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HEN09C76 S.L.C.
AMENDMENT NO.
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Calendar No.
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Purpose: To appropriately limit the protection from compelleddisclosure.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES—111th Cong., 1st Sess.
S. 448
To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclo-sure of information by certain persons connected withthe news media.Referred to the Committee on
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andordered to be printedOrdered to lie on the table and to be printed A
MENDMENTS
intended to be proposed by Mrs. F
EINSTEIN
(for herself and Mr. D
URBIN
) Viz:In section 10(2)(A), strike clause (iii) and insert the
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following:
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(iii) obtains the information sought
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while working as a salaried employee of, or
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independent contractor for, an entity—
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(I) that disseminates information
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by print, broadcast, cable, satellite,
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mechanical, photographic, electronic,
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or other means; and
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(II) that—
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(aa) publishes a newspaper,
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book, magazine, or other peri-
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odical;
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(bb) operates a radio or tele-
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vision broadcast station, network,
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cable system, or satellite carrier,
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or a channel or programming
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service for any such station, net-
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work, system, or carrier;
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(cc) operates a programming
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service; or
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(dd) operates a news agency
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or wire service;
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In section 10(2)(B), strike ‘‘and’’ at the end.
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In section 10(2)(C), strike the period at the end and
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insert ‘‘; and’’.
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In section 10(2), add at the end the following:
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(D) does not include an individual who
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gathers or disseminates the protected informa-
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