[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 10 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H255-H256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2086

                         Offered By Mr. Hoeffel

       Amendment No. 2: Page 2, line 13, insert ``It is important 
     that access to information technology be available to all 
     citizens, including elderly Americans and Americans with 
     disabilities.'' after ``responsible and accessible.''.
       At the end of the bill, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 10. STUDY OF ACCESSIBILITY TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

       Section 204 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 
     (15 U.S.C. 5524) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (d), as amended by section 
     3(d) and (e) of this Act, as subsection (e); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d) Study of Accessibility to Information Technology.--
       ``(1) Study.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of the Networking and Information Technology 
     Research and Development Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in 
     consultation with the National Institute on Disability and 
     Rehabilitation Research, shall enter into an arrangement with 
     the National Research Council of the National Academy of 
     Sciences for that Council to conduct a study of accessibility 
     to information technologies by individuals who are elderly, 
     individuals who are elderly with a disability, and 
     individuals with disabilities.
       ``(2) Subjects.--The study shall address--
       ``(A) current barriers to access to information 
     technologies by individuals who are elderly, individuals who 
     are elderly with a disability, and individuals with 
     disabilities;
       ``(B) research and development needed to remove those 
     barriers;
       ``(C) Federal legislative, policy, or regulatory changes 
     needed to remove those barriers; and

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       ``(D) other matters that the National Research Council 
     determines to be relevant to access to information 
     technologies by individuals who are elderly, individuals who 
     are elderly with a disability, and individuals with 
     disabilities.
       ``(3) Transmittal to congress.--The Secretary of Commerce 
     shall transmit to the Congress within 2 years of the date of 
     enactment of the Networking and Information Technology 
     Research and Development Act a report setting forth the 
     findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the National 
     Research Council.
       ``(4) Federal agency cooperation.--Federal agencies shall 
     cooperate fully with the National Research Council in its 
     activities in carrying out the study under this subsection.
       ``(5) Availability of funds.--There are authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce $900,000 for the 
     study described in this subsection.''.