[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1218 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1218

      To assure the integrity of information, transportation and 
         telecommunications upon the arrival of the year 2000.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 1997

  Mr. Kerrey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
      To assure the integrity of information, transportation and 
         telecommunications upon the arrival of the year 2000.

    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 referred to as the ``Millennium Act''.

SEC. 101. TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS.

    (a) The Federal Communications Commission shall initiate a 
proceeding to evaluate the potential dangers to the nation's 
telecommunications networks from to software and systems which are 
unable to effectively toll the passage of time from December 31, 1999 
to January 1, 2000.
    (b) The Commission shall make necessary and appropriate regulatory 
changes within their jurisdiction to ensure the integrity of the 
Nation's telecommunications networks.

SEC. 102. PERSONAL COMPUTERS.

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall evaluate 
the potential risks to information stored on personal computers from to 
software and systems which are unable to effectively toll the passage 
of time from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000 and shall take 
necessary and appropriate actions within its jurisdiction to propose 
solutions and inform the public.

SEC. 103. TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall initiate a comprehensive plan 
to assure that computer hardware and software in transportation 
systems, which are unable to effectively toll the passage of time from 
December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000 do not create a safety risk to 
transportation workers and the general public. Should a risk to safety 
be identified, the Department shall take necessary and appropriate 
measures to assure safety and inform the public of such risks.
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