H.R. 145 (100 th ): Computer Security Act of 1987

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The Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law No. 100-235 (H.R. 145), (Jan. 8, 1988), was a United States federal law enacted in 1987. It was intended to improve the security and privacy of sensitive information in federal computer systems and to establish minimally acceptable security practices for such systems. It required the creation of computer security plans, and appropriate training of system users or owners where the systems would display, process or store sensitive information.

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Sponsor and status

Introduced Jan 6, 1987
100 th Congress (1987–1988)

Enacted — Signed by the President on Jan 8, 1988

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on January 8, 1988.

Pub.L. 100-235

Representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district

Cosponsors

11 Cosponsors (9 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

History

Oct 29, 1985 Earlier Version — Ordered Reported

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2889 (99th).

Jan 6, 1987 Introduced

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Apr 7, 1987 Ordered Reported

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Jun 22, 1987 Passed House (Senate next)

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Dec 21, 1987 Passed Senate

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Jan 8, 1988 Enacted — Signed by the President

The President signed the bill and it became law.

H.R. 145 (100th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 145. This is the one from the 100 th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 100 th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 22, 1988. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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Computer Security Act of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-235, H.R. 145, 100th Cong. (1988).

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