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HCONRES 285 106th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Computer crimes Computer hackers Computer networks Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Electronic commerce Electronic mail systems Government Operations and Politics Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International Affairs Internet Prosecution Public-private partnerships Terrorism

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding Internet security and "cyberterrorism".

Introduced: March 15, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 27, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 21, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
Mar 15, 2000
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 concerned.
Mar 15, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Designates cyberterrorism as an emerging threat to the national security of the United States and the nation's electronic infrastructure. Calls for: (1) a partnership between the Federal Government and private industry in combating the cyber menace; (2) a revised legal framework for the prosecution of hackers and cyberterrorists; and (3) a new interagency study to be conducted 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.
What's happening now March 27, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 21, 2000
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Mar 15, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 285: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding Internet security and "cyberterrorism".. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-285/
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"H. Con. Res. 285: Expressing the sense of Congress regarding Internet security and "cyberterrorism".." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-285/.
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H. Con. Res. 285, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HCONRES-285/.
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