With the technology industry cheering them on, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would sharply limit the ability to sue companies over Y2K disasters. Now it needs Senate approval. House Panel Endorses Y2K Bill 5.May.99 The House Judiciary Committee, led by Republicans, approves a bill to curb Y2K lawsuits. Democrats charge that the legislation could hurt consumers. 3.May.99 The presses are rolling at the US Federal Reserve Bank.
Officials hope to stave off a millennium-bug bank run by distributing billions of dollars in cash.
Try deadly, black, and very, very cold. By Jacques Leslie. By Ellen Ullman. A third of the nation's nuclear plants will not meet a self-imposed deadline for Y2K compliance. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington.