Bill, I think this report may be discounted. No searches I have done at <http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c106query.html>, which allows current congressional bills to be searched, returned any info which was similar to what you posted, when searches were done for "602P", "602", "E-Mail", "EMAil", "Internet". Try it and see if you can find anything. Cheers, twt William H Grimes wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --------------250F74A5703F > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I have not checked this out so do not know how much fire is behind the > smoke. But I received this from a reliable source so thought you all > would like to know about it. > > Bill Grimes > Hall Familt Surname Listowner > > --------------250F74A5703F > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <idatr@juno.com> > Received: from mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.60.103]) > by mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA03033 > for <grimy_b@mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net>; Thu, 20 May 1999 13:28:53 -0500 (CDT) > Received: from x17.boston.juno.com (x17.boston.juno.com [205.231.100.29]) > by mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA12078 > for <grimy_b@swbell.net>; Thu, 20 May 1999 13:28:52 -0500 (CDT) > Received: (from idatr@juno.com) > by x17.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id EA35MZPN; Thu, 20 May 1999 14:28:30 EDT > To: matte@digisys.net, tmuggs2@hotmail.com > Cc: mcder001@tc.umn.edu, jreidy@mindspring.com, vmahon@juno.com, > grimy_b@swbell.net > Subject: lksidlvn@sockets.net: > Message-ID: <19990520.115234.12111.6.IDATR@juno.com> > X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 > X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-13,15-79 > From: Ida M Troye <idatr@juno.com> > Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:28:30 EDT > > --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- > From: lksidlvn@sockets.net > To: idatr@juno.com > Subject: > Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 08:50:10 -0500 > Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990519085010.0083b4a0@sockets.net> > > -----Original Message----- > From: International Strategies <dexia@earthlink.net> > To: Recipient list suppressed <Recipient list suppressed> > Date: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 10:49 AM > Subject: FYI > > This was sent to us from one of our excellent subscribers to Financial > Intel. > > Please read the following carefully if you intend to > > >stay online and continue using email: The last few > > >months have revealed an alarming trend in the > > >Government of the United States attempting to quietly > > >push through legislation that will affect your use of > > >the Internet. Under proposed legislation the U.S. > > >Postal Service will be attempting to bilk email users > > >out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will permit > > >the Federal Govt to charge a 5 cent surcharge on > > >every email delivered, by billing Internet Service > > >Providers at source. The consumer would then be > > >billed in turn by the ISP. Washington D.C. lawyer > > >Richard Stepp is > > >working without pay to prevent this legislation from > > >becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming that > > >lost revenue due to the proliferation of email is > > >costing nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You > > >may have noticed their recent ad campaign "There is > > >nothing like a letter". Since the average citizen > > >received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the > > >cost to the typical individual would be an additional > > >50 cents per day, or over $180 dollars per year, above > > >and beyond their regular Internet costs. Note that > > >this would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal > > >Service for a service they do not even provide. The > > >whole point of the Internet is democracy and > > >non-interference. If the federal government is > > >permitted to tamper with our > > >liberties by adding a surcharge to email, who knows > > >where it will end. You are already paying an > > >exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureacratic > > >efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a > > >letter to be > > >delivered from New York to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal > > >Service is allowed to tinker with email, it will mark > > >the end of the "free" Internet in the United States. > > >One congressman, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a > > >"twenty to forty dollar per month surcharge on all > > >Internet service" above and beyond the government's > > >proposed email charges. Note that most of the major > > >newspapers have ignored the story, the only exception > > >being the Washingtonian which called the idea of email > > >surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" > > >March 6th 1999 Editorial) Don't sit by and watch your > > >freedoms erode away! > > > > > >Send this email to all Americans on your list and tell > > >your friends and relatives to write to their > > >congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P. Kate Turner > > >Assistant to Richard Stepp, Berger, Stepp and Gorman > > >Attorneys at Law 216 Concorde Street, Vienna, Va. > > > > > >It's the action, not the fruit of the action that's > > >important. You have to do the right thing...You may > > >never know what results come from your action. But if > > >you do nothing, there will be no result. (Gandhi) > > > > > --------- End forwarded message ---------- > > ________________________________________________________________ > Get secure free e-mail that you don't need Web access to use > from Juno, the world's second largest online service. > Download your free software at http://www.juno.com/getit.b.html. > > --------------250F74A5703F--