Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 4, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 184.
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.
- IntroducedJan 10, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2007 - Requires federal agencies to report to Congress on any activity to use or develop data mining to identify terrorist or criminal activity.
Requires that such report be produced in coordination with the agency's privacy officer, be made available to the public (except for an annex containing classified, sensitive, or proprietary information), and include: (1) a through description of data mining activity goals and deployment dates, technology, and data sources; (2) an assessment of the efficacy of the activity in providing accurate information and the impact on individual privacy and civil liberties; (3) an analysis of laws and regulations governing the information being collected; and (4) a through discussion of the policies and procedures to protect individual privacy and due process and to guard against harmful consequences of potential inaccuracies. Requires annual updates, including regarding any new uses or development of data mining activity.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 10, 2007 to Apr 12, 2007; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Apr 12, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 12, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2007Markup Apr 12, 2007Reported Jun 4, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jun 4, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 184.
- Apr 12, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 15, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 10, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S359-360)
- Jan 10, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S361)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S359–S361Text printed S361 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT, Russell D. Feingold D-WI (text) | Jan 10, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 23, 2007S. 236, Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 12, 2007</p>
- Apr 23, 2007S. 236, Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 12, 2007
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require reports to Congress on Federal agency use of data mining.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Classified defense information
- Computer matching
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Data banks
- Due process of law
- Electronic government information
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Identification of criminals
- International Affairs
- Law
- Legislation
- Official secrets
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Terrorism
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 4, 2007Reported to Senate
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
