In its current form, I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Perlmutter moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 624, to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendments: At the end of the bill, add the following new section: SEC. __. PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF INTERNET PASSWORDS AND THE CREATIVITY OF THE INTERNET. Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to-- (1) permit an employer, a prospective employer, or the Federal Government to require the disclosure of a confidential password for a social networking website or a personal account of an employee or job applicant without a court order; or (2) permit the Federal Government to establish a mechanism to control United States citizens' access to and use of the Internet through the creation of a national Internet firewall similar to the ``Great Internet Firewall of China'', as determined by the Director of the National Intelligence. In section 2(c)(1)(F) of the bill (as inserted by the amendment offered by Mr. McCaul), strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon. In section 2(c)(1)(G) of the bill (as inserted by the amendment offered by Mr. McCaul), strike the period and insert a semicolon. At the end of section 2(c)(1) of the bill (as inserted by the amendment offered by Mr.…
On the recordApril 18, 2013
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