Responding to msg by perry@imsi.com (Perry E. Metzger) on Thu, 13 Jul 4:51 PM
I searched Thomas and couldn't find any evidence of co-sponsors to the Senate bill. Am I wrong here?
As you know, gnu@toad.com sent the EFF analysis which included:
From: ssteele@eff.org (Shari Steele) ... Fortunately, the bill does not have a very promising future. The bill has no co-sponsors. It was immediately referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, where it currently sits. LEXIS's bill tracking report only gives it a 10% chance of passing out of the committee. ...
In contrast, the following is from law list Cyberia-L today:
At 8:17 AM 7/13/95 -0400, James R. Coleman wrote:
Anyone know the committee status of this bill. Does it have co-sponsors? House sponsors? Are hearings scheduled? Or is Grassly not serious but tryint to get some press in Des Moines?
The bill was co-sponsored by Sens. Kyl (R-AZ) and Leahy (D-VT). It has the enthousiastic support of the administration. In a DOJ press release following its introduction, AG Reno is quoted as saying "computer crime is fast becoming everyone's problem. I'm encouraged that this bill is off to a bipartisan start, and I hope Congress will move quickly to enact it."
If there's a companion bill in the House, I'm not aware of it.
John Noble
Anyone got better info on yes/no sponsors or seen the DOJ press release?