United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 15242 (93rd)
Newsmen's Right to Privacy Act
Introduced
6 June 1974
Last action
6 June 1974 · Introduced
Status
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Sponsors
Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18], Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20], Rep. Badillo, Herman [D-NY-21], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36], Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12], JOHN CONYERS, Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21], Rep. Drinan, Robert F. [D-MA-4], Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10], Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5], Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20], Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6], Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38], Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4], Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7], Rep. Podell, Bertram L. [D-NY-13], Rep. Rooney, Fred B. [D-PA-15], Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21], Rep. Van Deerlin, Lionel [D-CA-42], Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large], Rep. Young, Andrew [D-GA-5]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
3 September 2025
Summary
Newsmen's Right to Privacy Act - Provides that it shall be unlawful for any telephone company or telegraph company to disclose information with respect to any member of the news media without a court order issued upon the finding that the disclosure of such information (1) will not reveal or threaten to reveal the identity of any source of information with respect to the member of the news media involved in such action; or (2) will serve a compelling and overriding national interest. Sets forth penalties for violation of the provisions of this Act.
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Timeline
6 June 1974
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
6 June 1974
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 June 1974
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 June 1974
Sponsors
- Rep. Koch, Edward I. [D-NY-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Badillo, Herman [D-NY-21] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12] · D · Cosponsor
- JOHN CONYERS · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Corman, James C. [D-CA-21] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Drinan, Robert F. [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harrington, Michael J. [D-MA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-38] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Podell, Bertram L. [D-NY-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rooney, Fred B. [D-PA-15] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-21] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Van Deerlin, Lionel [D-CA-42] · D · Cosponsor
- Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Young, Andrew [D-GA-5] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/15242
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/93/hr/15242
- us · 93-hr-15242 · source updated 3 September 2025