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Journalist Protection Act
Legislative Progress
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52d open
vs 9,062 other HR bills in the 116th — cohort avg 39d
Journalist Protection Act This bill establishes new criminal offenses for intentional acts (or attempts to commit acts) that cause bodily injury to a journalist.
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Filing registrants (2)
2019 · second_quarter · Media (information/publishing)
HR 3126 (Saving Local News Act) HR 2054 (Journalism Competition and Preservation Act) HR 1684 (Journalist Protection Act) Proposed Federal Anti-SLAPP legislation General Issues Relating to the Freedom of Information Act General Issues Relating to Federal Court Reform Surveillance of Journalists at the border
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Sources: Congress.gov
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2019 · first_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
HR 1684 / SR 682: Save the Internet Act of 2019, to reinstate Net Neutrality rules and FCC broadband authority, and to restore a free and open Internet that safeguards communications rights and spurs investment and innovation. Sect 215 of the Patriot Act: regarding implications of renewing the Call Detail Records program that sunsets in December 2019. Proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger Privacy implications of law enforcements' adoption of facial recognition technology, particulary the threats to communities of color.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Democratic |
| NY |
| Darren Soto | Democratic | FL |
| David N. Cicilline | Democratic | RI |
| Debbie Dingell | Democratic | MI |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | FL |
| Denny Heck | Democratic | WA |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton | Democratic | DC |
| Grace F. Napolitano | Democratic | CA |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic | WI |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| Rashida Tlaib | Democratic | MI |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | Democratic | AZ |
| Ro Khanna | Democratic | CA |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Susan Wild | Democratic | PA |
| William R. Keating | Democratic | MA |