Re: A ban on cryptography?

17 Dec 2003


      tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May) writes:
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Anyone know anything about the status of this bill?
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S.1666
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Department of Commerce Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Passed by the
Senate)
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SEC. 1042. PROHIBITION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
RELATING TO USE OF CRYPTOGRAPHY FOR A CRIMINAL PURPOSE.
It's bogus.  THOMAS (http://thomas.loc.gov) shows S.1666 as a Hatch-sponsored
bill introduced 04/15/96:  A bill to authorize the Federal district court
for the Central Division of Utah to hold court in Provo and St.  George.

	Jim Gillogly
	20 Wedmath S.R. 1996, 20:59