HR 2173
105th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Child abuse
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer networks
Criminal justice information
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Information services
Internet
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Child Abuse Notification Act of 1997
Introduced: July 16, 1997
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 1998
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Jul 16, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 16, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1436)
Jul 16, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Child Abuse Notification Act of 1997 - Amends: (1) the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require a person engaged in providing an electronic communication service or a remote computing service to the public, who learns of an incident of sexual abuse through an interstate or foreign transaction or through a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce, to report such incident as soon as possible; and (2) the Federal criminal code to authorize a person or entity to divulge the contents of a communication involved in such an incident to a law enforcement agency.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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