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S.3040
Sponsor: Sen Thompson, Fred(introduced 9/13/2000)
Latest Major Action: 9/13/2000 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to establish the Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection, and for other purposes.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
9/13/2000:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8502-8504)
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(16), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Abraham, Spencer - 9/13/2000 Sen Collins, Susan M. - 9/13/2000
Sen DeWine, Michael - 9/13/2000 Sen Grams, Rod - 9/21/2000
Sen Gregg, Judd - 9/13/2000 Sen Hutchinson, Tim - 9/13/2000
Sen Kohl, Herb - 9/13/2000 Sen Landrieu, Mary L. - 9/13/2000
Sen Levin, Carl - 9/13/2000 Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 9/13/2000
Sen Roth Jr., William V. - 9/13/2000 Sen Specter, Arlen - 10/10/2000
Sen Stevens, Ted - 9/13/2000 Sen Thurmond, Strom - 9/21/2000
Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 9/13/2000 Sen Voinovich, George V. - 9/13/2000

SUMMARY AS OF:
9/13/2000--Introduced.

Privacy Commission Act - Establishes the Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Privacy Protection to study and report to Congress and the President on issues relating to protection of individual privacy and the appropriate balance to be achieved between protecting such privacy and allowing appropriate uses of information, including: (1) the monitoring, collection, and distribution of personal information by the government and by individuals or entities; and (2) privacy protection efforts of the public and private sectors.