1997-09-06 - Crypto Hearings

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From: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 00:39:41 +0800
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Declan, or anyone, are there any transcipts of this SAFE hearing,
or news reports, or other documents:

September 4, 1997

SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION ACT

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 695, Security and Freedom 
Through encryption (SAFE) Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Goodlatte and Lofgren; William P. Cowell, Deputy Director, NSA, 
Department of Defense; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary, Export 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Robert S. Litt, Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; 
and public witnesses.

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And for these of the coming week:

Congressional Record: September 5, 1997 (Digest):
 
                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of September 8 through 13, 1997

[Excerpts]
                           House Committees

  Committee on National Security, September 9, to markup H.R. 695, 
Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) Act, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.

  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 9, 
executive, hearing on Encryption legislation, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  September 11, executive, to markup Encryption legislation, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.

  Committee on Science, September 10, hearing on Next Generation 
Internet Initiative, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

  September 11, Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on H.R. 2265, No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, and also on 
electronic copyright piracy, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.

  September 11, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing regarding cellular 
telephone fraud, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

                           Senate Committees

  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 10, to hold a closed 
briefing on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: September 11, to hold 
hearings to examine the confidentiality of medical information, 10 
a.m., SD-430.









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