Amendment offered (and withdrawn) by Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN).
Hearing: House Telecommunications Subcommittee.
Re: HR 1714, an electronic signatures bill.

Date: July 29, 1999.
Source: House Commerce Committee.


AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1714
OFFERED BY MR. GORDON
(electronic authentication)

At the end of the bill add the following new title:

TITLE IV -- DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION.

SEC. 401. ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

(a) ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION INFRASTRUCTURE.---

(3) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL POLICY PANEL.---The Secretary shall ensure that the development of guidelines with respect to cryptographic electronic authentication products and services under this subsection is carried out in coordination with the efforts of the National Policy Panel for Digital Signatures under subsection (e).

(d) REVISIONS.---The Secretary shall periodically review the guidelines developed under paragraph (1) and revise them as appropriate.

(b) VALIDATION OF PRODUCTS.---Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and thereafter, the Secretary shall maintain and make available to Federal agencies and to the public a list of commercially [begin page 3] available electronic authentication products, and other such products used by Federal agencies, evaluated as conforming with the guidelines developed under subsection (a).

(c) ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.---

(d) REPORTS.---Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report that includes---

(e) NATIONAL POLICY PANEL FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURES.---

(f) DEFINITIONS.---For purposes of this section---