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Commerce Committee votes down Oxley-Manton
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Bellovin)
Wed Sep 24 22:30:12 1997
To: cryptography@c2.net
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:09:40 -0400
From: Steven Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
By a 35-16 vote, the Commerce Committee voted down the Oxley-Manton
mandatory key escrow amendment. Instead, they approved the original
SAFE bill, plus the Markey-White amendment. This amendment sets up
(esentially) a civilian cryptanalysis center.
