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 112 STAT. 1972 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 the adequacy of the planned tests, and the impact that the plan will have on military readiness. (g) DEFINITIONS. — For the purposes of this section: (1) The term "information technology" has the meaning given that term in section 5002 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1401). (2) The term "national security system" has the meaning given that term in section 5142 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 1452). (3) The term "mission critical system" means an information technology or national security system that is designated as mission critical in the May 1998 Department of Defense quarterly report on the status of year 2000 compliance. SEC. 335. CONTINUITY OF ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS AT WSK OF FAIL- URE BECAUSE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS THAT ARE NOT YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— Not later than March 31, 1999, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence shall jointly submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report on the plans of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community for ensuring the continuity of performance of essential operations that are at risk of failure because of information technology and national security systems that are not year 2000 compliant. (b) CONTENT. —The report shall contain, at a minimum, the following: (1) A prioritization of mission critical systems to ensure that the most critical systems have the highest priority for efforts to reprogram information technology and national security systems to be year 2000 compliant. (2) A discussion of the private and other public information and support systems relied on by the national security community, including the intelligence community, and the efforts under way to ensure that those systems are year 2000 compliant. (3) The efforts under way to repair the underlying operating systems and infrastructure. (4) The plans for comprehensive testing of Department of Defense systems, including simulated operational tests in mission areas. (5) A comprehensive contingency plan, for the entire national security community, which provides for resolving emergencies resulting from a system that is not year 2000 compliant and includes provision for the creation of crisis action teams \ for use in resolving such emergencies. ( (6) A discussion of the efforts undertaken to ensure the continued reliability of service on the systems used by the President and other leaders of the United States for communicating with the leaders of other nations. (7) A discussion of the vulnerability of allied armed forces i to the failure of systems that are not, or have critical compo-, nents that are not, year 2000 compliant, together with an 1 assessment of the potential problems for interoperability among \ the Armed Forces of the United States and allied armed forces because of the potential for failure of such systems.

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