Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act

Bill: 114-hr-901
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2015-02-11
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Computers and information technology

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Pornography
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 316.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act</strong> </p> <p>Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer, except any federal computer that is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing such a website. </p>

action_date: 2016-02-04
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><strong>Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit website from a federal computer. </p> <p>The bill allows an exception to this prohibition if the computer is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing a pornographic website.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 901 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2015 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To prohibit accessing pornographic web sites from Federal computers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act . 2. Prohibition on accessing pornographic web sites from Federal computers (a) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (b), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit web site from a Federal computer. (b) Exception The prohibition described in subsection (a) shall not apply to any Federal computer that is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing a pornographic web site.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 316 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 901 [Report No. 114–415] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2015 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform February 4, 2016 Additional sponsor: Mr. Jones February 4, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To prohibit accessing pornographic web sites from Federal computers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act . 2. Prohibition on accessing pornographic web sites from Federal computers (a) Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (b), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines that prohibit the access of a pornographic or other explicit web site from a Federal computer. (b) Exception The prohibition described in subsection (a) shall not apply to any Federal computer that is used for an investigative purpose that requires accessing a pornographic web site.

February 4, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed