Government Watch

The following IT-related bills have been introduced in the 110th Congress.  For the complete texts of these bills and for more information about federal legislation, visit the Library of Congress website http://thomas.loc.gov/.  This site also provides links to the House and Senate web sites, with information about keeping in touch with your representatives.

Bills in red have become Public Law.

last updated 9/23/2008

• H.R. 102. Higher Education, Science, and Technology Competitiveness Act.
• H.R. 136. Identity Theft Notification Act of 2007.
• H.R. 220. Act to protect the confidentiality of Social Security numbers.
• H.R. 233. Computer Recycling Act.
• H.R. 275. Global Online Freedom Act of 2007. 2/22/08 placed on Union Calendar No. 320.
• H.R. 516. Federal Agency Data Privacy Protection Act.
• H.R. 836. Cyber-Security Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2007.
• H.R. 958. Data Accountability and Trust Act.
• H.R. 964. Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass (SPY) Act.
• H.R. 1008. SAFER NET (Safeguarding America's Families by Enhancing and Reorganizing New and Efficient Technologies) Act of 2007.
• H.R. 1117. (Related bill S. 717) REAL ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007.
• H.R. 1525. Discourage Spyware Act.
• H.R. 2272. 21st Century Competitveness Act. President signs bill on 8/9/07. Became Public Law 110-069.
• H.R. 4175. Privacy and Cybercrime Enforcement Act of 2007.
• S. 129. Energy-efficient Computer Servers Act.
• S. 156. Moratorium on Internet access taxes Act.
• S. 215. Net Neutrality Act.
• S. 236. Data Mining Act.
• S. 238. Identity theft Act.
• S. 761. America COMPETES Act. Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 2272 as an amendment.
• S. 2213. Cyber-Crime Act of 2007. (Related bills H.R. 836; H.R. 2290)