IV
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 285
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding Internet security and
‘‘cyberterrorism’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 15, 2000
Mr. SAXTON (for himself, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BURR of North
Carolina, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GILCHREST,
Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. SNYDER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. TALENT, Mr.
WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BARCIA, Mr.
KUYKENDALL, Mr. TIAHRT, and Mr. EWING) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judici-
ary, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding Internet security
and ‘‘cyberterrorism’’.
Whereas computer networks and the Internet are becoming
an integral part of our society—in 1992 there were 50
sites on the World Wide Web, there are now over 3.6 mil-
lion sites;
Whereas computer networks and the Internet have become
vital in the dissemination of information between individ-
uals, governmental agencies, and academic institutions;
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Whereas computer networks and the Internet are increasingly
used for electronic commerce and have the potential to
account for a significant share of the United States econ-
omy;
Whereas an estimated 1 to 2 million people in the United
States used the Internet for some type of commercial
transaction in 1995;
Whereas over 4 million people were using electronic com-
merce in mid-1997, according to the Department of Com-
merce;
Whereas this number had increased to 10 million users by
the end of 1997, according to the Department of Com-
merce;
Whereas the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce
has estimated that United States retail electronic com-
merce sales for the fourth quarter of 1999 (October
through December) totalled approximately $5.3 billion;
Whereas a study commissioned by the Department of Com-
merce estimates that electronic commerce in business-to-
business transactions will increase from $131 billion in
1999 to $1.5 trillion by 2003;
Whereas computer networks, electronic mail, and the Internet
are increasingly used to manage and operate critical in-
frastructures such as banking and finance, energy pro-
duction and distribution, transportation, and national de-
fense;
Whereas computer network and Internet security has become
vital to ensure the delivery of goods and services;
Whereas young ‘‘hackers’’ are not the only security threat to
computer networks and the Internet;
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which has the potentiality to cause great harm to
the Nation’s critical electronic infrastructure; and
(2) calls for—
(A) a partnership between the Federal
Government and private industry in combatting
the ‘‘cyber menace’’;
(B) a revised legal framework for the pros-
ecution of ‘‘hackers’’ and ‘‘cyberterrorists’’; and
(C) a new interagency study to be con-
ducted by the Departments of Commerce and
Defense, the National Security Agency, the
Central Intelligence Agency, and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to assess the threat
posed by ‘‘cyberterrorists’’.
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