[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2384 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2384

       Entitled the ``Year 2000 Enhanced Cooperation Solution''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 1998

 Mr. Ashcroft (for himself and Mr. Faircloth) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
       Entitled the ``Year 2000 Enhanced Cooperation Solution''.

    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 ``Year 2000 Enhanced Cooperation 
Solution''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY ANTITRUST EXEMPTION.

    (a) Exemption.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the antitrust 
laws shall not apply to conduct engaged in, including making and 
implementing an agreement, solely for the purpose of facilitating 
responses designed to mitigate the impact of computer date failure in a 
computer system, in a component of a computer system, or in a computer 
program or software, if such conduct occurs, or such agreement is made 
and implemented, after the date of enactment of this Act and before 
December 31, 2001.
    (b) Exception to Exemption.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to conduct that results in a boycott of any person or that 
involves an agreement to allocate a market or to fix prices or output.
    (c) Definition of Antitrust Laws.--For purposes of this section, 
the term ``antitrust laws''--
            (1) has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first 
        section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)), except that such 
        term includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
        U.S.C. 45) to the extent such section 5 applies to unfair 
        methods of competition, and
            (2) includes any State law similar to the laws referred to 
        in subparagraph (A).
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