US Congress House Bill 4784 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 9 2010 - Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Internet Freedom Act of 2010 - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Internet Freedom Foundation to: (1) award grants, agreements, or contracts to develop deployable technologies to defeat Internet suppression and censorship; and (2) award incentives to organizations that successfully develop such technologies. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) denounce governments and private entities that restrict, censor, ban, and block access to information on the Internet; and (2) support the deployment, at the earliest practicable date, of technologies aimed at defeating state-directed and state-sponsored Internet suppression and the persecution by governments and private entities of individuals who use the Internet.

Internet Freedom Act of 2010

Rep Wu, David

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-09		Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.

HB4595 (Related) 2010-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN04784:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr4784ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr4784ih.pdf