HCONRES 298 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous enforcement of the Federal obscenity laws.

Introduced Oct 8, 2003 Originated House Sponsor John Sullivan R-OK

Latest action · Oct 27, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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 concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.

IntroducedOct 8, 2003
Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Calls for vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws.

Cosponsors 102

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2003 to Jul 22, 2004; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-UT	Chris Cannon	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-FL	Dave Weldon	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-LA	David Vitter	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-KS	Jim Ryun	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-IN	John N. Hostettler	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-PA	Phil English	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-NC	Robin Hayes	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-NE	Tom Osborne	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Oct 8, 2003
R-SC	Jim DeMint		Oct 16, 2003
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Nov 4, 2003
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Nov 4, 2003
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Nov 4, 2003
D-GA	David Scott		Nov 5, 2003
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Nov 5, 2003
R-OK	Tom Cole		Nov 5, 2003
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Nov 7, 2003
R-FL	Mark Foley		Nov 7, 2003
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Nov 7, 2003
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Nov 17, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Nov 17, 2003
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Nov 17, 2003
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Nov 18, 2003
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Dec 8, 2003
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Dec 8, 2003
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Dec 8, 2003
R-MN	John Kline		Dec 8, 2003
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Dec 8, 2003
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Dec 8, 2003
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Dec 8, 2003
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Dec 8, 2003
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Dec 8, 2003
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Dec 8, 2003
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Dec 8, 2003
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Jan 20, 2004
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Jan 20, 2004
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Jan 20, 2004
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Jan 20, 2004
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jan 20, 2004
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Jan 20, 2004
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		Jan 27, 2004
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Jan 27, 2004
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Jan 27, 2004
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Feb 11, 2004
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Feb 24, 2004
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Feb 24, 2004
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Feb 24, 2004
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Feb 24, 2004
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Feb 24, 2004
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Feb 25, 2004
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Mar 3, 2004
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Apr 1, 2004
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Apr 22, 2004
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Apr 22, 2004
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Apr 27, 2004
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Apr 27, 2004
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Apr 27, 2004
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Apr 27, 2004
R-CA	Wally Herger		Apr 27, 2004
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		May 4, 2004
R-IL	Philip M. Crane		May 4, 2004
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		May 17, 2004
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		May 17, 2004
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		May 17, 2004
R-FL	Katherine Harris		May 19, 2004
R-GA	Mac Collins		May 19, 2004
R-TX	Sam Johnson		May 19, 2004
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 20, 2004
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		Jun 8, 2004
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jun 8, 2004
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Jul 13, 2004
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Jul 19, 2004
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Jul 19, 2004
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 21, 2004
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jul 22, 2004

Committees 2

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Oct 8, 2003
	Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee	Referred Oct 22, 2003
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Oct 8, 2003
	Communications and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Oct 27, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Oct 22, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House
Oct 8, 2003Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-90	ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY: CLOSING THE DOOR ON PERVASIVE SMUT85 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	May 6, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SCONRES 77	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous enforcement of the Federal obscenity laws.	Identical bill	Dec 10, 2003

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: Expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous enforcement of the Federal obscenity laws.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House

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