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EFFector Online Volume 08 No. 13 July 21, 1995 editors@eff.org
A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424
IN THIS ISSUE:
ALERT: Act Now to Oppose Comm. Decency Act in House Telecom Bill
The Latest News
What You Can Do Now
Chronology of the CDA
For More Information
List Of Participating Organizations
List of the House of Representatives
EFF Analysis of the "Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995" (S.974)
Sen. Grassley's Statement to the Senate on S.974
The Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995, Senate Bill S.974
EFF and Others Thank 16 Senators for Voting Against the CDA
Calendar of Events (major update)
Quote of the Day
What YOU Can Do
Administrivia
* See http://www.eff.org/Alerts/ or ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/ for more
information on current EFF activities and online activism alerts! *
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Subject: ALERT: Act Now to Oppose Comm. Decency Act in House Telecom Bill
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CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE EXON/COATS COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
(SEE THE LIST OF CAMPAIGN COALITION MEMBERS AT THE END)
Update: -Latest News: House will vote on net censorship in July
-What You Can Do Now
-Find out your Representative's position
You have a right to know!
CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
July 14, 1995
PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT
REDISTRIBUTE ONLY UNTIL August 1, 1995
REPRODUCE THIS ALERT ONLY IN RELEVANT FORUMS
Distributed by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw@vtw.org)
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CONTENTS
The Latest News
What You Can Do Now
Chronology of the CDA
For More Information
List Of Participating Organizations
List of the House of Representatives
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THE LATEST NEWS
In the House, the Comm. Decency Act is not a part of the fast-moving
Telecommunications Reform Bill, *yet*. Althouth the Leahy/Klink alternative
is currently part of the telecomm bill, supporters of the Exon bill have
pledged to *remove* the Leahy/Klink bill and insert the Communications
Decency Act in its place.
We need to gear up to oppose the Communications Decency Act in the
House AND TAKE A COUNT OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES POSITIONS ON THIS
CRITICAL ISSUE.
The Leahy/Klink study would direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to
determine whether current obscenity laws apply to the Internet and if
law enforcement can use them to prosecute people trafficking in obscene
material or child pornography. (Trafficking in obscene material and
child pornography are not protected by the US Constitution.)
Of course, the answer to these questions is yes, and the DOJ said as
much in a letter to Senator Leahy on May 3, 1995 to Sen. Leahy (D-VT).
Currently, Representatives Cox and Wyden have introduced a bill (HR
1978, the Internet Freedom and Family Empowerment Act) that would
remove disincentives to implementing parental control of online content
and *prohibit* the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from
regulating expression on the Internet.
Although many are concerned that this bill is not "all there", many
civil liberties organizations (ACLU, CDT, EFF, EPIC, & PFAW to name a
few) are contributing their legal and net-expertise to examining the
bill and making sure it does the right thing.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW
1. Familiarize yourself with the Communications Decency Act FAQ,
available either by World Wide Web at
(URL:http://www.panix.com/vtw/exon), gopher at gopher.panix.com, or
via email by sending mail to vtw@vtw.org with "send cdafaq" in the
SUBJECT line. (not the body of the message)
2. Call your Representative (there is a list attached below) and ask them
these questions. The aim here is to get his or her take on net
censorship. Here's the way a sample conversation might take place:
First, figure out who your Rep is. (see the list of phone numbers below)
(Y=You, S=Rep's Staffer)
<ring ring>
S:Rep. Snodgrass's office, may I help you?
Y:Hi, I'm a constituent and I'd like to know what Mr. Snodgrass's
position is on the issue of objectionable material on online
networks such as the Internet.
Does Mr. Snodgrass favor parental control over what kids see or
governmental censorship?
S:Let me transfer you to the staffer that handles that, hold
<hold>
S:Hi, this is Jane Jingle. May I help you?
Y: <repeat above question>
You'll probably get one of three answers, either:
S:I believe that parents should have control over the information
their children see, not government regulators.
Y:Thanks. As a user of computer networks and a constituent, I
agree with Mr. Snodgrass and hope he will vote this way when
the relevant bills come to the floor.
or
S:Mr. Snodgrass doesn't have an opinion on this issue yet.
Y:Thanks. As a user of computer networks and a constituent, I
support parental control instead of government censorship. I
hope Mr. Snodgrass will vote this way when the relevant bills
come to the floor.
or, finally,
S:Mr. Snodgrass believes that porn on the net should be made
illegal because it's a really big problem.
Y:As a user of computer networks and constituent, I support
parental control instead of government censorship. I hope
Mr. Snodgrass is aware that trafficking in obscene material
is already illegal for online systems.
I also hope that Mr. Snodgrass is aware that there are a
number of technologies already on the market that allow
parents to control content on computer networks. I strongly
believe that Mr. Snodgrass and Congress shold trust parents
to make these choices.
Take the response you get and mail it to vtw@vtw.org. We'll be
totalling up the responses and using them to help coordinate the
pressure before a House vote. Whether you are happy or unhappy with
your legislator's response, we strongly encourage you to also post
it and discuss it in your local geographical newsgroups. Educate
your fellow voters!
3. Encourage your bulletin board system or Internet service provider to
reproduce the following short alert either in their Message Of The Day
or in a quick bulletin to the other users.
7/12/95: The Communications Decency Act (CDA) is in the House and
discussion is heating up. Volunteers are needed to call their
Representatives and get their rep's positions on net censorship.
To get more info, send mail to vtw@vtw.org with "send alert" in
the subject line, gopher -p 1/vtw/exon/alert gopher.panix.com, or
URL:gopher://gopher.panix.com:70/00/vtw/exon/alert
4. Congratulate yourself! You've not only told your rep what you think,
but you've also helped the Coalition learn more about where your rep
stands on this issue!
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
No more actions have been scheduled as of July 12, 1995.
Jun 30, '95 Cox and Wyden introduce the "Internet Freedom and Family
Empowerment Act" (HR 1978) as an alternative to the CDA.
Jun 21, '95 Several prominent House members publicly announce their
opposition to the CDA, including Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA),
Rep. Chris Cox (R-CA), and Rep. Ron Wyden (D-OR).
Jun 14, '95 The Senate passes the CDA as attached to the Telecomm
reform bill (S 652) by a vote of 84-16. The Leahy bill
(S 714) is not passed.
May 24, '95 The House Telecomm Reform bill (HR 1555) leaves committee
in the House with the Leahy alternative attached to it,
thanks to Rep. Ron Klink of (D-PA). The Communications
Decency Act is not attached to it.
Apr 7, '95 Sen. Leahy (D-VT) introduces S.714, an alternative to
the Exon/Gorton bill, which commissions the Dept. of
Justice to study the problem to see if additional legislation
(such as the CDA) is necessary.
Mar 23, '95 S314 amended and attached to the telecommunications reform
bill by Sen. Gorton (R-WA). Language provides some provider
protection, but continues to infringe upon email privacy
and free speech.
Feb 21, '95 HR1004 referred to the House Commerce and Judiciary committees
Feb 21, '95 HR1004 introduced by Rep. Johnson (D-SD)
Feb 1, '95 S314 referred to the Senate Commerce committee
Feb 1, '95 S314 introduced by Sen. Exon (D-NE) and Gorton (R-WA).
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Web Sites
URL:http://www.panix.com/vtw/exon/
URL:http://epic.org/
URL:http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/
URL:http://www.cdt.org/cda.html
URL:http://outpost.callnet.com/outpost.html
FTP Archives
URL:ftp://ftp.cdt.org/pub/cdt/policy/freespeech/00-INDEX.FREESPEECH
URL:ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Alerts/
Gopher Archives:
URL:gopher://gopher.panix.com/11/vtw/exon
URL:gopher://gopher.eff.org/11/Alerts
Email:
vtw@vtw.org (put "send alert" in the subject line for the latest
alert, or "send cdafaq" for the CDA FAQ)
cda-info@cdt.org (General CDA information)
cda-stat@cdt.org (Current status of the CDA)
________________________________________________________________________
LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
In order to use the net more effectively, several organizations have
joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the
Communications Decency Act.
American Civil Liberties Union * American Communication Association *
American Council for the Arts * Arts & Technology Society * Association
of Alternative Newsweeklies * biancaTroll productions * Californians
Against Censorship Together * Center For Democracy And Technology *
Centre for Democratic Communications * Center for Public Representation
* Citizen's Voice - New Zealand * Cloud 9 Internet *Computer
Communicators Association * Computel Network Services * Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility * Cross Connection *
Cyber-Rights Campaign * CyberQueer Lounge * Dutch Digital Citizens'
Movement * ECHO Communications Group, Inc. * Electronic Frontier Canada
* Electronic Frontier Foundation * Electronic Frontier Foundation -
Austin * Electronic Frontiers Australia * Electronic Frontiers Houston
* Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire * Electronic Privacy Information
Center * Feminists For Free Expression * First Amendment Teach-In *
Florida Coalition Against Censorship * FranceCom, Inc. Web Advertising
Services * Friendly Anti-Censorship Taskforce for Students * Hands
Off! The Net * Human Rights Watch * Inland Book Company * Inner Circle
Technologies, Inc. * Inst. for Global Communications * Internet
On-Ramp, Inc. * Joint Artists' and Music Promotions Political Action
Committee * The Libertarian Party * Marijuana Policy Project *
Metropolitan Data Networks Ltd. * MindVox * National Bicycle Greenway *
National Campaign for Freedom of Expression * National Coalition
Against Censorship * National Gay and Lesbian Task Force * National
Public Telecomputing Network * National Writers Union * Oregon Coast
RISC * Panix Public Access Internet * People for the American Way *
Republican Liberty Caucus * Rock Out Censorship * Society for
Electronic Access * The Thing International BBS Network * The WELL *
Voters Telecommunications Watch
(Note: All 'Electronic Frontier' organizations are independent entities,
not EFF chapters or divisions.)
________________________________________________________________________
LIST OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
# D ST Name (Party) Phone Fax
0 AK Young, Don (R) 1-202-225-5765 1-202-225-5765
1 AL Callahan, H. L. (R) 1-202-225-4931 1-202-225-0562
2 AL Everett, Terry (R) 1-202-225-2901 na
3 AL Browder, Glen (D) 1-202-225-3261 1-202-225-9020
4 AL Bevill, Thomas (D) 1-202-225-4876 1-202-225-0842
5 AL Cramer Jr, Robert E. (D) 1-202-225-4801 1-202-225-4392
6 AL Bachus, Spencer (R) 1-202-225-4921 1-202-225-2082
7 AL Hilliard, Earl F. (D) 1-202-225-2665 1-202-226-0772
AQ Faleomavaega, Eni F.H. (D) 1-202-225-8577 1-202-225-8757
1 AR Lambert-Lincoln, Blanche (D) 1-202-225-4076 1-202-225-4654
2 AR Thornton, Raymond (D) 1-202-225-2506 1-202-225-9273
3 AR Hutchinson, Tim (R) 1-202-225-4301 1-202-226-1163
4 AR Dickey, Jay (R) 1-202-225-3772 1-202-225-8646
1 AZ Salmon, Matthew (R) 1-202-225-2635 1-202-225-3405
2 AZ Pastor, Ed (D) 1-202-225-4065
3 AZ Stump, Robert (R) 1-202-225-4576 1-202-225-6328
4 AZ Shadegg, John (R) 1-202-225-3361 1-202-225-3462
5 AZ Kolbe, James T. (R) 1-202-225-2542 1-202-225-0378
6 AZ Hayworth, John (R) 1-202-225-2190 1-202-225-8819
1 CA Riggs, Frank (R) 1-202-225-3311 1-202-225-7710
2 CA Herger, Walter W. (R) 1-202-225-3076 1-202-225-1609
3 CA Fazio, Vic (D) 1-202-225-5716 1-202-225-0354
4 CA Doolittle, John T. (R) 1-202-225-2511 1-202-225-5444
5 CA Matsui, Robert T. (D) 1-202-225-7163 1-202-225-0566
6 CA Woolsey, Lynn (D) 1-202-225-5161 1-202-225-5163
7 CA Miller, George (D) 1-202-225-2095 1-202-225-5609
8 CA Pelosi, Nancy (D) 1-202-225-4965 1-202-225-8259
9 CA Dellums, Ronald V. (D) 1-202-225-2661 1-202-225-9817
10 CA Baker, Bill (R) 1-202-225-1880 1-202-225-2150
11 CA Pombo, Richard (R) 1-202-225-1947 1-202-226-0861
12 CA Lantos, Thomas (D) 1-202-225-3531 1-202-225-3127
13 CA Stark, Pete (D) 1-202-225-5065 na
14 CA Eshoo, Anna G. (D) 1-202-225-8104 1-202-225-8890
15 CA Mineta, Norman Y. (D) 1-202-225-2631 na
16 CA Lofgren, Zoe (D) 1-202-225-3072 1-202-225-9460
17 CA Farr, Sam (D) 1-202-225-2861
18 CA Condit, Gary (D) 1-202-225-6131 1-202-225-0819
19 CA Radanovich, George (R) 1-202-225-4540 1-202-225-0399
20 CA Dooley, Calvin M. (D) 1-202-225-3341 1-202-225-9308
21 CA Thomas, Bill (R) 1-202-225-2915 1-202-225-8798
22 CA Seastrand, Andrea (R) 1-202-225-3601 1-202-226-1015
23 CA Gallegly, Elton (R) 1-202-225-5811 1-202-225-1100
24 CA Beilenson, Anthony (D) 1-202-225-5911 na
25 CA McKeon, Howard P. (R) 1-202-225-1956 1-202-226-0683
26 CA Berman, Howard L. (D) 1-202-225-4695 1-202-225-5279
27 CA Moorhead, Carlos J. (R) 1-202-225-4176 1-202-226-1279
28 CA Dreier, David (R) 1-202-225-2305 1-202-225-4745
29 CA Waxman, Henry A. (D) 1-202-225-3976 1-202-225-4099
30 CA Becerra, Xavier (D) 1-202-225-6235 1-202-225-2202
31 CA Martinez, Matthew G. (D) 1-202-225-5464 1-202-225-4467
32 CA Dixon, Julian C. (D) 1-202-225-7084 1-202-225-4091
33 CA Roybal-Allard, Lucille (D) 1-202-225-1766 1-202-226-0350
34 CA Torres, Esteban E. (D) 1-202-225-5256 1-202-225-9711
35 CA Waters, Maxine (D) 1-202-225-2201 1-202-225-7854
36 CA Harman, Jane (D) 1-202-225-8220 1-202-226-0684
37 CA Tucker III, Walter R. (D) 1-202-225-7924 1-202-225-7926
38 CA Horn, Steve (R) 1-202-225-6676 1-202-226-1012
39 CA Royce, Ed (R) 1-202-225-4111 1-202-226-0335
40 CA Lewis, Jerry (R) 1-202-225-5861 1-202-225-6498
41 CA Kim, Jay C. (R) 1-202-225-3201 1-202-226-1485
42 CA Brown Jr., George E. (D) 1-202-225-6161 1-202-225-8671
43 CA Calvert, Ken (R) 1-202-225-1986 na
44 CA Bono, Sonny (R) 1-202-225-5330 1-202-226-1040
45 CA Rohrabacher, Dana (R) 1-202-225-2415 1-202-225-7067
46 CA Dornan, Robert K. (R) 1-202-225-2965 1-202-225-3694
47 CA Cox, Christopher (R) 1-202-225-5611 1-202-225-9177
48 CA Packard, Ronald (R) 1-202-225-3906 1-202-225-0134
49 CA Bilbray, Brian (R) 1-202-225-2040 1-202-225-2042
50 CA Filner, Bob (D) 1-202-225-8045 1-202-225-9073
51 CA Cunningham, Randy (R) 1-202-225-5452 1-202-225-2558
52 CA Hunter, Duncan L. (R) 1-202-225-5672 1-202-225-0235
1 CO Schroeder, Patricia (D) 1-202-225-4431 1-202-225-5842
2 CO Skaggs, David E. (D) 1-202-225-2161 1-202-225-9127
3 CO McInnis, Scott (R) 1-202-225-4761 1-202-226-0622
4 CO Allard, Wayne (R) 1-202-225-4676 1-202-225-8630
5 CO Hefley, Joel (R) 1-202-225-4422 1-202-225-1942
6 CO Schaefer, Daniel (R) 1-202-225-7882 1-202-225-7885
1 CT Kennelly, Barbara B. (D) 1-202-225-2265 1-202-225-1031
2 CT Gejdenson, Samuel (D) 1-202-225-2076 1-202-225-4977
3 CT DeLauro, Rosa (D) 1-202-225-3661 1-202-225-4890
4 CT Shays, Christopher (R) 1-202-225-5541 1-202-225-9629
5 CT Franks, Gary (R) 1-202-225-3822 1-202-225-5085
6 CT Johnson, Nancy L. (R) 1-202-225-4476 1-202-225-4488
DC Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D) 1-202-225-8050 1-202-225-3002
DE Castle, Michael N. (R) 1-202-225-4165 1-202-225-2291
1 FL Scarborough, Joe (R) 1-202-225-4136 1-202-225-5785
2 FL Peterson, Peter (D) 1-202-225-5235 1-202-225-1586
3 FL Brown, Corrine (D) 1-202-225-0123 1-202-225-2256
4 FL Fowler, Tillie (R) 1-202-225-2501 1-202-225-9318
5 FL Thurman, Karen (D) 1-202-225-1002 1-202-226-0329
6 FL Stearns, Clifford B. (R) 1-202-225-5744 1-202-225-3973
7 FL Mica, John L. (R) 1-202-225-4035 1-202-226-0821
8 FL McCollum, William (R) 1-202-225-2176 1-202-225-0999
9 FL Bilirakis, Michael (R) 1-202-225-5755 1-202-225-4085
10 FL Young, C. W. (R) 1-202-225-5961 1-202-225-9764
11 FL Gibbons, Samuel M. (D) 1-202-225-3376 na
12 FL Canady, Charles T. (R) 1-202-225-1252 1-202-225-2279
13 FL Miller, Dan (R) 1-202-225-5015 1-202-226-0828
14 FL Goss, Porter J. (R) 1-202-225-2536 1-202-225-6820
15 FL Weldon, Dave (R) 1-202-225-3671 1-202-225-9039]
16 FL Foley, Mark (R) 1-202-225-5792 na
17 FL Meek, Carrie (D) 1-202-225-4506 1-202-226-0777
18 FL Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R) 1-202-225-3931 1-202-225-5620
19 FL Johnston II, Harry (D) 1-202-225-3001 1-202-225-8791
20 FL Deutsch, Peter (D) 1-202-225-7931 1-202-225-8456
21 FL Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (R) 1-202-225-4211 1-202-225-8576
22 FL Shaw Jr., E. C. (R) 1-202-225-3026 1-202-225-8398
23 FL Hastings, Alcee L. (D) 1-202-225-1313 1-202-225-0690
1 GA Kingston, Jack (R) 1-202-225-5831 1-202-226-2269
2 GA Bishop, Sanford (D) 1-202-225-3631 1-202-225-2203
3 GA Collins, Mac (R) 1-202-225-5901 1-202-225-2515
4 GA Linder, John (R) 1-202-225-4272 1-202-225-4696
5 GA Lewis, John (D) 1-202-225-3801 1-202-225-0351
6 GA Gingrich, Newt (R) 1-202-225-4501 1-202-225-4656
7 GA Barr, Bob (R) 1-202-225-2931
8 GA Chambliss, Saxby 1-202-225-6531 1-202-225-7719
9 GA Deal, Nathan (D) 1-202-225-5211 1-202-225-8272
10 GA Norwood, Charles (R) 1-202-225-4101 1-202-226-1466
11 GA McKinney, Cynthia (D) 1-202-225-1605 1-202-226-0691
GU Underwood, Robert A. (D) 1-202-225-1188 1-202-226-0341
1 HI Abercrombie, Neil (D) 1-202-225-2726 1-202-225-4580
2 HI Mink, Patsy T. (D) 1-202-225-4906 1-202-225-4987
1 IA Leach, James (R) 1-202-225-6576 1-202-226-1278
2 IA Nussle, James Allen (R) 1-202-225-2911 1-202-225-9129
3 IA Lightfoot, James R. (R) 1-202-225-3806 1-202-225-6973
4 IA Ganske, Greg (R) 1-202-225-4426
5 IA Latham, Tom (R) 1-202-225-5476 1-202-225-6929
1 ID Chenoweth, Helen 1-202-225-6611 1-202-226-1213
2 ID Crapo, Michael D. (R) 1-202-225-5531 1-202-225-8216
1 IL Rush, Bobby L. (D) 1-202-225-4372 1-202-226-0333
2 IL Reynolds, Mel (D) 1-202-225-0773 1-202-225-0774
3 IL Lipinski, William O. (D) 1-202-225-5701 1-202-225-1012
4 IL Gutierrez, Luis V. (D) 1-202-225-8203 1-202-225-7810
5 IL Flanagan, Michael (R) 1-202-225-4061
6 IL Hyde, Henry J. (R) 1-202-225-4561 1-202-226-1240
7 IL Collins, Cardiss (D) 1-202-225-5006 1-202-225-8396
8 IL Crane, Philip M. (R) 1-202-225-3711 1-202-225-7830
9 IL Yates, Sidney R. (D) 1-202-225-2111 1-202-225-3493
10 IL Porter, John E. (R) 1-202-225-4835 1-202-225-0157
11 IL Weller, Gerald (R) 1-202-225-3635 1-202-225-4447
12 IL Costello, Jerry F. (D) 1-202-225-5661 1-202-225-0285
13 IL Fawell, Harris W. (R) 1-202-225-3515 1-202-225-9420
14 IL Hastert, J. D. (R) 1-202-225-2976 1-202-225-0697
15 IL Ewing, Thomas (R) 1-202-225-2371 1-202-225-8071
16 IL Manzullo, Donald (R) 1-202-225-5676 1-202-225-5284
17 IL Evans, Lane (D) 1-202-225-5905 1-202-225-5396
18 IL LaHood, Ray (R) 1-202-225-6201 1-202-225-9461
19 IL Poshard, Glenn (D) 1-202-225-5201 1-202-225-1541
20 IL Durbin, Richard J. (D) 1-202-225-5271 1-202-225-0170
1 IN Visclosky, Peter J. (D) 1-202-225-2461 1-202-225-2493
2 IN McIntosh, David (R) 1-202-225-3021 1-202-225-8140
3 IN Roemer, Timothy (D) 1-202-225-3915 1-202-225-6798
4 IN Souder, Mark (R) 1-202-225-4436 1-202-225-8810
5 IN Buyer, Steve (D) 1-202-225-5037 na
6 IN Burton, Daniel (R) 1-202-225-2276 1-202-225-0016
7 IN Myers, John T. (R) 1-202-225-5805 1-202-225-1649
8 IN Hostettler, John (R) 1-202-225-4636 1-202-225-4688
9 IN Hamilton, Lee H. (D) 1-202-225-5315 1-202-225-1101
10 IN Jacobs Jr., Andrew (D) 1-202-225-4011 1-202-226-4093
1 KS Roberts, Pat (R) 1-202-225-2715 1-202-225-5375
2 KS Brownback, Sam (R) 1-202-225-6601 1-202-225-1445
3 KS Meyers, Jan (R) 1-202-225-2865 1-202-225-0554
4 KS Tiahrt, Todd (R) 1-202-225-6216 1-202-225-5398
1 KY Whitfield, Edward (R) 1-202-225-3115 1-202-225-2169
2 KY Lewis, Ron (R) 1-202-225-3501 na
3 KY Ward, Michael (D) 1-202-225-5401
4 KY Bunning, James (R) 1-202-225-3465 1-202-225-0003
5 KY Rogers, Harold (R) 1-202-225-4601 1-202-225-0940
6 KY Baesler, Scotty (D) 1-202-225-4706 1-202-225-2122
1 LA Livingston, Robert (R) 1-202-225-3015 1-202-225-0739
2 LA Jefferson, William (D) 1-202-225-6636 1-202-225-1988
3 LA Tauzin, W. J. (D) 1-202-225-4031 1-202-225-0563
4 LA Fields, Cleo (D) 1-202-225-8490 1-202-225-8959
5 LA McCrery, James (R) 1-202-225-2777 1-202-225-8039
6 LA Baker, Richard H.(R) 1-202-225-3901 1-202-225-7313
7 LA Hayes, James A. (D) 1-202-225-2031 1-202-225-1175
1 MA Olver, John W. (D) 1-202-225-5335 1-202-226-1224
2 MA Neal, Richard E. (D) 1-202-225-5601 1-202-225-8112
3 MA Blute, Peter I. (R) 1-202-225-6101 1-202-225-2217
4 MA Frank, Barney (D) 1-202-225-5931 1-202-225-0182
5 MA Meehan, Martin T. (D) 1-202-225-3411 1-202-226-0771
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Subject: EFF Analysis of the "Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act" (S.974)
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On June 27, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Anti-Electronic
Racketeering Act, S.974. The bill was designed "to prohibit certain acts
involving the use of computers in the furtherance of crimes, and for other
purposes." Its immediate effect, among other things, would be to
criminalize the posting of any encryption software on any computer network,
that foreign nationals can access (in other words, any computer network
period). Because of poor wording, the bill would probably also criminalize
data compression and other non-cryptographic encoding schemes available on
networks. This includes the compression used in most of the images on
Internet users' WWW homepages, not to mention uuencoding, binhex, MIME and
other encoding methods for transferring binary files via email, and even
language encoding used to represent non-English characters, such as the
SJIS scheme for representing Japanese Kanji characters.
In addition, the bill seems to be directed at undermining two big fights
we've successfully waged in the past: the Steve Jackson Games decision
against the United States Secret Service and the government's Clipper Chip
proposal.
Re: Steve Jackson Games -- this bill would permit the government to avoid
the notice requirements of the Privacy Protection Act if "there is reason
to believe that the immediate seizure of such materials is necessary to
prevent the destruction or altercation [very Freudian sic!] of such
documents." Furthermore, the government could use electronic evidence
seized that had not been particularly described in a warrant if:
"the seizure is incidental to an otherwise valid seizure, and the
government officer or employee-
''(A) was not aware that work product material was among the data seized;
''(B) upon actual discovery of the existence of work product materials, the
government officer or employee took reasonable steps to protect the privacy
interests recognized by this section, including-
''(i) using utility software to seek and identify electronically stored data
that may be commingled or combined with non-work product material; and
''(ii) upon actual identification of such material, taking reasonable steps
to protect the privacy of the material, including seeking a search warrant."
Re: Clipper Chip -- The bill would make it a crime "to distribute computer
software that encodes or encrypts electronic or digital communications to
computer networks that the person distributing the software knows or
reasonably should know, is accessible to foreign nationals and foreign
governments, regardless of whether such software has been designated as
nonexportable." However, there is an exception: "It shall be an
affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the software at
issue used a universal decoding device or program that was provided to the
Department of Justice prior to the distribution." This is essentially an
attempt to sneak the key "escrow" provisions of the Clipper scheme in
through a legislative back door.
Fortunately, the bill does not have a very promising future. The bill has
no co-sponsors. It was immediately referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary, where it currently sits. LEXIS's bill tracking report only
gives it a 10% chance of passing out of the committee.
We thought Senator Grassley's own statement when he introduced the bill is
worth reading, so we attach it here. Our favorite line is "Elliott Ness
needs to meet the Internet." This is especially ironic in light of recent
comparisons of hysteria about "dangerous" material on the internet, and
the Prohibition.
The bill itself follows Grassley's statement.
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Subject: Sen. Grassley's Statement to the Senate on S.974
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Mr. President, I rise this evening to introduce the Anti-electronic
Racketeering Act of 1995. This bill makes important changes to RICO and
criminalizes deliberately using computer technology to engage in criminal
activity. I believe this bill is a reasonable, measured and strong response
to a growing problem. According to the computer emergency and response
team at Carnegie-Mellon University, during 1994, about 40,000 computer
users were attacked. Virus hacker, the FBI's national computer crime squad
has investigated over 200 cases since 1991. So, computer crime is clearly
on the rise.
Mr. President, I suppose that some of this is just natural. Whenever man
develops a new technology, that technology will be abused by some. And that is
why I have introduced this bill. I believe we need to seriously reconsider the
Federal Criminal Code with an eye toward modernizing existing statutes and
creating new ones. In other words, Mr. President, Elliot Ness needs to meet the
Internet.
Mr. President, I sit on the Board of the Office of Technology Assessment.
That Office has clearly indicated that organized crime has entered cyberspace in
a big way. International drug cartels use computers to launder drug money and
terrorists like the Oklahoma City bombers use computers to conspire to commit
crimes.
Computer fraud accounts for the loss of millions of dollars per year. And
often times, there is little that can be done about this because the computer
used to commit the crimes is located overseas. So, under my bill, overseas
computer users who employ their computers to commit fraud in the United States
would be fully subject to the Federal criminal laws. Also under my bill, Mr.
President, the wire fraud statute which has been successfully used by
prosecutors for many users, will be amended to make fraudulent schemes which use
computers a crime.
It is not enough to simply modernize the Criminal Code. We also have to
reconsider many of the difficult procedural burdens that prosecutors must
overcome. For instance, in the typical case, prosecutors must identify a
location in order to get a wiretapping order. But in cyberspace, it is often
impossible to determine the location. And so my bill corrects that so that if
prosecutors cannot, with the exercise of effort, give the court a location, then
those prosecutors can still get a wiretapping order. And for law enforcers-both
State and Federal-who have seized a computer which contains both contraband or
evidence and purely private material, I have created a good-faith standard so
that law enforcers are not shackled by undue restrictions but will also be
punished for bad faith.
Mr. President, this brave new world of electronic communications and global
computer networks holds much promise. But like almost anything, there is the
potential for abuse and harm. That is why I urge my colleagues to support this
bill and that is why I urge industry to support this bill.
On a final note, I would say that we should not be too scared of technology.
After all, we are still just people and right is still right and wrong is still
wrong. Some things change and some things do not. All that my bill does is say
you can't use computers to steal, to threaten others or conceal criminal
conduct.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed
in the Record.
There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record,
as follows:
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Subject: The Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995, Senate Bill S.974
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S. 974
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ''Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
(a) Definitions .-Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended-
(1) by striking ''1343 (relating to wire fraud)'' and inserting ''1343
(relating to wire and computer fraud)'';
(2) by striking ''that title'' and inserting ''this title'';
(3) by striking ''or (E)'' and inserting ''(E)''; and
(4) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ''or (F) any act that is
indictable under section 1030, 1030A, or 1962(d)(2)''.
(b) Use of Computer To Facilitate Racketeering Enterprise .-Section 1962 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended-
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
''(d) It shall be unlawful for any person-
''(1) to use any computer or computer network in furtherance of a
racketeering activity (as defined in section 1961(1)); or
''(2) to damage or threaten to damage electronically or digitally stored
data.''.
(c) Criminal Penalties .-Section 1963(b) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended-
(1) by striking ''and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting '';
and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(3) electronically or digitally stored data.''.
(d) Civil Remedies .-Section 1964(c) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking ''his property or business''. [*S9181]
(e) Use as Evidence of Intercepted Wire or Oral Communications .-Section 2515
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at
the end the following: '', unless the authority in possession of the intercepted
communication attempted in good faith to comply with this chapter. If the United
States or any State of the United States, or subdivision thereof, possesses a
communication intercepted by a nongovernmental actor, without the knowledge of
the United States, that State, or that subdivision, the communication may be
introduced into evidence''.
(f) Authorization for Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic
Communications .-Section 2516(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-
(1) by striking ''and'' at the end of paragraph (n);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph () and inserting '';
and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(p) any violation of section 1962 of title 18.''.
(g) Procedures for Interception .-Section 2518(4)(b) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ''to
the extent feasible''.
(h) Computer Crimes .-
(1) New prohibited activities .-Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
'' 1A1030A. Racketeering-related crimes involving computers
''(a) It shall be unlawful-
''(1) to use a computer or computer network to transfer unlicensed computer
software, regardless of whether the transfer is performed for economic
consideration;
''(2) to distribute computer software that encodes or encrypts electronic or
digital communications to computer networks that the person distributing the
software knows or reasonably should know, is accessible to foreign nationals and
foreign governments, regardless of whether such software has been designated as
nonexportable; and
''(3) to use a computer or computer network to transmit a communication
intended to conceal or hide the origin of money or other assets, tangible or
intangible, that were derived from racketeering activity; and
''(4) to operate a computer or computer network primarily to facilitate
racketeering activity or primarily to engage in conduct prohibited by Federal or
State law.
''(b) For purposes of this section, each act of distributing software is
considered a separate predicate act. Each instance in which nonexportable
software is accessed by a foreign government, an agent of a foreign government,
a foreign national, or an agent of a foreign national, shall be considered as a
separate predicate act.
''(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section
that the software at issue used a universal decoding device or program that was
provided to the Department of Justice prior to the distribution.''.
(2) Clerical amendment .-The analysis at the beginning of chapter 47, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
''1030A. Racketeering-related crimes involving computers.''.
(3) Jurisdiction and venue .-Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
''(g)(1)(A) Any act prohibited by this section that is committed using any
computer, computer facility, or computer network that is physically located
within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall be deemed to have
been committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
''(B) Any action taken in furtherance of an act described in subparagraph (A)
shall be deemed to have been committed in the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States.
''(2) In any prosecution under this section involving acts deemed to be
committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States under this
subsection, venue shall be proper where the computer, computer facility, or
computer network was physically situated at the time at least one of the
wrongful acts was committed.''.
(i) Wire and Computer Fraud .-Section 1343 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ''or television communication'' and inserting
''television communication, or computer network or facility''.
(j) Privacy Protection Act .-Section 101 of the Privacy Protection Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 2000aa) is amended-
(1) in subsection (a)-
(A) by striking ''or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting '';
or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(3) there is reason to believe that the immediate seizure of such materials
is necessary to prevent the destruction or altercation of such documents.''; and
(2) in subsection (b)-
(A) by striking ''or'' at the end of paragraph (3);
(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting '';
or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(5) in the case of electronically stored data, the seizure is incidental to
an otherwise valid seizure, and the government officer or employee-
''(A) was not aware that work product material was among the data seized;
''(B) upon actual discovery of the existence of work product materials, the
government officer or employee took reasonable steps to protect the privacy
interests recognized by this section, including-
''(i) using utility software to seek and identify electronically stored data
that may be commingled or combined with non-work product material; and
''(ii) upon actual identification of such material, taking reasonable steps
to protect the privacy of the material, including seeking a search warrant.''.
[end]
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Subject: EFF and Others Thank 16 Senators for Voting Against the CDA
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[Letter sent to the 16 Senators who voted against the Communications
Decency Act.]
Dear Senator:
The undersigned organizations and individuals thank you for voting
against the Exon/Gorton amendment that would censor electronic
networks. Only 16 of you upheld both the Constitution and the will of
the people (as clearly expressed through letters, phone calls, and
petitions) in opposing the amendment. We will do whatever we can to
make the public remember your principles and your courage.
You understand that the censorship issue goes beyond the question of
whether a child sees a picture that is in bad taste. You know that
censorship ends up suppressing what is good, valuable, and sometimes
critical to public policy-making. Let us hope that the House of
Representatives is more open to this view.
We believe that electronic networks should allow all constitutionally-
protected forms of expression, that the commercial organization of the
media should encourage a wide range of content providers, and that the
privacy of online users should be diligently safeguarded. Standards of
propriety (which differ from community to community, and from individual
to individual) should remain an individual decision on a medium like the
Internet, which is truly the first expression of the emerging Global
Information Infrastructure. When governments try to dictate content, we
risk choking the life out of these vital communication, educational, and
knowledge tools.
Finally, we applaud the Internet as a forum where people can defend free
speech in other media, and can organize to protect the civil rights of
everyone. Attacks on the Internet could well be preludes to attacks
on these broader values.
Sincerely,
* Organizations
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Canada
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Voters Telecommunications Watch
Center for Information, Technology, & Society
Libertarian Party
National Writers Union - UAW Local 1981
Marijuana Policy Project
Florida Coalition Against Censorship
* Individuals (organizations listed for identification purposes only)
Robert Abrazado
Michael Brownstein, IXA Inc.
Gordon Cook, Editor & Publisher, The COOK Report on Internet -> NREN
Brennon Martin, Network 99/IXA/Semaphore Internet Services
Arun Mehta, Forum for Rights to Electronic Expression (India)
Nathan Newman, co-chair, UC-Berkeley Center for Community Economic Research
Bob Pauls, Exec. Director, Shawnee Free-Net, Inc.
Bob Powell
Joe Shea, Editor-in-Chief, The American Reporter
Paul J. Ste. Marie
Jim Warren, GovAccess moderator and columnist for Government Technology,
BoardWatch, MicroTimes and other periodicals
* Senators who received the letter
P ST Name
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D CT Lieberman, Joseph I.
D DE Biden Jr., Joseph R.
D IL Simon, Paul
D IL Moseley-Braun, Carol
D MA Kennedy, Edward M.
D MI Levin, Carl
D MN Wellstone, Paul
D NM Bingaman, Jeff
D NY Moynihan, Daniel P.
D OH Glenn, John
R RI Chafee, John H.
D VA Robb, Charles S.
D VT Leahy, Patrick J.
R VT Jeffords, James M.
D WA Murray, Patty
D WI Feingold, Russell
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Subject: What YOU Can Do
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* The Communications Decency Act
The Communications Decency Act poses serious threats to freedom of
expression online, and to the livelihoods of system operators. The
legislation also undermines several crucial privacy protections.
Business/industry persons concerned should alert their corporate govt.
affairs office and/or legal counsel. Everyone should write to their own
Representatives and ask them to support Rep. Klink's alternative
legislation, already folded into the House telecom reform bill, and
ask their legislators to oppose any efforts to remove the Klink
language from the bill and replace it with the CDA or similar
censorship legislation. Explain, quickly and clearly, why the CDA is
dangerous, and urge efforts to prevent its introduction in any form.
For more information on what you can do to help stop this and other
dangerous legislation, see:
ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/
gopher.eff.org, 1/Alerts
http://www.eff.org/pub/Alerts/
If you do not have full internet access, send your request
for information to ask@eff.org.
* The Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act
This bill is unlikely to pass in any form, being very poorly drafted, and
without support. However, the CDA is just as bad and passed with flying
colors [the jolly roger?] in the Senate. It's better to be safe than sorry.
If you have a few moments to spare, writing to, faxing, or calling your
Congresspersons to urge opposition to this bill is a good idea. If you
only have time to do limited activism, please concentrate on the CDA instead.
That legislation is far more imminent that the AERA.
* Find Out Who Your Congresspersons Are
Writing letters to, faxing, and phoning your representatives in Congress
is one very important strategy of activism, and an essential way of
making sure YOUR voice is heard on vital issues.
EFF has lists of the Senate and House with contact information, as well
as lists of Congressional committees. (A House list is included in this
issue of EFFector). These lists are available at:
ftp.eff.org, /pub/Activism/Congress_cmtes/
gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Issues/Activism/Congress_cmtes
http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/Congress_cmtes/
The full Senate and House lists are senate.list and hr.list, respectively.
Those not in the U.S. should seek out similar information about their
own legislative bodies. EFF will be happy to archive any such
information provided.
If you are having difficulty determining who your Representatives are,
try contacting your local League of Women Voters, who maintain a great
deal of legislative information.
* Join EFF!
You *know* privacy, freedom of speech and ability to make your voice heard
in government are important. You have probably participated in our online
campaigns and forums. Have you become a member of EFF yet? The best way to
protect your online rights is to be fully informed and to make your
opinions heard. EFF members are informed and are making a difference. Join
EFF today!
For EFF membership info, send queries to membership@eff.org, or send any
message to info@eff.org for basic EFF info, and a membership form.
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