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May 11, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet

Stakeholder Perspectives on ICANN: The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet’s Operation

Witnesses:

May 7, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the statement below after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection program is not authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.

May 7, 2015

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing to examine stakeholders perspectives on the operation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization charged with managing the Internet’s domain name and addressing system.  The hearing will focus on the rollout of the new .sucks domain name and the Obama Administration’s pr

May 1, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, public safety concerns related to these issues, and solutions to address these problems.  The hearing will be held this month and witnesses will be announced at a later date.

Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers issued the following statements on the upcoming hearing. 

April 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 25-2 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048).
April 29, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Following the introduction of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048) a broad coalition has expressed support for this legislation.
April 28, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) today will introduce H.R. 2048, the USA Freedom Act.

April 28, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor’s new regulations for the H-2B seasonal guestworker program. “The Obama Administration had the opportunity to issue user-friendly regulations for the thousands of American employers who use the H-2B program, but it knowingly failed to do so.
April 27, 2015

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Full Committee
10:00 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing on:The Register’s Perspective on Copyright Review
 
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
1:00 p.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building