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handle is hein.crs/crsahll0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20693 October 3, 2000 Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000 (H.R. 5018): Summary in Brief Gina Marie Stevens Legislative Attorney American Law Division Summary The House Judiciary Committee approved the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000 (H.R. 5018) on September 26, 2000. The purpose of H.R. 5018 is to modify certain provisions of Title 18 relating to the interception of electronic communications, and to address some of the legal issues that the Internet raises. H.R. 5018 would (i) amend the laws governing how law enforcement may obtain non-content information under pen register/trap and trace statutes; (ii) extend the statutory exclusionary rule to electronic communications in transit (real-time), and to stored electronic communications; and (iii) extend Title III's (the wiretap statute) reporting requirements to stored electronic communications. H.R. 5018 was amended in Committee. A similar bill has not been introduced in the Senate. Information on amendments to the bill's during markup provisions are derived from published news reports. The legislation was also prompted in part by privacy concerns over the FBI's Carnivore Internet surveillance system. Installed on the network of an Internet service provider, Carnivore monitors communications on the network and records messages sent or received by a targeted user. Carnivore can reportedly also provide the origin and destination of all communications to and from a particular ISP customer. Privacy advocates, civil libertarians, Internet users, and the computer industry expressed concern over Carnivore's threats to the privacy and security of Internet communications. Congressional attention was immediate with hearings on Carnivore held by the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. At the hearings, the Department of Justice urged Congress to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the pen register and trap/trace statutes to address criminal use of the Internet. In July the Clinton Administration, through the Department of Justice, transmitted to Congress proposed legislation to amend the substantive laws defining what conduct is criminal on the Internet, and the procedural laws used to investigate computer crimes (the federal wiretap and electronic privacy laws). This report will be updated when warranted. The House Judiciary Committee approved the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2000 (H.R. 5018) on September 26, 2000 by a 20-1 vote. H.R. 5018's chief sponsor is Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web

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