Bill #	Name (Sponsor)	Summary	Status
HR 1259	Computer Security Enhancement Act of 2001 (Morella)	The bill would strengthen the role of the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) in evaluating private sector encryption technologies and study how they could be used to protect Federal computer systems.	3/28/2001: Referred to the House Committee on Science. 11/27/01: Considered under suspension of the rules. Passed without objection. 11/28/01: Received in the Senate, read twice and referred to Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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