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H. Res. 159 107th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification,…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 7, 2001 Introduced by: Adam Smith Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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This resolution expired with the 107th Congress
It was not agreed to before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jul 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
Jun 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jun 7, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 7, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 9, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users.

Calls for: (1) commercial and nonprofit web site operators, Members of Congress and their offices, and executive departments and agencies to deploy P3P-compliant privacy policies on their web sites; (2) legislation relating to online privacy to consider such specification; (3) the education of Internet users concerning such specification; and (4) commercial software developers to fully implement such specification.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
TURNER, JIM
· Jul 10, 2001
DOOLEY, CAL
· Jun 7, 2001
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jun 7, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 159: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users, and for other purposes.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-159/
MLA
"H. Res. 159: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users, and for other purposes.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-159/.
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H. Res. 159, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-159/.
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[H. Res. 159: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that machine-readable privacy policies and the Platform for Privacy Preferences Project specification, commonly known as the P3P specification, are important tools in protecting the privacy of Internet users, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HRES-159/)
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