[This bill was also known as the Comprehensive Counter-Terrorism Act of 1991, and was the inspiration for the creation and release of Phil Zimmermann's PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) free encryption program.] Senate Bill 266 (1991). SEC. 2201 . COOPERATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. It is the sense of Congress that providers of electronic communications services and manufacturers of electronic communications service equipment shall ensure that communications systems permit the government to obtain the plain text contents of voice, data, and other communications when appropriately authorized by law. Description of section from the Congressional Record 137 Cong.Rec. S1159-03 Sec. 2201. Cooperation of telecommunications providers with law enforcement. This section expresses the sense of the Congress that providers of telephone and other electronic communications equipment should design and engineer such equipment in a manner that allows law enforcement agencies to obtain the plain text contents of voice, data and other communications when appropriately authorized by law. The use of sophisticated communications equipment- particularly cellular telephones-by terrorists and other organized criminal organizations has frustrated the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct lawful surveillance activities. This section would not amend existing wiretap laws or otherwise expand the authority of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance. Rather, it encourages electronic communications equipment providers to design such equipment to allow law enforcement agencies, when duly authorized by law, to more easily conduct surveillance activities. Without such cooperation from private providers, U.S. law enforcement agencies will be forced to spend tens of millions of dollars for research and development of communications intercept equipment; money that could be saved through cooperative law enforcement-public sector cooperation.