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H.R. 1790, Chemical Safety Information and Site Security Act of 1999 (Introduced in the House)

Sponsor: Rep.Tom Bliley, R-VA
Introduced: May 13, 1999
Description: The bill, introduced at the request of the Clinton Administration, provides for public disclosure of accidental release scenario information in risk management plans and other purposes but bans making the information available to the public online.

H.R. 2413, Computer Security Enhancement Act of 1999 (Introduced in the House)

Sponsor: Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr., R-WI
Introduced: July 1, 1999
Cosponsors 6 (R 5, D 1)
Description: H.R. 2413 would create a central consulting agency within the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help combat computer viruses, require the use of commercially of-the-shelf software products, and provide greater authority to the independent Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board to set policy.

H.R. 2816, Computer Crime Enforcement Act (Introduced in the House)

Sponsor: Rep. Matt Salmon, R-AZ
Introduced: September 8, 1999
Cosponsors 4 (R 2, D 2)
Description: H.R. 2816, along with its companion measure S. 1314 in the Senate, is designed to boost funding at the state and local levels to combat cybercrime. Up to $25 million would be disbursed through Department of Justice grants that could be spend on education, training, or enforcement programs.

Senate
S. 254, Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999

Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT
Cosponsors 11 (R 7, D 4)
Introduced: January 20, 1999
Description: A provision in the bill would make it illegal to print or publish a notice or advertisement seeking or offering to receive, exchange, buy, sell, produce, distribute, or transfer a firearm or explosive in violation of the Brady Act or other Federal firearms provisions of the code and transmitting the information by computer. Other provisions includes a requirement that Internet service providers offer filtering software that would allow consumers to block sites objectionable to minors for free or at cost.
S. 880, Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act

Sponsor: Sen. James Inhofe, R-OK
Co-Sponsors: 17 (13 R, 4 D)
Introduced: April 26, 1999
Description: This bill would amend the Clean Air Act to remove flammable fuels from the list of substances that were required to be disclosed. The measures provides a one-year moratorium for the release of chemical disaster information, providing a short-term solution to the problem to the problem that H.R. 1790 tried to address.
S. 1314, Computer Crime Enforcement Act

Sponsor: Sen. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT
Co-Sponsors: 2 (1 R, 1 D))
Introduced: July 1, 1999
Description: S. 1314, along with its companion measure H.R. 2816 in the House, is designed to boost funding at the state and local levels to combat cybercrime. Up to $25 million would be disbursed through Department of Justice grants that could be spend on education, training, or enforcement programs.

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