pdxhero
07-13-2006, 05:35 PM
Can somebody with legal or legislative experience help me understand this paragraph, which was taken from HR 4411 as found on http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h109-4411 - ?
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16 ``(f) When any common carrier, subject to the juris-
17 diction of the Federal Communications Commission, is no-
18 tified in writing by a Federal, State, tribal, or local law
19 enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction, that
20 any communication facility furnished by it is being used
21 or will be used by its subscriber for the purpose of trans-
22 mitting or receiving gambling information in interstate or
23 foreign commerce, within the special maritime and terri-
24 torial jurisdiction of the United States, or to or from any
25 place outside the jurisdiction of any nation with respect
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1 to any transmission to or from the United States in viola-
2 tion of Federal, State, tribal, or local law, it shall dis-
3 continue or refuse, the leasing, furnishing, or maintaining
4 of such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber,
5 but no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal,
6 shall be found against any common carrier for any act
7 done in compliance with any notice received from a law
8 enforcement agency.
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Specifically, the part I'm totally confused about is the "...place outside the jurisdiction of any nation..." stuff. What is that trying to say?
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16 ``(f) When any common carrier, subject to the juris-
17 diction of the Federal Communications Commission, is no-
18 tified in writing by a Federal, State, tribal, or local law
19 enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction, that
20 any communication facility furnished by it is being used
21 or will be used by its subscriber for the purpose of trans-
22 mitting or receiving gambling information in interstate or
23 foreign commerce, within the special maritime and terri-
24 torial jurisdiction of the United States, or to or from any
25 place outside the jurisdiction of any nation with respect
HR 4411 EH 17
1 to any transmission to or from the United States in viola-
2 tion of Federal, State, tribal, or local law, it shall dis-
3 continue or refuse, the leasing, furnishing, or maintaining
4 of such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber,
5 but no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal,
6 shall be found against any common carrier for any act
7 done in compliance with any notice received from a law
8 enforcement agency.
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Specifically, the part I'm totally confused about is the "...place outside the jurisdiction of any nation..." stuff. What is that trying to say?