White House Notifies Congress Of Computer Export Plan

By Anne Plummer / September 1, 2000 at 5:00 AM
President Clinton has formally notified Congress of his plans to relax restrictions on supercomputers sold overseas. In an Aug. 30 letter released yesterday by the White House, the president told lawmakers he plans to raise the capability level of computers that can be exported without a license. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 requires that the president notify Congress 180 days before the export control laws goes into effect, giving lawmakers an opportunity to object if they...

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