S.974 Action, & Senate Judiciary Subcommittees

[lmccarth@cs.umass.edu (L. McCarthy)]

[please don't cc: me on any replies also directed to cypherpunks@toad]

Paul Elliott asked about the subcommittee referral of S.974 in the Senate
Judiciary Committee. Although I've never done more in Arizona than loiter in
the Phoenix airport, a staffer in Sen. Kyl's office kindly responded to my
request for information about Judiciary subcmtes. and action on S.974 (on a
Sunday, no less !)

Charles Grassley (R-IA) is the primary sponsor of S.974, and Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
is the cosponsor. 

Sen. Grassley chairs the Subcmte. on Administrative Oversight & the Courts, 
(202) 224-6736. Sen. Leahy (D-VT), who's sponsoring an alternative to the
CDT, also sits on this subcommittee.

Sen. Kyl sits on the Subcmte. on the Constitution, Federalism & Property 
Rights, (202) 224-8081. Sen. Feingold (D-CO), who has spoken out against
the CDT, is also a member of this subcommittee.

Both Grassley & Kyl are on the Immigration Subcmte., (202) 224-6098, but it's
hard to see why the bill would get referred there.

The Subcmte. on Terrorism, Technology & Government Information, 
(202) 224-6791, might take an interest in S.974, but neither Grassley nor
Kyl sits on it. Leahy belongs to this subcmte.

There's no sign in the Congressional Quarterly synopsis of any subcommittee
referral of S.974 thus far:

Forwarded from info@kyl.senate.gov:
> 1 of 1 items                                CQ's WASHINGTON ALERT  07/23/95
> 
> *** FULL REPORT -- DIGEST, LEGISLATIVE ACTION, COSPONSORS, SPEECHES ***
> 
> MEASURE:         S974
> 
> SPONSOR:         Grassley (R-IA)
> 
> BRIEF TITLE:     Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995.
> 
> OFFICIAL TITLE:  A bill to prohibit certain acts involving the use of
>                  computers in the furtherance of crimes, and for other
>                  purposes.
> 
> INTRODUCED:      06/27/95
> 
> COSPONSORS:      1 (Dems: 0  Reps: 1  Ind: 0)
> 
> COMMITTEES:      Senate Judiciary
> 
> SHORT TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
>   Anti-Electronic Racketerring [sic] Act of 1995
> 
> CRS SUBJECT INDEX TERMS:
>   Crime and criminals
>   Actions and defenses
>   Civil liberties
>   Computer crimes
>   Computer networks
>   Computer software
>   Criminal justice
>   Damages
>   Data banks
>   Destruction of property
>   Electronic surveillance
>   Evidence (Law)
>   Jurisdiction
>   Law
>   Legal fees
>   Money laundering
>   Organized crime
>   Right of privacy
>   Searches and seizures
>   Technology
>   Wiretapping
> 
> 
> LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
> 
> 06/27/95 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary (Text of bill
>          appears on pgs. S9180-S9181 of the June 27, 1995,
>          Congressional Record) (CR p. S9174)
> 
> 06/27/95     GRASSLEY, R-Iowa, Senate speech: Introduces the
>              Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995. (Text of
>              bill) (CR p. S9180-S9181)
> 
> 07/20/95 Cosponsor(s) added: 1
>   Kyl (R-AZ)