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>X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 >X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 >Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:17:27 -0400 >From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL" <[log in to unmask]> >To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [ALA-WO:14] URGENT Action Alert: Protect Freedom to Read >Sender: [log in to unmask] > >ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline >Volume 13, Number 42 >July 1, 2004 > >In This Issue: Urgent Action Alert: Protect Freedom to Read > >On Wednesday, July 7, or Thursday, July 8, Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) >will introduce an amendment to the House Commerce, Justice, State (CJS) >appropriations bill, which funds the Justice Department, barring the >Department from using any of the appropriated money to search bookstore >and library records under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. As you recall, >Rep. Sanders introduced the Freedom to Read Protection Act (H.R. 1157) >last year. It exempts bookstore and library records from searches under >Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. Although the bill has 145 >co-sponsors in both parties, the chairman of the House Judiciary >Committee has refused to hold a hearing on it. >We urge you to call your Representative and ask her or him to support >the Sanders-Paul-Conyers-Nadler Freedom to Read Amendment to the >Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations (CJS) bill when >it comes to the floor. To contact your Representative about the >Sanders-Paul-Conyers-Nadler Freedom to Read Amendment to the Commerce, >Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations (CJS) bill, please go to >http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washingtonoffice.htm and enter your >zip code to go to the Legislative Action Center. > >The text of the amendment reads: "None of the funds available may be >used to make an application under section 501 of FISA to require the >production of library circulation records, library patron lists, library >Internet records, bookseller sales records, or bookseller customer >lists." Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act amends Section 501 of the >Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is why this language >refers to "section 501 of FISA." > > >****** >ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the >American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to >copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or >redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. > >To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo >[your_firstname] [your_lastname] to [log in to unmask] or go to >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send >the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to [log in to unmask] ALAWON archives at >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. > >ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, >Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 >toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: [log in to unmask]; Web site: >http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. >Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Carol Ashworth, >Camille Bowman, Don Essex, Joshua Farrelman, Patrice McDermott and >Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick >Weingarten, Director; Carrie Lowe, Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. >ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy. > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >American Library Association >Washington Office >202-628-8410 v >202-628-8419 f __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]