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Last Updated Tue Jun 29 17:21:49 PDT 1999
NOTE: This index is just a sampling of bills most important to our
area of interest and isnot exhaustive.
Files in this Archive
- admin_s1822_94_amend.draft
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- biden_kohl_s652_92.bill
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- biden_leahy_s2375_edwards_hyde_hr4922_94.bill
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- biden_leahy_s2375_edwards_hyde_hr4922_94_analysis.eff
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- biden_s266_91.comments
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- boucher_hr1757_93.bill
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- boucher_hr1757_93.eff
- May 1993 letter from the EFF to Rep Boucher in
enthusiastic support for H.R. 1757, his initiative to
promote applications of high-performance computer
networking for education, libraries, health care,
access to government information, and the public at
large
- boucher_hr1757_93_vote.count
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- boxer_s1589_93.bill
- Senate's "Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1993
introduced by Senator Boxer. The purpose of this title
is to protect the personal privacy and safety of licensed
drivers consistent with the legitimate needs of business
and government
- admin_s1822_94_amend.draft
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- biden_kohl_s652_92.bill
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- biden_leahy_s2375_edwards_hyde_hr4922_94.bill
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- biden_leahy_s2375_edwards_hyde_hr4922_94_analysis.eff
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- biden_s266_91.comments
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- boucher_hr1757_93.bill
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- brooks_dingell_hr3626_94_eff.summary
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- brooks_dingell_hr3626_94.bill
- November 28 version of The Antitrust
Reform Act of 1993 sponsored by Rep Brooks and Dingell
- brooks_dingell_hr3626_hr3636_94_bill.changes
- Summary of Original bills
and Revisions to House Bills 3636 and 3626.
- brooks_dingell_hr3626_94_summary.mfj
- January 1994 summary of the
Antitrust reform Act of 1993 HR 3626 put together by the MFJ Task
Force
- brooks_dingell_hr3626_hr3636_s1822_94.summary
- EFF Analysis of Bill
HR-3626 Antitrust Reform Act of 1993 Introduced by Reps. Brooks
and Dingell...briefly...This bill would phase
out the limitations placed on the Bell
Companies under the modified consent decree
that resulted in the antitrust agreement that
broke up AT&T in 1982 (the "MFJ" or
"Modification of Final Judgment"). The MFJ
currently precludes Bell Companies from
providing long distance service and
manufacturing telephone equipment
- brooks_dingell_hr3626_020294_jc-ecls.testimony
- Feb 1994 testimony of
Jame Cullen before the house committe on
the judiciary's economic and
commercial law subcommittee regarding
the Communications Reform Act of
1993.
- brooks_dingell_hr3626_hr3636_020194_ecc-tfs.testimony
- Feb 1994 testimony
of Edward Horowitz (CEO of
Viacom) before the house
energy and commerce's
telecommunications and
finance subcommittee
relating to interactive video
systems
- brown_leahy_s1782_93.bill
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- brown_valentine_hr5199_94.bill
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- brown_valentine_hr5199_94_bill.draft
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- brown_valentine_hr5199_94_cover.letter
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- brown_valentine_hr5199_94_draft_eff.comments
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- cantwell_hr3937_94_crypto.excerpt
- Excerpt from hr 3937 relating to
the effects of the bill on other acts.
- cantwell_hr3627_94.faq
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- cantwell_hr3627_94_activism.article
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- cantwell_hr3627_94_sponsor.analysis
- Packet of information on Cantwell's
1994 export control liberalization for information security and
products bill including some introductory info,
full text of the bill, and analysis of what the
bill means, after the press release immediately
below
- cantwell_hr3627_94.bill
- Cantwell's 1994 export control liberalization
for information security and products bill. The United
States' export control system is broken. It was
designed as a tool of the cold-war, to help fight
against enemies that no longer exist. The myriad of
Federal agencies responsible for controlling the
flow of exports from our country must have a new
charter, recognizing today's realities
- cantwell_hr3627_94_sponsor.summary
- Representative Maria Cantwell's
November 1993 remarks to the House of Representatives when she
introduced H.R. 3627, Legislation to Amend the
Export Administration Act of 1979. Her synopsis of
the bill appears at the end
- clinton_admin_s1822_amend.draft
- This is a *draft* of the Clinton
Administration's proposed new regulatory
scheme for interactive broadband networks.
1994. It was intended as an amendment to
S.1822, the Senate's telecom reform bill,
but was rejected (as was the entire bill
eventually.) Commonly referred to as "the
Title VII amendment" (linked to file
hollings_danforth_s1822_clinton_admin_
amend.draft)
- clinton_admin_s1822_94_amend.draft
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- cooper_hr3515_102491_kapor_eff.testimony
- Testimony of Mitch Kapor of the
EFF before the subcommittee on telecom and
finance regarding telecom infrastructure
legislation and proposals In October 1991
- cooper_hr3515_91.bill
- Cooper's failed Telecommunications Act of 1991
(incl. some analysis by James Bryant).
- danforth_hollings_s1822_94.bill
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- danforth_hollings_s1822_94_admin_amend.draft
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- danforth_hollings_s1822_94_cullen_ba.testimony
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- danforth_hollings_s1822_94_exon.amend
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- danforth_hollings_s1822_94_failure.statements
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- danforth_hollings_s1822_hr3626_hr3636_94.summary
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- danforth_inouye_s1086_93.bill
- Senator Danforth's June 1993
"Telecommunication Infrastructure Act of 1993' which, though it did
not even get out of the committee level, might be
revised in the future.
- danforth_inouye_s1086_93_eff.summary
- summary of s1086
(telecom_infra_s1086.bill) by the EFF explaining that s1086 would
eliminate the legal monopoly that local
telephone companies have on local phone
service, allow any communications provider to
offer local phone service, and allow local
telephone companies to compete fully in the
cable television market
- danforth_inouye_s1086_090893_kapor_eff.testimony
- Mitch Kapor's September
1993 testimony before the senate
subcommittee on communications
regarding s1086
(telecom_infra_s1086.bill)
- deconcini_s1854_94.bill
- S. 1854 by Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) Patent
Term and Publication Reform Act of 1994 According to LegiSlate,
the bill "would concern patent simplification and
specificially would first implement a 20-year patent
term beginning from the application file date, as
well as ensure the publication of all patent
applications after 18 months. The change of the patent
term would better enable the United States to compete
with most other industrialized countries,which also
feature 20-year patent terms."
- deconcini_warner_et-al_s1948_94.bill
- full text of s1948
"Counterintelligence and Security Enhancement Act of 1994"
which would mend the National Security Act
of1947 to improve the counterintelligence
and security posture of the United States
intelligence community and to enhance the
investigative authority of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation
incounterintelligence matters, and for
other purposes. A dangerous bill!!!!
- dingell_brooks_hr3626_020194_ecc-tfs.testimony
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- dingell_brooks_hr3626_020294_jc-ecls.testimony
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- dingell_brooks_hr3626_94.bill
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- dingell_brooks_hr3626_94_eff.summary
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- dingell_brooks_hr3626_94_summary.mfj
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- dingell_brooks_hr3626_hr3636_94_bill.changes
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- dingell_brooks_hr3626_hr3636_s1822_94.summary
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- edwards_hyde_hr4922_leahy_biden_s2375_94.bill
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- edwards_hyde_hr4922_leahy_biden_s2375_94_analysis.eff
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- eff_hr3636_94.bill
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- eff_hr3636_94.eff
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- eff_hr3636_94_bill.amend
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- eff_hr3636_94_bill.old
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- eff_hr3636_94_eff.analysis
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- eff_hr3636_94_eff.announce
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- eff_hr3636_94_eff.summary
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- eff_hr3636_94_sponsor.statement
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- eff_hr3636_94_summary.mfj
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- eff_hr3636_hr3626_020194_ecc-tfs.testimony
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- eff_hr3636_hr3626_94_bill.changes
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- eff_hr3636_kapor_eff_030394.testimony
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- exon_s1822_94.amend
- Here is the July 1994 text of the Exon
"Communications Decency" amendment to the Communications Act of 1994 (S.
1822) Included here is the amendment text, Sen. Exon's
introductory speech, and an article placed in the Cong.
Record to bolster his position.
- fields_markey_hr3636_94.bill
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94.eff
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94_bill.amend
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94_bill.old
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94_eff.analysis
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94_eff.announce
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94_eff.summary
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94_sponsor.statement
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- fields_markey_hr3636_94_summary.mfj
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- fields_markey_hr3636_hr3626_020194_ecc-tfs.testimony
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- fields_markey_hr3636_hr3626_94_bill.changes
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- fields_markey_hr3636_hr3626_s1822_94.summary
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- fields_markey_hr3636_kapor_eff_030394.testimony
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- gejdenson_hr3937_94_amended.bill
- Export Administration Act of 1994, after
Cantwell's crypto export language
(orginally from bill HR3627) was stripped
from it and replaced with a call for a
study of crypto export. Shows many
amendments.
- gejdenson_hr3937_94_bill.old
- Export Administration Act of 1994, before
Cantwell's crypto export language
(orginally from bill HR3627) was added and
subsequently stripped (and before many other
amendments.)
- gejdenson_hr3937_94_cantwell_crypto.excerpt
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- gejdenson_hr3937_94_glickman_anti-crypto.amend
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- glickman_hr3937_94_anti-crypto-export.amend
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- gore_hr656_91.bill
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- gore_s1067_89.bill
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- gore_s272_91.bill
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- gore_s272_cst-sts_030591.testimony
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- gore_s272_hr656_91.act
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- gore_s2937_92.bill
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- gore_s2937_92.summary
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- hollings_danforth_s1822_94.bill
- Feb 3, 1994 version of the
"Communications Act of 1994" s1822 to...briefly...foster the
further development of the Nation's
telecommunications infrastructure and
protection of the public interest, and for
other purposes
- hollings_danforth_s1822_94_admin_amend.draft
- (link to file clinton_
admin_s1822_amend.draft)
- hollings_danforth_s1822_94_cullen_ba.testimony
- March 1994 testimony of
James Cullen (president of Bell Atlantic)
before the Senate Commerce
Committee regarding s1822
"Communiations ACt of 1994"
- hollings_danforth_s1822_94_exon.amend
- Here is the July 1994 text of the
Exon "Communications Decency"
amendment to the Communications Act of
1994 (S. 1822) Included here is the
amendment text, Sen. Exon's introductory
speech, and an article placed in the
Cong. Record to bolster his position.
- hollings_danforth_s1822_94_failure.statements
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- hollings_danforth_s1822_hr3626_hr3636_94.summary
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- hollings_mitchell_s4_93.bill
- This bill would grant the FBI broad powers
to collect credit-record information on people,
*without a warrant* it is called the "National
Competitiveness Act of 1993" and its stated goal
is to promote the industrial competitiveness and
economic growth of the United States by
strengthening and expanding the civilian
technology programs of the Department of Commerce,
amending the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of1980 to enhance the development
and nationwide deployment of manufacturing
technologies, and authorizing appropriations for
the Technology Administration of the
Department of Commerce, including the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, and for
other purposes
- hyde_edwards_hr4922_leahy_biden_s2375_94.bill
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- hyde_edwards_hr4922_leahy_biden_s2375_94_analysis.eff
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- inouye_s2195_94.bill
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- kastenmeier_hr4952_leahy_s2575_86_ecpa.act
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- kastenmeier_hr4952_leahy_s2575_86_ecpa.law
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- kohl_biden_s652_92.bill
- s652 1992 To protect the privacy of
telephone users by amending section 3121
of title 18, United States Code
- lantos_hr3785_94.summary
- Summary of Lantos' "Video Game Rating Act of
1994" A bill to "provide for the establishment of the
Interactive Entertainment Rating Comission, and for
other purposes
- leahy_brown_s1782_93.bill
- "Electronic Freedom of Information Improvement
Act of 1993". introduced by Leahy and Brown hoping to
assure that Government agencies use new technology to
enhance public access to information
- leahy_s2575_86.bill
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- leahy_biden_s2375_edwards_hyde_hr4922_94_analysis.eff
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- leahy_biden_s2375_edwards_hyde_hr4922_94.bill
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- leahy_s2575_kastenmeier_hr4952_86_ecpa.act
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- leahy_s2575_kastenmeier_hr4952_86_ecpa.law
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- markey_fields_hr3636_94_bill.amend
- Amendment suggested by Senator Markey
to hr 3636
- markey_fields_hr3636_94_eff.analysis
- March 1994 EFF summary of the
introductory markup of hr 3636, "The National
Communications Competition and Information
Infrastructure Act of 1994."
- markey_fields_hr3636_94_eff.announce
- announcement of Markey's debut of
the"National Communications Competition and Information
Infrastructure Act of 1993." and a brief
summary of the bill as well as praising by the
EFF
- markey_fields_hr3636_94.bill
- Amended version of Markey-Fields bill, HR
3636, after initial markup. This is NOT the final
version. For further amendmentsto this
post-initial-markup Markey-Fields bill HR 3636;
see hr3636.amend. Even that is not the final
version. More will follow when available
- markey_fields_hr3636_hr3626_94_bill.changes
- Summary of Revisions to
House Bills 3636 and 3626 which are designed to provide more
opportunity for competition in long-distance
telephone, cable television, and cellular
communication services. HR 3636 would allow
cable and telephone companies to compete in
each other's lines of business. HR 3626 is a
major antitrust reform measure and would allow
the regional Bell telephone operating
companies, known as Baby Bells or RBOCs, to
offer long-distance services
- markey_fields_hr3636_94_summary.mfj
- MFJ Task Force's Jan 1994 summary of
hr3636
- markey_fields_hr3636_94_bill.old
- November 1993 version of HR 3636
- markey_fields_hr3636_94_eff.summary
- EFF Position Statement on and
summary of Bill HR-3636 National Communications
Competition and Information Infrastructure
Act of 1993 Introduced by Reps. Markey, Fields
and Boucher
- markey_fields_hr3636_hr3626_020194_ecc-tfs.testimony
- Feb 1994 testimony
of Edward Horowitz (CEO of Viacom) before the house
energy and commerce's
telecommunications and finance
subcommittee relating to
interactive video systems
- markey_fields_hr3636_94.eff
- Daniel Weitzner's March 1994 article
announcing that Rep.
Markey has Endorsed EFF's Open Platform Proposal
through hr 3636. Briefly, EFF's Open Platform Proposal
suggests policies to make voice, data and video services
accessible to everyone, in the near term, and at low cost.
Without a deliberate effort by government, business and
individuals to build these requirements into the
communications infrastructure, the free speech protections
guaranteed by the Constitution will be in jeopardy
- markey_fields_hr3636_94_sponsor.statement
- March 1994 news release
announcing that hr 3636
unanimously passed in the house telecom and finance
subcommittee. It also includes a summary of the
bill and Markey's March 1994 statement regarding
the
Information Infrastructure Act of 1993, " and H.R.
3626, the "Antitrust Reform Act of 1993."
- markey_fields_hr3636_kapor_eff_030394.testimony
- testimony of Mitch Kapor
(EFF) before the subcommittee on telecom and finance regarding
the national communications competition and
information infrastructure act (HR 3636)
- markey_hr1305_cnid_91.bill
- the TCPR bill of 1991 amending the Communications
Act of 1934 to protect the rights of telephone
subscribers
- markey_telecom_draft_91_kapor.testimony
- Testimony of Mitch Kapor of the EFF
before the subcommittee on telecom
and finance regarding telecom
infrastructure legislation and
proposals In October 1991
- markey_fields_hr3636_hr3626_s1822_94.summary
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- mitchell_hollings_s4_93.bill
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- moran_hr3365_93.bill
- House of Reps "Drivers Privacy Protection Act of
1993"
- rose_s564_93.bill
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- simon_s984_93.bill
- The "Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act of 1993"
to prevent abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace,
and for other purposes introduced by Simon
- valentine_brown_hr5199_94_bill.draft
- july 1994 staff discussion draft
of legislation to authorize the
Administration to develop and issue,
by regulation, federal encryption
standards for ensuring the privacy,
security, and authenticity of domestic and
international electronic communications
in a way that preserves privacy rights and
maintains the government's authority and
ability to conduct electronic surveillance
- valentine_brown_hr5199_94.bill
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- valentine_brown_hr5199_94_cover.letter
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- valentine_brown_hr5199_94_draft_eff.comments
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- valentine_hr820_93_bill.old
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- valentine_hr820_94.bill
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- warner_deconcini_et-al_s1948_94.bill
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