[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S6713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                Y2K ACT

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                       DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 546

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DOMENICI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 96) to regulate commerce between and among the several 
States by providing for the orderly resolution of disputes arising out 
of computer-based problems related to processing data that includes a 
2-digit expression of that year's date; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FOR A Y2K ACTION.

       (a) In General.--Consent is given to join the United States 
     as a necessary party defendant in a Y2K action.
       (b) Jurisdiction and Review.--The United States, when a 
     party to any Y2K action--
       (1) shall be deemed to have waived any right to plead that 
     it is not amenable thereto by reason of its sovereignty;
       (2) shall be subject to judgments, orders, and decrees of 
     the court having jurisdiction; and
       (3) may obtain review thereof, in the same manner and to 
     the same extent as a private individual under like 
     circumstances.

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