Tech's 2015 wish list

The technology community has a wish list for the new 114th Congress. Many of the items are holdovers from past years.

1) Legislation to rein in so-called patent trolls.

2) Technology companies and privacy advocates remain hopeful about National Security Agency reform and some are already gearing up for the fight.

3) Internet Tax Freedom Act: A hard deadline to extend a ban on taxing Internet access could give senators the opportunity to finally remove the law’s expiration date.

4) Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Hundreds of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including the vast majority of the House, have signed their names to legislation to update a nearly three-decades-old law governing the protection of online communications.

5) Immigration reform: The technology sector has pushed Congress for years to enact immigration reform, specifically an increase on the cap for high-tech visas. But reform in the new Congress will be a tough sell even as the 2016 presidential election gets rolling.