[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1177 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1177

  To require the head of each Federal agency to ensure that computer 
 systems of the agency are capable of performing their functions after 
                           December 31, 1999.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 1997

   Mrs. Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the head of each Federal agency to ensure that computer 
 systems of the agency are capable of performing their functions after 
                           December 31, 1999.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Millennium Computer Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO RENOVATE AND TEST FEDERAL AGENCY COMPUTER 
              SYSTEMS.

    (a) Requirement.--The head of each Federal agency shall--
            (1) renovate and test all computer systems of the agency as 
        necessary to ensure that those computer systems will not fail 
        solely because of an inability of those systems to correctly 
        account for years after 1999; and
            (2) complete that renovation and testing of computer 
        systems of the agency that are identified as critical under 
        subsection (b)(2), and certify that completion to the Congress, 
        by not later than July 1, 1999.
    (b) Initial Report.--Not later than August 1, 1997, the head of 
each Federal agency shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that contains--
            (1) an inventory of all computer systems of the agency;
            (2) an identification of the computer systems of the agency 
        that are critical to fulfillment of the missions of the agency; 
        and
            (3) a detailed schedule for renovation and testing of each 
        computer system of the agency identified under paragraph (2).
    (c) Progress Report.--Not later than July 1, 1998, the head of each 
Federal agency shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that contains--
            (1) detailed procedures adopted by the agency for 
        renovation and testing of each computer system of the agency;
            (2) a description of the computer systems of the agency 
        identified under subsection (b)(2) that have been renovated and 
        tested under those procedures, including--
                    (A) such a description as a percentage of all of 
                the computer systems of the agency identified under 
                subsection (b)(2); and
                    (B) the results of that testing; and
            (3) a description of all other computer systems of the 
        agency that have been renovated and tested under those 
        procedures, including--
                    (A) such a description as a percentage of all such 
                other computer systems of the agency; and
                    (B) the results of that testing.
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