful to minors to register and operate such web site or online service under the new domain.

Provides: (1) liability protections for the new domain operator; (2) registration enforcement procedures; and (3) outreach requirements.

Amends the Federal criminal code to require the National Institute of Standards and Technology to prescribe marks or notices to be included in or affixed to the subject line of any e-mail that contains a sexually oriented advertisement sent to minors. Imposes criminal penalties for producing or sending such e-mail without such marks or notices.

Imposes criminal penalties for the use of image recording devices to observe, view, photograph, film, or videotape for lewd or lascivious purposes the image of another, including of those under 18 years of age, with exceptions.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Referred Apr 16, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 16, 2002Introduced in Senate
Apr 16, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2728-2730)
Apr 16, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

In the Congressional Record 1

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Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S2729	Mary L. Landrieu D-LA	Apr 16, 2002

Research

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CRS reports 1

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Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
97-868	Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues Archived	Report	Mar 6, 2015

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to facilitate the protection of minors using the Internet from material that is harmful to minors, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Family Privacy and Security Act of 2002
Popular Titles: Family Privacy Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Apr 16, 2002Introduced in Senate

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