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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ''Commission on the Year 2000
Computer Problem Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress makes the following findings:
(a) The Congress of the United States recognizes the
existence of a severe computer problem that may have extreme
negative economic and national security consequences in the
year 2000 and beyond.
(b) Most computer programs (particularly in mainframes) in
both the public and private sector express dates with only two
digits and assume the first two digits are ''19'', and that
therefore most programs read 00-01-01 as January 1, 1900; and
that these programs will not recognize the year 2000 or the
21st century without a massive rewriting of codes.
(c) The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has completed
a report on the implications of the ''Year 2000 Computer
Problem'' and according to CRS, each line of computer code will
need to be analyzed and either passed on or be rewritten and
this worldwide problem could cost as much as $600 billion to
repair. We recognize that no small share of the American burden
will fall on the shoulders of the Federal Government and on
State and local governments.
(d) Six issues need to be addressed:
(1) An analysis of the history and background
concerning the reasons for the occurance of the Year
2000 problem.
(2) The cost of reviewing and rewriting codes for
both the Federal and State Governments over the next
three years, including a legal analysis of
responsibilities for such costs and possible equitable
bases for sharing them.
(3) The time it will take to get the job done and,
if not by 2000, what agencies are at risk of not being
able to perform basic services.
(4) The development of balanced and sound contracts
with the computer industry available for use by Federal
agencies, and if such outside contractual assistance is
needed, to assist such agencies in contracting for and
effectuating Year 2000 compliance for current computer
programs and systems as well to ensure Year 2000
compliance for all programs and systems acquired in the
future.
(5) An analysis of what happens to the United
States economy if the problem is not resolved by mid-
1999.
(6) Recommendations to the President and the
Congress concerning lessons to be learned and policies
and actions to be taken in the future to minimize the
Year 2000 public and private sector costs and risks.
(e) The Congress recognizes that an Executive Branch
Interagency Committee has been established to raise awareness
of this problem and facilitate efforts at solving it; but that
in order to best minimize the impact and cost of this problem,
and recognizing the extreme urgency of this problem, this
bipartisan commission will be established to both address these
issues and take responsibility for assuring that all Federal
agencies be computer compliant by January 1, 1999.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

(a) There is established a commission to be known as the ''National
Commission on the Year 2000 Computer Problem'' (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the ''Commission''). The Commission shall be
composed of fifteen members appointed or designated by the President
and selected as follows:
(1) Five members selected by the President from among
officers or employees of the Executive Branch, private citizens
of the United States, or both. Not more than three of the
members selected by the President shall be members of the same
political party.
(2) Five members selected by the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate, in consultation with the majority and minority
leaders, from among officers or employers of the Senate,
private citizens of the United States, or both. Not more than
three of the members selected by the President Pro Tempore
shall be members of the same political party.
(3) Five members selected by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, in consultation with the majority and minority
leaders, from among Members of the House, private citizens of
the United States, or both. Not more than three of the members
selected by the Speaker shall be members of the same political
party.
(b) The President shall designate a Chairman from among the members
of the Commission.

SEC. 4. FUNCTION OF COMMISSION.

(a) It shall be the function of the Commission to conduct a study
on the historical, current and long term condition of computer programs
as they relate to date fields and the year 2000; identify problems that
threaten the proper functions of computers as the public and private
sectors approach the 21st Century; analyze potential solutions to such
problems that will address the brief time there remains to meet this
problem, the substantial cost of reviewing and rewriting codes, and the
shared responsibilities for such costs; and provide appropriate
recommendations (including potential balanced and sound contracts with
the computer industry available for use by Federal agencies) to the
Secretary of the Defense (as this is a matter of National Security),
the President and the Congress.
(B) The Commission shall submit to Congress a final report
containing such recommendations concerning the Year 2000 Computer
problem; including proposing new procedures, rules, regulations, or
legislation that is needed to ensure the proper transition of the
computers of the Federal Government and local and State governments
from the year 1999 to the year 2000.
(C) The Commission shall make its report to the President by
December 31, 1997.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

(a) The heads of Executive Agencies shall, to the extent permitted
by law, provide the Commission such information as it may require for
the purpose of carrying out its functions.
(b) Members of the Commission shall serve without any additional
compensation for their work on the Commission.
(c) Travel Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular places
of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members
of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses including per diem
in lieu of substance, in the same manner as persons employed
intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under
section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(d) The Commission shall have a staff headed by an Executive
Director. Any expenses of the Commission shall be paid from such funds
as may be available to the Secretary of Defense.

SEC. 6. TERMINATION.

(a) The Commission, and all the authorities of this title, shall
terminate thirty days after submitting its report.
A:
Commission on the Year 2000 Computer Problem Act - Establishes the National Commission on the Year 2000 Computer Problem to identify problems and recommend possible solutions with respect to the proper transition of private and public sector computers from the year 1999 to the year 2000.