The House Judiciary Committee likely won’t vote until next week...
The House Judiciary Committee likely won’t vote until next week on a data retention bill related to child pornography (HR-1981), a committee spokeswoman said Monday. Although the bill is listed on the committee’s agenda for a two-day markup Wednesday and…
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Thursday, the committee “will not make it to HR-1981” by Wednesday, the spokeswoman said. A vote could happen Thursday, “but most likely it will be pushed to next week,” she said. The bill that will be marked up is expected to differ from the version that was introduced, a wireless industry lobbyist said. Talks are continuing between committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and the wireless industry, the lobbyist said. Smith said at a hearing last week that he would reconsider an exemption in the bill for wireless providers (WID July 13 p1).