Informed P2P User Act
Latest action · Dec 9, 2009 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2009
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Informed P2P User Act - (Sec. 2) Makes it unlawful for any commercial entity that developed a file sharing program or distributed such a program (if the distributor is owned by the developing entity) to install, make available for installation, or download a file sharing program without: (1) immediately before program installation or downloading, providing conspicuous notice that the program allows files to be searched and copied by one or more other computers and obtaining informed consent to the installation from an owner; and (2) immediately before initial activation of a file sharing function of the program, providing conspicuous notice of which files will be made available and obtaining the owner's informed consent.
Exempts: (1) modifications or upgrades of a program that was originally installed in compliance with this Act, provided certain requirements are met; and (2) pre-installed software.
Makes it unlawful for such an entity to prevent the reasonable efforts of an owner or authorized user to block the installation of such a program or to prevent such a user from having a reasonable way to disable or remove the program.
(Sec. 3) Treats a violation of this Act as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Prohibits construing this Act to limit or supersede any other federal or state law.
(Sec. 4) Defines "protected computer" to include a computer used by a financial institution or the federal government or which is used in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or communication, including a computer located outside the United States that is used in a way that affects U.S. interstate or foreign commerce.
(Sec. 6) Makes this Act inapplicable to the federal or any state government or subdivision.
Cosponsors 36
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2009 to Sep 29, 2009; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Original | Mar 5, 2009 |
| R-GA | Nathan Deal | Mar 10, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 11, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| R-AL | Parker Griffith | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MS | Travis Childers | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Zachary T. Space | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Apr 22, 2009 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Sep 29, 2009 |
Withdrew 1 Zoe Lofgren D-CA Mar 26, 2009
Committees 2
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 Mar 5, 2009Markup Sep 30, 2009Reported Dec 8, 2009 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2009Hearings May 6, 2009Discharged Sep 30, 2009 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Dec 9, 2009 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2009Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Dec 8, 2009Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 111-361.
- Dec 8, 2009Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 213.
- Dec 8, 2009Mr. Rush moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 8, 2009Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13591-13594)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H13591–H13594Text printed H13592 | Bobby L. Rush D-IL, Cliff Stearns R-FL, John Barrow D-GA, Marsha Blackburn R-TN | Dec 8, 2009 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 19, 2009H.R. 1319, Informed P2P User Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2009</p>
- Oct 19, 2009H.R. 1319, Informed P2P User ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2009
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-83 | EXPLORING THE OFFLINE AND ONLINE COLLECTION AND USE OF CONSUMER INFORMATION186 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Nov 19, 2009 |
| Serial No. 111-36 | H.R. 2221, THE DATA ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECTION ACT, AND H.R. 1319, THE INFORMED P2P USER ACT176 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 5, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3027 | P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act | Related bill | Feb 23, 2010 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prevent the inadvertent disclosure of information on a computer through the use of certain "peer-to-peer" file sharing software without first providing notice and obtaining consent from the owner or authorized user of the computer.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To prevent the inadvertent disclosure of information on a computer through the use of certain "peer-to-peer" file sharing programs without first providing notice and obtaining consent from an owner or authorized user of the computer.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Informed P2P User Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Informed P2P User Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Informed P2P User Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2009Referred in Senate
- Dec 8, 2009Reported in House
- Dec 8, 2009Engrossed in House
- Mar 5, 2009Introduced in House
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.
