Hoax: A ban on cryptography?

My mailer thinks the e$pam list pulled this from cypherpunks:

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S.1666

Department of Commerce Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Passed by the Senate) << And this is bogus, and as far as I can tell not a typo, it's complete hokum. S.1666 is an obscure bill about courts in Utah. A search of http://thomas.loc.gov on "encryption" reveals the expected bills, PRO-CODE etc. A search for the DoC Authorization Act reveals nothing, as far as I can tell this bill has not been drafted let alone passed. I don't know enough about how the DoC is funded to know if they get their own Authorization Act or receive authorizations piecemeal and by the reconciliation. Again, this is bogus. !^NavFont02F02350014QGHHG|MG~HG85QG87HI}2126