Outlining a vision to shape congressional information technology policy into the next century to promote and preserve the successes, leadership, and uniqueness of the United States information technology sector.

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Requires Congress, in addressing issues of information technology and electronic commerce policy, to: (1) focus on a broad spectrum of issues essential to the evolution and strength of the American information technology industry; (2) ensure that it plays an enabling and not inhibiting role in supporting the movement of industry and people into the Information Age; (3) incorporate a principle of minimal and predictable government regulation; and (4) refrain from actions that would enshrine or favor specific technologies or standards.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 8 September 1999

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