Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced S-2219 Tuesday, which would require NTIA...
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced S-2219 Tuesday, which would require NTIA to “update” a 1993 report “on the role of telecommunications, including the Internet, in the commission of hate crimes” (http://1.usa.gov/1kr6rck). Markey is on the Senate Communications Subcommittee, which has…
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jurisdiction over NTIA. As a House member, Markey sent a letter, along with then-House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., to NTIA requesting an update on the role of telecom in hate crimes in 2007 (CD June 19/07 p7). Markey’s bill has been referred to the Senate Commerce Committee. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in January introduced the Hate Crimes Reporting Act (HR-3878) to require an update to NTIA’s hate crimes report (CD Jan 17 p14). Jeffries’ bill has 29 co-sponsors (http://1.usa.gov/ODR29O).