Since the start of the 111th Congress, the news and talk of the blogosphere has understandably focused on the misnamed “stimulus” bill. But members of Congress have been up to no good in more ways than one, and are busily proposing all many of nanny-state legislation . Here are some proposed bills you should know about:
H.R. 414: Camera Phone Predator Alert Act
Proposed by Representative Peter King (R-NY), H.R. 414 has found a problem: “Congress finds that children and adolescents have been exploited by photographs taken in dressing rooms and public places with the use of a camera phone.”
But don’t worry, Congress has also found a solution!
“Beginning 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, any mobile phone containing a digital camera that is manufactured for sale in the United States shall sound a tone or other sound audible within a reasonable radius of the phone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera in such phone. A mobile phone manufactured after such date shall not be equipped with a means of disabling or silencing such tone or sound.”
It’s a good thing there are no actual cameras that are smaller than cell phones.
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