PUBLIC LAW 105-277 —OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-572 TITLE III—YEAR 2000 CONVERSION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS FISCAL YEAR 1999 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRLVTIONS FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND RELATED EXPENSES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For an additional amount for emergency expenses related to Year 2000 conversion of Federal information technology systems, and related expenses, $2,250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, of which $5,500,000 shall be transferred to the Legislative Branch for "SENATE", "Contingent Expenses of the Senate", "Sergeeint at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate" for salaries and expenses related to Year 2000 conversion of Senate information technology systems: Provided, That the funds may be obligated with the prior approval of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; and of which, $6,373,000 shall be transferred to the Legislative Branch for "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "Salaries and Expenses", "Salaries, Officers sind Employees" for salaries and expenses related to Year 2000 conversion of House of Representatives information technology systems; and of which $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Legislative Branch for "GEN- ERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE", "Information Technology Systems and Related Expenses" for expenses related to Year 2000 conversion of information technology systems and related expenses of all entities in the Legislative Branch other than the "Senate" and "House of Representatives" covered by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-55), which the Comptroller General shall transfer to the affected entities in the Legislative Branch, upon the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and of which $13,044,000 shall be transferred to the Judiciary to the Judiciary Information Technology Fund for expenses related to Year 2000 conversion of Judicial Branch information technology and security systems: Provided further, That the remaining funds made available shall be transferred, as necessary, by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to all affected Federal Departments and Agencies, except the Department of Defense, for expenses necessary to ensure the information technology that is used or acquired by the Federal government meets the definition of Year 2000 compliant under Federal Acquisition Regulations (concerning accurate processing of date/time data, including calculating, comparing, and sequencing from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and 2000 and leap year calculations) and to meet other criteria for Year 2000 compliance as the head of each Department or Agency considers appropriate: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading, except those transferred to the Legislative Branch and the Judiciary, may be transferred to any Department or Agency until fifteen days after the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, the House Committee on Science, and the House Committee on Government
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