United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1689 (110th)
Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007
Introduced
26 March 2007
Last action
27 June 2007 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Sponsors
Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8], Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25], Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
23 March 2026
Summary
Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to use the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education to support efforts by institutions of higher education and other nonprofit institutions and agencies to establish pilot programs and initiatives on college campuses to reduce illegal downloading of copyrighted content, thereby improving the security and integrity of campus computer networks and saving telecommunications bandwidth costs, while ensuring the availability of such bandwidth for research and educational purposes.
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Timeline
26 March 2007
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2007
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 March 2007
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
27 June 2007
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 26 March 2007 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 26 March 2007
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 26 March 2007
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 26 March 2007
Sponsors
- Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsed00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/1689
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/1689
- us · 110-hr-1689 · source updated 23 March 2026