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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 4, 1998
CALEA Implementation Amendments of 1998 - Amends the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), relating to the interception of digital and other communications, to: (1) prohibit any CALEA enforcement order from requiring a telecommunications carrier to modify at its own expense any equipment, facility, or service deployed on or before October 1, 2000 (currently January 1, 1995) in order to comply with CALEA assistance capability requirements; (2) authorize the Attorney General to pay such modification costs until the revised date; and (3) extend until such date the CALEA effective date.
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Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7] · R–GA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E294-295)
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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