[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 52 (Tuesday, May 2, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H2350-H2353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING FEDERAL WORKFORCE FOR SUCCESSFULLY 
                ADDRESSING YEAR 2000 COMPUTER CHALLENGE

  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the 
concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 300) recognizing and commending our 
Nation's Federal workforce for successfully preparing our Nation to 
withstand any catastrophic year 2000 computer problem disruptions.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 300

       Whereas the Year 2000 computer problem (Y2K) created the 
     potential of a catastrophic international problem, causing 
     some computer systems and other electronic devices to 
     erroneously misinterpret the ``00'' in the year as 1900, 
     rather than 2000;
       Whereas the American people expected and deserved reliable 
     service from their Federal Government to ensure that critical 
     Federal functions dependent on electronic systems would be 
     performed accurately and in a timely manner;
       Whereas, after the initial series of congressional Y2K 
     hearings in the spring of 1996, it became clear that unless 
     appropriate action was taken, the Y2K problem could cause 
     severe consequences on the successful operation of Federal 
     systems;
       Whereas Federal agencies and their employees subsequently 
     made significant progress in meeting the challenges posed by 
     the Y2K computer problem;
       Whereas minimizing the Y2K problem required a major 
     technological and managerial effort and it was critical that 
     the Federal workforce rise to address this challenge;
       Whereas the continued uninterrupted operation of our 
     Nation's Federal systems was due to the comprehensive efforts 
     made by those dedicated, talented, and committed Federal 
     workers who served ably in the front lines of this epic 
     battle in vanquishing the millennium bug;
       Whereas the Federal workforce identified and worked to 
     resolve the Y2K problem, giving countless hours and their 
     holidays to assure the American people that major Y2K 
     breakdowns in key infrastructures were unlikely;
       Whereas the level of Y2K effort was justified and the 
     threat was very real, and the risks and consequences of 
     inaction were too dire to justify a lesser Federal effort;
       Whereas preparation for Y2K led to an unprecedented level 
     of effort that not only improved system inventories and 
     network reliability, but has also accelerated electronic 
     business and international cooperation;
       Whereas the efforts of the Federal workforce to solve the 
     Y2K problem provided an important example of the Government's 
     ability to respond to future difficult technological and 
     management challenges; and
       Whereas the level of Y2K success in the United States, 
     which has over one-fourth of the world's computer assets and 
     is the most technologically dependent nation in the world, 
     was quite remarkable, and was led by our Federal efforts: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That Congress recognizes and commends the 
     meritorious service of our Nation's Federal workforce, and 
     all those who assisted in the efforts to successfully address 
     the Year 2000 computer challenge.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Horn) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Horn).


                             General Leave

  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
on H. Con. Res. 300, the bill under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, H. Con. Res. 300 recognizes and commends the meritorious 
service of our Nation's Federal workforce and all those who assisted in 
the effort to successfully address the Year 2000 computer challenge. 
Often called Y2K or the Millennium Bug, this was the greatest 
technological and management challenge confronting this Nation since 
the Second World War period.
  The problem, which involved a programming decision made decades ago, 
was obviously predictable. Yet management at only one of the 24 largest 
Federal agencies had the foresight to begin an agency-wide program to 
prepare its computers to handle the date change in the late 1980s.
  That agency, the Social Security Administration, was also the first 
to complete the work.
  As is now well known, when designing computer programs in the 1960s 
and 1970s, the programmers began using two digits rather than four to 
indicate the year. In other words, instead of 1967, it was 67. This 
shortcut enabled programmers to conserve the valuable computer memory 
of those huge mainframe operations. With the approaching millennium, 
however, the concern was that these computer systems would misread the 
year 2000 as simply zero/zero and the computer would think 1900.
  This confusion did, in fact, surface in anecdotal examples. In one 
State, new car buyers found themselves the proud owners of horseless 
carriages when State computers registered their vehicles as vintage 
1900 rather than 2000. In another case, a 104-year-old woman was 
requested to register for kindergarten when a school district computer 
miscalculated the date of her birth by 100 years.
  None of the problems were irreparable, thanks to an unprecedented 
nationwide effort to meet the challenge.

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  However, getting that effort started to take a great deal of work.
  Four years ago, the Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information and Technology, which I chair, surveyed the Cabinet 
Secretaries in a questionnaire by the ranking Democratic Member, the 
gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney), and myself, and the heads of 
the 24 largest Federal departments and agencies. Some of these leaders 
had not even heard of the problem.
  The subcommittee began a concerted effort to urge government agencies 
to begin fixing their computer systems through its ongoing hearings, 44 
in all, and 10 report cards, which graded each department on its Year 
2000 progress.
  Recognizing the potentially devastating effect of this computer 
problem, Congress accelerated its oversight

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 responsibilities in a bipartisan and bicameral effort. Former House 
Speaker Newt Gingrich created the House Year 2000 Task Force, which the 
gentlewoman from Maryland (Mrs. Morella) and I co-chaired. Its purpose 
was to provide Congressional oversight of the Year 2000 compliance 
efforts of the departments and agencies in the executive branch of the 
government. Speaker Hastert supported this continuation when he assumed 
office. Equal attention was provided in the Senate. In fact, since 
1996, more than 30 Congressional committees and subcommittees have held 
Y2K-related hearings.
  After several years, letters cosigned by the gentlewoman from 
Maryland (Chairman Morella) of the Subcommittee on Technology of the 
Committee on Science and myself, the President issued an executive 
order in February 1998 requiring all Federal departments and agencies 
in the executive branch of the government to update their computer 
systems. The order also established the President's Council on Year 
2000 Conversion, which, under the leadership of John Koskinen, became a 
vital instrument in the Government's effort to meet the year 2000 
challenge.
  Later, the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney) and I wrote a 
letter to the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, urging the 
United Nations to address this problem. They held one conference. It 
was very successful. They held a second that was even more successful.
  Here at home, however, change did not come quickly in some areas of 
Federal Government, and this was caused by a systematic management 
problem in the government, which is why I am a proponent of 
establishing the separate Office of Management in the Executive Office 
of the President. Nevertheless, Federal workers were focused on the 
problem, devoting countless hours and holidays to ensure that 
government services for millions of America's would not be jeopardized 
by computer failure.
  The unquestionable success of this effort clearly and definitively 
demonstrated that teamwork, dedication, and strong leadership can stave 
off the most monumental challenge, including Y2K.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman 
from Maryland (Mrs. Morella), the sponsor of this legislation.
  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me 
time, and I thank him for all the work he has done to allow us to 
eliminate the possible Y2K computer glitch.
  Mr. Speaker, the resolution before us is the culmination, as you have 
heard, of 4 years of intensive oversight by the House Y2K Task Force 
that was originally created by Speaker Gingrich. My fellow Task Force 
cochair, the gentleman from California (Mr. Horn) has very nicely 
recounted the history of our efforts, so I want to talk about the 
resolution itself.
  H. Con. Res. 300 recognizes our hard-working Federal workers for 
their successful efforts in preparing our Nation from any catastrophic 
Year 2000 disruptions.
  The fact that our Nation's Federal systems were able to operate 
unimpeded by Y2K was a direct result of the comprehensive efforts made 
by those dedicated, talented and committed Federal workers who served 
ably in the front lines of this epic battle to vanquish the millennium 
bug. The Federal workforce identified and worked to resolve the Y2K 
problem, giving countless hours, including their holidays, to assure 
the American people that major Y2K breakdowns in key infrastructures 
were unlikely. The risks and consequences of inaction were simply too 
dire to justify a lesser Federal effort.
  So, it is more than appropriate for Congress to commend the 
distinguished and meritorious service of our Nation's Federal workforce 
and all those that assisted in the efforts to successfully address the 
year 2000 computer challenge.
  Yes, the Y2K computer problem was one of the greatest information 
technology challenges facing our Federal Government, and indeed the 
world. We had the potential of ushering in the 21st Century with the 
mother of all computer glitches, one with devastating effects on 
government computers, rendering useless much of the Nation's date 
sensitive computer data.
  All kinds of systems would have been affected, air traffic control, 
veterans' benefits, Social Security, our nation's electric power grid, 
postal delivery, Medicaid, national defense, student loans, just to 
name a few. Yet in the spring of 1996, when we first began our Y2K 
hearings, the Federal Government was clearly unprepared for the 
millennium bug, and we in Congress stepped up to the plate and raised 
awareness about the problem by pushing Federal agencies, private 
industry, toward immediate corrective measures.
  There were many Congressional hearings that were held, and we did 
indeed vigilantly exercise our oversight authority, and even enacted 
legislation requiring the creation of a national Federal strategy, 
prohibiting the Federal purchase of information technology that was not 
Y2K compliant, providing legal protection for good faith Y2K 
information sharing and disclosure, and curbing the possibility of 
flooding our judicial system with frivolous Y2K lawsuits.
  But we did have some great concern about Federal agencies, and the 
initial reports that we received were very disturbing. I commented on 
the need for having the executive step in in a radio address back in 
January of 1998, and, following, the President did begin to use the 
bully pulpit to raise the profile and take decisive action. He created 
the Y2K Conversion Council and appointed John Koskinen as its chairman, 
and suddenly Y2K was catapulted to become a top administration 
management priority, and that helped make a major difference.
  We in the House Y2K Task Force worked very closely with the council 
to determine the scope and the impact of the problem. For example, we 
focused with particular concern on the Federal Aviation Administration. 
In just the past year and a half, we have held five specific hearings 
on just the FAA alone and the potential for Y2K aviation disruption.
  I just want to point out that in discussing it many, many times with 
administrator Jane Garvey, who was appointed after our first set of FAA 
Y2K hearings, she assured us that she would pilot FAA through the Y2K 
turbulence and everyone at FAA would fasten their seat belts to get the 
job done, and, quite frankly, they did. They did. They worked overtime, 
they worked sometimes the entire 24 hours in every day, and they did 
accomplish tremendous success with the Federal Aviation Administration.
  Finally, in its aftermath, people have asked, was it real or was it 
overhyped, this problem? Whether the $100 billion spent in the United 
States was overkill? Were our Y2K efforts truly necessary to stave off 
an impending disaster, or was it a non-event waiting to happen?
  Well, quite frankly, there is no doubt the problem was genuine, the 
money was well spent. It was not an exaggerated problem. From our first 
hearing right up to the final one in December of 1999, we witnessed 
systems that completely failed Y2K tests and crashed completely; and I 
must say that Y2K was the single most thoroughly investigated issue 
ever in the history of Congressional oversight. Ultimately, I think two 
factors tip the balance from the grave uncertainty many of us harbored 
in the beginning. The first is that we all knew that the Y2K problem 
would strike on a date certain, January 1, 2000, therefore, allowing us 
to collectively plan and coordinate efforts toward that deadline.

  The other factor was that we were able to forge effective and 
unprecedented partnerships with the public sector and the private 
sector, as well as international, many collaborations that allowed us 
to share information and monitor the world's progress. So the result 
was a testament to the fact that we prepared well and invested 
properly.
  I believe the investments were not just about Y2K, but also about 
improving and gaining knowledge about the information technology 
systems. From our last hearing we learned a number of these lessons.
  First, the international Y2K cooperation between organizations on all 
levels opened up channels for future partnerships. We saw this 
certainly with FAA, just as an example of the number of new 
collaborative partnerships that were developed.
  Also, the Y2K experience made us rethink the importance of 
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technology to businesses. It has helped us to develop a better 
appreciation on the reliance on information technology. Top management 
now needs to be more dedicated to information technology on a regular 
ongoing basis.
  Well, now that we have survived the January 1 date rollover, as well 
as the recently passed February 29th leap year, we can look back and 
take pride in our role in vanquishing that pesky millennium bug that 
was supposed to cause such a catastrophe.
  To all Federal employees, I salute you for your Y2K efforts. It is an 
accomplishment about which you should all be very proud. I am proud to 
be there with our members of the Task Force, indeed my cochair the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Horn), to be there with you every step 
of the way. It was an unforgiving deadline. It was clear that we could 
not have met it without the Federal workforce and the private sector 
working together, and the President working with Congress. We know the 
American people were counting on us, and I am proud to say we did not 
let them down.
  I want to finally reiterate my thanks to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Horn), who held so many hearings throughout the 
country, as well as the hearings that we had here on Capitol Hill; the 
Task Force cochair, the ranking member of my Subcommittee on 
Technology, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Barcia); as well as the 
ranking member of the Subcommittee on Government Management, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) for their leadership. Indeed, for 
other Members, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Davis), who is here, 
and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), it was good teamwork. Well 
done. Thank you Federal employees and all of us who were involved.
  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H. Con. Res. 300. Most 
experts are in agreement that the Y2K problem presented the Federal 
Government with its greatest management challenge of the last 50 years. 
Our Nation has over one-fourth of the computer assets and is 
technologically dependent, as we all understand, and millions of 
Americans rely every day on uninterrupted computer service for 
essential services. Certainly the repercussions of failing to conquer 
the Y2K problem would have had devastating effects on our economy and 
our national welfare.
  Yet, despite the severity of the Y2K challenge, most observers 
believe we got off to a slow start in focusing on the problem. As we 
all know, unfortunately, it usually takes a crisis for the government 
to concentrate its considerable resources and to solve a problem.
  For more than 3\1/2\ years the Committee on Government Reform 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, 
along with the Committee on Science Subcommittee on Technology, held 
hearings to focus exclusively upon every facet of the Y2K computer 
problem. Our subcommittee had over 24 hearings on the topic in the last 
year alone; and I want to commend our subcommittee chairman, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Horn); the gentlewoman from Maryland 
(Chairwoman Morella); and the ranking member, the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Barcia) for the outstanding work they have done in 
leading our Nation through this time of computer crisis.
  I also want to thank the General Accounting Office that did 
outstanding work, particularly Mr. Joel Williamson, who worked very 
diligently to bring to our attention the progress being made, or not 
being made, by the various Federal agencies. I also think we owe 
special thanks to Mr. John Koskinen, who, as chairman of the 
President's Council on the Y2K Conversion, did yeoman's work to be sure 
that our Federal agencies, as well as the Nation as a whole, was ready 
for the clock to strike midnight on December 31, 1999.
  Our Federal workers, however, are the ones that are really due the 
real credit for the ability of our Federal Government to meet the Y2K 
crisis. The brunt of the work fell on their shoulders, and it is the 
Federal workers who deserve the real credit. They were the troops in 
the trenches, they were the ones who were on the front line, they were 
the ones who gave up their holidays and worked overtime to be sure that 
the Federal Government computers were working at midnight.

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  As we approached January 1, 2000, we began to have a higher degree of 
confidence that we were going to be able to be Y2K compliant and have 
no significant disruptions. But the truth was, none of us really knew 
for sure what would happen. Fortunately, we made it through with 
virtually no problems. The Federal Government's computer systems were 
ready to successfully operate in the new millennium due to the efforts 
of these hundreds and even thousands of Federal workers who worked 
diligently to cure the problems that they found.
  We had a smooth transition; the Federal workers did their jobs, and 
if it is true that the Y2K challenge represented one of the greatest 
management tasks to face the Federal Government in the last 50 years 
and that we were slow to focus our attention upon it, then we can take 
even greater comfort in knowing that it was our Federal workers who 
handled such a mammoth undertaking with such professionalism and skill.
  Mr. Speaker, many of the success stories will never be told to the 
public and many of our Federal workers will have to take comfort in the 
fact that it was their efforts in those long weekends and on those 
holidays that prevented us from having disruptions in computer 
services. I am glad that this resolution recognizes our Federal workers 
in one of their finest hours. As a result of their skill, January 1 of 
2000 proceeded like any normal day. Once again, we have shown that when 
faced with a challenge, whether in time of war or peace, the American 
people are up to the challenge and our Federal workers certainly proved 
their abilities and their dedication during this time. We owe them a 
great debt of gratitude.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) 
who is the ranking minority member; he has been an outstanding member 
of the committee.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from Virginia (Mr. Davis). No one has worked harder on this issue than 
the gentleman from what is known as Silicon Valley East, or Fairfax 
County.
  (Mr. DAVIS of Virginia asked and was given permission to revise and 
extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I commend the authors of the 
resolution on both sides, as well as our Federal workforce and, of 
course, the contractors who worked together on this thing.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Con. Res. 300. I would 
like to thank my colleagues, Representatives Morella and Horn for 
introducing this resolution, and commend them for their outstanding 
leadership on the Y2K issue. Their vigilant oversight made the 
Administration and agencies recognize the potential disasters 
associated with the Y2K rollover. As a member of the Government 
Management Information Technology Subcommittee, I was proud to work 
with my colleagues on this oversight. This commitment from Congress 
helped to ensure that our nation did not see an interruption in the 
delivery of critical goods and services on January 1, 2000.
  In 1996, Representatives Horn and Morella began the initial hearings 
on Y2K and discovered that many of our federal operations were 
significantly behind in addressing the Y2K bug. It was readily apparent 
that there could be severe consequences if federal agencies and their 
employees were not able to address the pending Y2K crisis. There were 
many outside of government that believed the federal workforce would 
fail. Our federal workforce once again proved those naysayers wrong. 
Our federal employees rose to meet this challenge and devoted countless 
hours to tackling the technological complexities of the Y2K problem.
  American taxpayers saw their return on investment on January 1, 2000. 
There were no delayed Social Security checks and no federal services 
were interrupted. This is due in large part to the federal employees 
who worked weekends and holidays to ensure that the millennium bug came 
without so much as a whimper.
  As H. Con. Res. 300 states, the United States has over one-quarter of 
the world's computer assets and is the most technologically dependent 
nation in the world. The leadership of our federal workforce continues

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to ensure that this dependence does not provide a threat to our 
nation's well-being.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support H. Con. Res. 300 
and its swift passage today.
  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Moran).
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas, 
and I certainly want to be associated with his fine remarks in 
congratulating Mr. John Koskinen for leading the executive branch in 
the Y2K effort, and particularly the Federal workforce. But I also 
wanted to be associated with the remarks of the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Horn) and the remarks of the gentlewoman from Maryland 
(Mrs. Morella) and all of those folks on both sides of the aisle who 
made this such a successful bipartisan effort.
  Mr. Speaker, this is one of the real success stories in terms of 
legislation, because we had nothing to read about on January 1. The old 
axiom with the media is if it bleeds, it leads, and there was no 
bleeding on January 1, because the Congress, the House and Senate 
leadership, and the executive branch recognized the importance, devoted 
their attention to it, came up with the legislation that was necessary, 
and certainly the executive branch came up with the resources and the 
leadership that was absolutely essential to make it a nonevent.
  I do want to recognize the efforts of the gentleman from Virginia 
(Mr. Davis) as well in a related matter. In the private sector it was 
the gentleman from Virginia who introduced the Y2K liability 
legislation which ensured that the prediction that the American Bar 
Association made, which was that there could be as much as $1 trillion 
of liability suits brought by trial lawyers on January 1, never came to 
pass because the Congress again enacted preventive legislation to see 
to it that that did not happen; that lawyers were required to warn 
companies 30 days in advance; that information was required to be 
shared; that, in fact, there was a cap on punitive damages; and that 
grants and loans were made available for small businesses.
  So both in the private sector and in the public sector, the Congress 
did its job. That is the point I want to make. It was a nonevent, but 
both the legislative and the executive branch deserve a great deal of 
credit for the fact that it was a nonevent both here in the United 
States and worldwide. It would not have happened had it not been for 
the leadership on both sides of the aisle, and they deserve 
congratulations, as does the Federal workforce and Mr. Koskinen.
  Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, today I support H. Con. Res. 300, a 
resolution recognizing and commending our Nation's workforce for 
successfully preparing for the Year 2000 date change.
  Contrary to what some felt might happen when the clock struck 
midnight on January 1, 2000, planes didn't fall from the sky. 
Telephones retained their dial tone; water still ran from the faucets; 
and America's New Year celebrations were not left in the dark.
  The smooth turnover from 1999 into 2000 is directly related to the 
hundreds, even thousands, of man-hours directed by our federal agencies 
toward preventing and correcting potential Y2K problems. Given the 
disruptions that did not occur, I would say these efforts paid off 
handsomely.
  Y2K preparations paid off in other ways as well. As a result of Y2K 
concerns, there are now thousands more American families that own 
equipment needed to be adequately prepared for other types of 
emergencies, namely snow storms, floods and hurricanes.
  Government leaders on every level now have a better understanding of 
technology management issues, and are more aware of the importance of 
cooperation between local, state and federal officials. What's more, 
the millennium bug provided a reason to upgrade government technology 
systems and to inventory resources.
  Just being able to say some five months after Year 2000 rollover that 
it turned out to be a positive experience is a testament to the hard 
work of the federal workforce.
  It is also a reflection of the extensive efforts of the House Y2K 
Task Force and to the leadership of the sponsors of this legislation, 
Representatives Morella and Horn. It is a tribute to the efforts of the 
President's Council on the Year 2000 Conversion, and to U.S. General 
Accounting Office (GAO) as well.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be an original cosponsor of this 
resolution recognizing the good work of our Nation's Federal Workforce 
and urge my colleagues to support it.
  Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 300, 
Recognizing and Commending our Nation's Federal Workforce for 
Successfully Preparing our Nation to Withstand any Catastrophic Year 
2000 Computer Disruptions.
  I want to congratulate Federal Government employees for their efforts 
in successfully addressing the Y2K problem. I want stress that this 
Resolution recognizes the hard work of all Federal employees and 
Federal contractors in evaluating and testing government computer 
systems.
  As was frequently stressed during the past three years, fixing the 
Y2K computer glitch was not a technical issue; it was a management 
issue. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to commend the 
President and the Vice President for the management structure they 
developed to attack the Y2K problem. I specifically mention the Vice 
President because some of my colleagues were ready to blame Vice 
President Gore if there were any Y2K related problems. As we now know, 
computer systems were ready for January 1, 2000, and just as some were 
ready to lay blame so should we be ready to compliment for a job well 
done. One of their outstanding management decisions was selecting Mr. 
John Koskinen to be the Chair of the President's Council on Year 2000 
Conversion. Mr. Koskinen galvanized and coordinated Federal activities. 
It is a tribute to Mr. Koskinen's management and diplomatic skills that 
the American public experienced no disruption of Federal services at 
the Y2K rollover.
  So, to the President, the Vice President, Mr. Koskinen and to all 
Federal employees, all I have to say is congratulations on a job well 
done.
  In closing, I want to say that it has been a pleasure working with 
Chairman Horn and Ranking Member Turner on the Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information and Technology on this issue during 
the past three years. And as always, it has been a pleasure working 
with Chairwoman Morella.
  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, having no further requests for time, I urge 
the adoption of this resolution, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Horn) that the House 
suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 
300.
  The question was taken.
  Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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