HR 1553
107th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Computers
Export controls
Science, Technology, Communications
Supercomputers
Technology transfer
To repeal export controls on high performance computers.
Introduced: April 24, 2001
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 8, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 24, 2001
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Apr 24, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends subtitle B of title XII of division A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to repeal the use of millions of theoretical operations per second (MTOPS) as a measurement of computer speed with respect to the application of certain export controls on high performance computers.
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Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
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