[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

   UNITING AND STRENGTHENING AMERICA BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE TOOLS 
 REQUIRED TO INTERCEPT AND OBSTRUCT TERRORISM (USA PATRIOT) ACT OF 2001

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                               speech of

                          HON. JERROLD NADLER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 23, 2001

  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make a clarification to ensure 
that the legislative language of the bill reflects the reality of 
technology today and will not affect the status of pending civil 
actions brought under Section 1030. We need to encourage our businesses 
to protect their information and computer systems with redundant 
systems, and we must be careful not to limit legal protection to only 
one computer when an entire network may be affected.
  As I understand the bill, the parenthetical in 1030(a)(5)(B)(i) is 
not meant to change current law or inhibit the ability of a corporate 
Section 1030 plaintiff to base a claim upon loss incurred in connection 
with a database that is run from more than one server or other 
computer. In light of the interest in greater Internet security that is 
demonstrated by this legislation, and the need for data and server 
redundancy, which minimize potential risks to data integrity, such 
system redundancy is very important. The section amending 18 U.S.C. 
1030 should not be read to undermine the current state of the law or 
the goals behind data and system redundancy.

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