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106-hr-5666 106 hr 5666 Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes miscellaneous appropriations for FY 2001.Division A - Chapter 1 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend the rural designation of certain areas until the 2010 census.(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Appropriations Committees on the feasibility of including ethanol, biodiesel, and other bio-based fuels as part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.(Sec. 105) Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 to appropriate funds for an environmental quality incentives program under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.(Sec. 106) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in carrying out the bovine tuberculosis eradication program covered by an October 2000 emergency declaration, to pay 100 percent of the amounts of approved claims for materials affected by or exposed to bovine tuberculosis and of approved claims growing out of the destruction of animals.(Sec. 108) Makes additional amounts available for: (1) the Department of Agriculture Office of the General Counsel; and (2) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.Chapter 2 - Makes additional amounts available for the Department of Justice for: (1) the Federal Prison System for an assessment of medical care and incidents of inmate mortality in the Wisconsin State Prison System; (2) the Office of Justice Programs for collection of data on deaths of prisoners in law enforcement custody; (3) community oriented policing services; (4) juvenile justice programs for a grant to Mobile County, Alabama, for a juvenile court network program; (5) the States of Texas and Arizona for reimbursements to county and municipal governments for Federal costs associated with the handling and processing of illegal immigration and drug and alien smuggling cases; (6) an award to the Alliance of Boys & Girls of South Carolina for the establishment of the Strom Thurmond Boys & Girls Club National Traini… 2025-08-20T14:17:04Z  
106-hr-5667 106 hr 5667 Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 Commerce 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. House Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] MO R T000024 1 Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Title I: Small Business Innovation Research Program - Small Business Innovation Research Program Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Small Business Act (the Act) concerning the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (a program providing a portion of Federal research and development funding to small businesses) to: (1) extend the SBIR Program through September 30, 2008; (2) require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to include the House Science Committee for receipt of an annual report on the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs; (3) direct each Federal agency required to establish an SBIR Program to include within its annual performance plan a section on its SBIR Program; (4) require such Federal agencies to collect and maintain necessary information to assess their SBIR Program and to include such information in annual reports to the congressional small business committees; (5) require the Administrator to develop, maintain, and make available to the public an electronic database containing a list of small businesses that have received first or second phase awards from a Federal agency, related award information, and information regarding mentors and mentoring networks (the latter established under this Act); and (6) require the Administrator to develop and maintain a database to be used solely for SBIR Program evaluation (requiring small businesses receiving awards under the SBIR Program to update information furnished for the such database).(Sec. 108) Requires each Federal agency with a budget of more than $50 million for its SBIR Program for FY 1999 to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for the National Research Council to: (1) conduct a study of the value and benefits achieved by the Program; and (2) make appropriate recommendations for Program improvement. Requires the participation of appropriate small business representatives in any study panel appointed by… 2025-08-20T14:19:44Z  
106-hr-5668 106 hr 5668 SWEETEST Act Agriculture and Food 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. House Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-11] MI R K000288 0 Saccharin Warning Elimination via Environmental Testing Employing Science and Technology Act (or SWEETEST Act) - Repeals provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act, that require Federal warning labels on foods containing saccharin. 2025-08-20T14:21:37Z  
106-hr-5669 106 hr 5669 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund be excluded from the budget of the United States Government. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] OH R K000016 0 See summary of: H.R. 82 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5670 106 hr 5670 To ensure that the receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget. Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. House Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] OH R K000016 0 Excludes social security trust fund receipts and disbursements totals from official Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Budget Office budget pronouncements. 2025-01-02T17:15:37Z  
106-hr-5671 106 hr 5671 To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish election day in Presidential election years as a legal public holiday by moving the legal public holiday known as Veterans Day to election day in such years, and for other purposes. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] TX D J000032 0 Designates the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2004 and each fourth year thereafter (election day), and November 11 in any other year, as Veterans Day.Expresses the sense of Congress that private employers should give their employees election day off. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5672 106 hr 5672 Secure Democracy for All Americans Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] TX D J000032 0 Secure Democracy for All Americans Act - Establishes the Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures to study and report to the President and Congress on all issues relating to voting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:17:39Z  
106-hr-5673 106 hr 5673 Responsible Monitoring Act of 2000 Crime and Law Enforcement 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] UT R C000116 0 Responsible Monitoring Act of 2000 - Amends Federal criminal code provisions regarding fraud and related activity in connection with computers to shield from liability under Federal or State law an interactive computer service provider that primarily hosts the sale or offering for sale of goods and services by third parties, for taking in good faith any action to detect, remove, or disable access to any goods or services the sale or offering for sale of which the provider believes in good faith to be illegal. Requires such provider to remove or restrict access to goods or services it identifies as illegal. 2025-08-20T14:20:32Z  
106-hr-5674 106 hr 5674 Election Reform Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] VA R D000136 3 Election Reform Act - Establishes the Election Administration Commission to: (1) develop, update, and adopt voluntary engineering and procedural performance standards for voting systems used in Federal, State, and local elections; (2) advise States regarding compliance with the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act; (3) have primary responsibility to carry out Federal functions under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act as the Presidential designee; (4) carry out the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 regarding mail voter registration; (5) make available information regarding the Federal election system to the public and media; (6) assemble and make available bipartisan panels of election professionals to assist any State election official, upon request, in review of election or vote counting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections; (7) compile and make available to the public the official certified results of Federal elections and statistics regarding national voter registration and turnout; (8) make periodic studies, available to the public, of issues related to administration of elections; and (9) periodically award grants to applicant State and local governments to improve and modernize administration of elections. Authorizes appropriations.Transfers to the Commission: (1) all functions which the Office of Election Administration, established within the Federal Election Commission, exercised before enactment of this Act; and (2) all functions which the Presidential designee under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act exercised before enactment of this Act. 2025-08-20T14:19:48Z  
106-hr-5675 106 hr 5675 To amend title 39, United States Code, with respect to "cooperative mailings". Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. [R-MD-2] MD R E000093 0 Amends Federal law to declare that, in the case of mail matter (cooperative mailings) sent (or proposed to be sent) by or on behalf of an organization authorized to mail at non-profit postage rates, which also has a contractual or any other business relationship with an entity not so authorized, non-profit postage rates shall apply if those rates would apply in the case of identical mail matter sent by an authorized organization without such a relationship with an unauthorized organization.Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that nothing in this Act should be considered to alter the authority of the U.S. Postal Service to: (1) to apply regular postage rates, rather than non-profit rates, to specified other mail matter; or (2) enforce any criminal law within its jurisdiction. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5676 106 hr 5676 Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] PA R G000439 3 Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2000 - Establishes the Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures to study and report to the President and Congress on all issues relating to voting procedures in Federal, State, and local elections. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:19:36Z  
106-hr-5677 106 hr 5677 Commission on Elections Procedures Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] NJ D H001032 0 Commission on Elections Procedures Act - Establishes the Commission on Elections Procedures to: (1) study and report to the President, Congress, and the Federal Election Commission on Federal, State, and local electoral processes; and (2) make recommendations on the implementation of standardized voting procedures. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:21:18Z  
106-hr-5678 106 hr 5678 Uniform Poll Closing Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 21 Uniform Poll Closing Act of 2000 - Amends Federal presidential elections and vacancies law to: (1) establish 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, as the single poll closing time for presidential general elections; (2) allow the States of Alaska and Hawaii to open polling places for such an election during the day preceding election day; and (3) provide for extended daylight saving time in the Pacific time zone in presidential election years. 2025-08-20T14:20:32Z  
106-hr-5679 106 hr 5679 Voters' Choice Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] GA D M000523 0 Voters' Choice Act - Permits a State to establish multi-seat congressional districts only if the State uses a voting system that: (1) meets the constitutional standard of majority rule and of individuals having equal voting power; and (2) ensures the election of any candidate receiving at least one vote greater than one-third of the total votes cast in the district. 2025-08-20T14:17:15Z  
106-hr-5680 106 hr 5680 21st Century Electoral Reform Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] NY D N000002 1 21st Century Electoral Reform Act - Directs the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to: (1) study the feasibility and advisability of alternative means and instruments of voting in Federal elections and to make appropriate recommendations; and (2) develop and make public a plan to award and disburse Voting Improvement Grants to States to facilitate their adoption of FEC recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:17:19Z  
106-hr-5681 106 hr 5681 Regarding the use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Native Americans 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] OR R W000791 0 Allows any restricted lands held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon to be leased by the Indian owners, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, for terms of not to exceed 99 years for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, or certain other purposes.Approves the use of tribal lands, resources, and other assets for economic development as described in the Long-Term Global Settlement and Compensation Agreement and its Included Agreements between the Department of the Interior, the Tribes, and the Portland General Electric Company. Ratifies authorization, execution, and delivery of such Agreement by such parties and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take necessary actions to approve and implement it. 2025-01-02T17:15:40Z  
106-hr-5656 106 hr 5656 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] IL R P000444 0 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies.Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 to the Department of Labor for: (1) training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (8) the Employment Standards Administration; (9) certain special benefits; (10) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (12) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (13) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (14) departmental management; (15) veterans employment and training; and (16) the Office of Inspector General.Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title.(Sec. 103) Amends part A (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require entities receiving welfare-to-work grant funds to remit to the Secretary of Labor any funds not expended within five (currently, three) years after the date such funds are provided; and (2) eliminate set-aside welfare-to-work grants for successful performance States.(Sec. 104) Prohibits the use of funds provided in any Act making appropriations for FY 2001 to implement regulations regarding temporary alien labor certification applications and petitions for admission of nonimmigrant workers or any similar or successor rule with an effective date prior to October 1, 2001.(Sec. 106) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make funds availab… 2025-08-20T14:17:44Z  
106-hr-5657 106 hr 5657 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11] NC R T000067 0 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2001.Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for the Senate for: (1) a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of Paul D. Coverdell, late a Senator from Georgia; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (8) the Offices of the Secretary, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (9) miscellaneous items; (10) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (11) official mail costs.(Sec. 1) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 to require, with respect to semiannual statements of expenditures by the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, each report of the Secretary of the Senate (except for specified expenditures) to be compiled at a summary level for each Senate office authorized to obligate appropriated funds.(Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 to provide for locality pay adjustments for Senate employees in the Washington, D.C. - Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area consistent with executive branch, judicial branch, and other legislative branch employees.(Sec. 3) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to require agency contributions for employees of Senate Hair Care Services to be paid from the appropriations account for Salaries, Officers, and Employees in lieu of the Senate Hair Care Services Revolving Fund.(Sec. 4) Establishes the Senate Health and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund. Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to deposit in the Fund any amounts received: (1) as dues or other … 2025-08-20T14:18:52Z  
106-hr-5658 106 hr 5658 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] AZ R K000306 0 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies.Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices; (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs for development and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment, software, and services; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) the Inspector General for Tax Administration; (5) repair and restoration of the Treasury building and annex; (6) programs to expand access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals; (7) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (8) counterterrorism activities; (9) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including amounts for maintenance and facility improvements; (10) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (11) the Financial Management Service; (12) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (13) the U.S. Customs Service, including amounts for operations and maintenance of marine vessels and aircraft, collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee, and automation modernization; (14) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (15) the Internal Revenue Service, including amounts for tax law enforcement, earned income tax credit compliance and error reduction initiatives, and information systems and telecommunications support; and (16) the Secret Service, including an amount for construction and improvement of facilities.Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds.(Sec. 120) Amends Federal law to extend the Treasury Franchise Fund until October 1, 2002.Title II: Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for payments to the Postal Service Fund for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail.Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds.Title III: Executive… 2025-08-20T14:17:37Z  
106-hr-5659 106 hr 5659 Personal Social Security Account Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] OH R K000016 0 Personal Social Security Account Act of 2000 - Title I: Personal Social Security Accounts - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new OASDI part B (Personal Social Security Accounts) program similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees for eligible individuals.Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to establish in the Personal Social Security Account Fund, which this Act establishes, a personal social security account for each eligible individual: (1) born after December 31, 1945; (2) credited for any calendar year with four quarters of coverage; and (3) who has requested such an account. Provides for: (1) deposit in such accounts of specified percentages of an individual's annual income, as well as transfers from the Social Security trust funds; (2) investment of account amounts; and (3) distribution of account balances, in either a lump sum or equal annual installments, when the account holder reaches the old-age insurance entitlement age.Title II: Maintaining the Solvency of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Amends SSA title II to provide for: (1) modification of indexing initial old-age or disability insurance benefits; (2) reduction of such benefits by reason of a transfer to an eligible individual's personal Social Security account; and (3) borrowing authority for the Social Security trust funds taking into account the present value of future benefit reductions. 2025-08-20T14:21:42Z  
106-hr-5660 106 hr 5660 Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 Finance and Financial Sector 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance & Hazardous Materials for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.. House Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] IL R E000282 4 Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 - Title I: Commodity Futures Modernization - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize appropriations for authorities and activities under such Act.Revises specified provisions, including: (1) over-the-counter derivatives; (2) futures exchange regulation; (3) contracts; (4) prohibited transactions; and (5) boards of trade.Title II: Coordinated Regulation of Security Futures Products - Subtitle A: Securities Law Amendments - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 respecting: (1) regulatory relief for markets and intermediaries trading security futures products; and (2) and interagency cooperation.Subtitle B: Amendments to the Commodity Exchange Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act respecting Securities and Exchange Commission jurisdiction.Title III: Legal Certainty for Swap Agreements - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Securities Act of 1933, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 respecting swap agreements.Title IV: Regulatory Responsibility for Bank Products - Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000 - Excludes specified banking products and swap agreements from Commodity Futures Exchange Commission coverage. 2025-08-20T14:18:45Z  
106-hr-5661 106 hr 5661 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 Health 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health & Environment for a period to be subsubsequently determined by the Chairman.. House Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] CA R T000188 2 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements - Subtitle A: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) coverage of biennial screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) coverage of screening for glaucoma; (3) coverage of screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals; (4) revision of payments and standards for screening mammography; and (5) coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with diabetes or a renal disease.Subtitle B: Other Beneficiary Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for: (1) acceleration of reduction of beneficiary copayment for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (3) elimination of time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs; and (4) imposition of certain billing limits on drugs.(Sec. 115) Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to provide for a waiver of 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage of individuals disabled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects and Studies - Outlines: (1) a Health and Human Services (HHS) demonstration project for disease management for severely chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries; (2) HHS demonstration projects for cancer prevention and treatment for ethnic and racial minorities; (3) a National Academy of Sciences study of the addition of coverage of routine thyroid screening using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventive benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries; (4) a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study on consumer coalitions in marking Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) plans; (5) an HHS study on the effect of limitations on State payment for Medicare cost-sharing on access to services for qualified Medicare beneficiaries; (6) HHS studies o… 2025-08-20T14:21:04Z  
106-hr-5662 106 hr 5662 Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] TX R A000215 1 Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 - Title I: Community Renewal and New Markets - Subtitle A: Tax Incentives for Renewal Communities - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate (upon local or State nomination) up to 40 renewal communities, of which at least 12 shall be in rural areas.Requires for nomination purposes that: (1) the area be experiencing high rates of poverty and unemployment and general distress; and (2) State and local governments enter into written contracts with community organizations to promote specified economic growth and employment activities.Excludes from gross income capital gains on the sale or exchange of a qualified community asset (stock, business property, or partnership interest) held for more than five years.Allows: (1) a renewal community employment credit; (2) a commercial revitalization deduction; (3) increased expensing for renewal community business assets; and (4) the work opportunity credit for hiring youth residing in renewal communities.Subtitle B: Extension and Expansion of Empowerment Zone Incentives - Provides for the designation of additional empowerment zones and increased empowerment zone tax incentives.Subtitle C: New Markets Tax Credit- Establishes a new markets tax credit with respect to specified qualified low-income community investments. Sets a national new markets tax credit limitation.Subtitle D: Improvements in Low-Income Housing Credit - Amends the Code, with respect to the low-income housing credit, to revise the formula for the State housing credit ceiling. Provides for cost-of-living adjustments to the State ceiling.(Sec. 132) Revises the housing priority selection criteria a housing credit agency must use to develop a qualified plan for allocating housing credit dollar amounts among projects. Requires such criteria to include: (1) whether the project would use existing housing as part of a community revitalization plan; (2) tenant populations of individuals with children; and (3) projects intended for eventual tenant ow… 2025-08-20T14:18:23Z  
106-hr-5663 106 hr 5663 New Markets Venture Capital Program Act of 2000 Commerce 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. House Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] MO R T000024 1 New Markets Venture Capital Program Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a New Markets Venture Capital Program, under which the SBA may: (1) enter into participation agreements with approved new market venture capital companies (companies) for the making of developmental venture capital investments in smaller enterprises in low income geographic areas; (2) guarantee debentures issued by companies; and (3) make operational assistance grants to such companies. Makes eligible as a participating company in the Program one which: (1) is a newly formed for-profit entity or newly formed for-profit subsidiary of an existing entity; (2) has a management team with experience in community development financing or relevant venture capital financing; and (3) has a primary objective of economic development of low or moderate income geographic areas. Outlines application requirements and SBA selection criteria, requiring the SBA to ensure that companies are chosen so that investments under the Program will be made nationwide. Outlines conditions to be met by each company before final approval, including: (1) a capital investment requirement of at least $5 million from investors who meet SBA-established criteria; and (2) binding commitments with non-SBA sources for Program operational assistance.Authorizes the SBA to: (1) guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on debentures issued by companies, not to exceed 150 percent of the company capital; (2) issue trust certificates representing ownership of all or a fractional part of SBA-guaranteed debentures; (3) make grants to companies and to other entities such as specialized small business investment companies to provide operational assistance for the benefit of smaller enterprises financed by such companies or other entities; and (4) charge fees with respect to any guarantee or grant issued.Authorizes any national bank, member bank of the Federal Reserve System, and any other in… 2025-08-20T14:17:25Z  
106-hr-5664 106 hr 5664 Voters' Bill of Rights for the 21st Century Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 0 Voter's Bill of Rights for the 21st Century - Expresses the sense of Congress that American voters in the 21st century should be entitled to the right to: (1) use a ballot format that permits clear identification of candidates and the accurate implementation of voter's preferences in the selection of candidates; (2) use informational technology to select candidates that is fair and user friendly; (3) vote in a manner not prejudiced by media announcements of election results in time zones where the polls have closed or when races are too close to call; (4) vote in a manner not subject to intimidation; (5) have absentee ballots of members of the uniformed service and civilians counted on Election Day; (6) have a uniform statewide standard for counting and recounting all votes; (7) have an Electoral College which reflects the preferences of voters in a fair and accurate manner; (8) have complaints about elections and election contests resolved fairly, accurately, and efficiently; (9) vote on a day of the week which maximizes voter turnout; and (10) make the most informed decision on Election Day.Title I: 21st Century Bipartisan Electoral Commission - Establishes the 21st Century Bipartisan Electoral Commission to: (1) develop a uniform ballot format for presidential elections that is clear, accurate, and presents candidates in a readily recognizable way and that is easy to use for all age groups and America's diverse population; (2) evaluate existing voting technologies to determine their accuracy and effectiveness in reflecting voter's intentions; (3) make recommendations on the feasibility of a Federal matching grant program for States to implement changes in ballot formats and to purchase new, more accurate, and user-friendly voting machines and tabulation technologies; (4) make recommendations about a method of voter identification to ensure accurate recognition of voters, while insuring that no voter is subject to intimidation of any kind in casting votes; (5) establish standards for military voting that addres… 2025-08-20T14:21:23Z  
106-hr-5665 106 hr 5665 To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to adjust the monthly multiemployer plan benefit guaranteed thereunder. Labor and Employment 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] NY R Q000016 0 Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to adjust guaranteed monthly multiemployer plan benefit amounts. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-hr-5654 106 hr 5654 Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 Commerce 2000-12-13 2000-12-13 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. House Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] MO R T000024 1 Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Small Business Innovation Research Program Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to revise and extend through FY 2008 the Small Business Innovation Research Program (a program providing certain Federal research and development funding to small businesses).Mandates the establishment of a Federal and State Technology Partnership Program and a Mentoring Network for certain small businesses.Small Business Loan Improvement Act of 2000 - Increases loan amounts and levels of participation under the Small Business Administration general business loan program.Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to revise the certified development company program (a program providing loans to State or local development companies for assisting small businesses).Small Business Investment Corrections Act of 2000 - Revises generally provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 relating to small business investment companies.Small Business Programs Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Reauthorizes through FY 2003 various small business loan programs.HUBZones In Native America Act of 2000 - Revises the HUBZone Program (a program providing assistance to small businesses located in historically underutilized business zones).National Women's Business Council Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 to extend through FY 2003 the National Women's Business Council.New Markets Venture Capital Program Act of 2000 - Establishes the New Markets Venture Capital Program to provide grants for economic development in low-income geographic areas. 2025-08-20T14:18:55Z  
106-hr-5655 106 hr 5655 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii, as the "Goro Hokama Post Office Building". Commemorations 2000-12-13 2000-12-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2229) House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 620 Jacaranda Street in Lanai City, Hawaii, as the Goro Hokama Post Office Building. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5652 106 hr 5652 Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 Commerce 2000-12-11 2000-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. House Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] MO R T000024 1 Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Small Business Innovation Research Program Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to revise and extend through FY 2008 the Small Business Innovation Research Program (a program providing certain Federal research and development funding to small businesses).Mandates the establishment of a Federal and State Technology Partnership Program and a Mentoring Network for certain small businesses.Small Business Loan Improvement Act of 2000 - Increases loan amounts and levels of participation under the Small Business Administration general business loan program.Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to revise the certified development company program (a program providing loans to State or local development companies for assisting small businesses).Small Business Investment Corrections Act of 2000 - Revises generally provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 relating to small business investment companies.Small Business Programs Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Reauthorizes through FY 2003 various small business loan programs.HUBZones In Native America Act of 2000 - Revises the HUBZone Program (a program providing assistance to small businesses located in historically underutilized business zones).National Women's Business Council Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 to extend through FY 2003 the National Women's Business Council. 2025-08-20T14:17:24Z  
106-hr-5653 106 hr 5653 Election Procedures Improvement Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-11 2000-12-11 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] AR R H001014 3 Election Procedures Improvement Act - Establishes a program under which the Attorney General shall make grants to eligible States and local governments for activities to improve the administration of elections. 2025-08-20T14:18:40Z  
106-hr-5647 106 hr 5647 21st Century Election Rules and Technology Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-08 2000-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] TX D L000043 3 21st Century Election Rules and Technology Act - Establishes the Federal Elections Review Commission to study the nature and consequences of the Federal electoral process and make recommendations to the President, the Federal Election Commission, and Congress to ensure the integrity of, and public confidence in, Federal elections. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:21:22Z  
106-hr-5648 106 hr 5648 To delay any legal effect or implementation of a notice of rights and request for disposition form of the Immigration and Naturalization Service if an alien admits to being in the United States illegally, gives up the right to a hearing before departure, and requests to return to his country without a hearing. Immigration 2000-12-08 2000-12-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. House Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19] OH R L000553 0 Provides that in any case in which an alien executes an Immigration and Naturalization notice of rights and request for disposition form admitting to illegal U.S. residence, giving up the right to a pre-departure hearing, and requesting a return without hearing, no departure shall be implemented: (1) unless the form was certified after legal consultation in the alien's native language or with an interpreter's assistance; or (2) until 72 hours after form certification. 2025-01-02T17:15:35Z  
106-hr-5649 106 hr 5649 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to make emergency market loss payments to dairy producers for any month in which the national average price for Class III milk under Federal milk marketing orders is less than a target price of $11.50 per hundredweight. Agriculture and Food 2000-12-08 2000-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. House Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] WI D O000007 2 Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make emergency market loss payments to dairy producers (in the 48 contiguous States) whenever the national average Class III milk price for a month is less than a specified target price. 2025-01-02T17:15:36Z  
106-hr-5650 106 hr 5650 To declare certain Federal lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as excess, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2000-12-08 2000-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. [D-PR-At Large] PR D R000417 0 Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to revise requirements relating to Navy activities on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, to direct the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) report to the General Services Administration (GSA) as excess lands for disposal all lands on the eastern side of the Island, with the exception of all Department of Defense real properties identified as conservation zones, the Live Impact Area, and any other real properties that the Secretary of the Interior identifies as necessary for the management of these areas; and (2) transfer such zones, Area, and any such other properties to such Secretary.Requires DOD to conduct all environmental response actions on such transferred lands, properties, and excess lands.States that neither the Department of the Interior nor GSA shall be liable for environmental contamination, including unexploded ordnance, that is present at the time such properties are transferred or reported as excess, including contamination resulting from DOD activities that is discovered after transfer or subsequent conveyance.Makes the Secretary of Defense exclusively responsible for funding and implementing any necessary response actions (including operation and maintenance) to address environmental contamination resulting from DOD's presence or which is present at the time of any such conveyance, including contamination subsequently discovered, unless such contamination was caused by the Interior Department. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5651 106 hr 5651 To convey certain Federal lands to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2000-12-08 2000-12-08 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Resident Commissioner Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. [D-PR-At Large] PR D R000417 0 Conveys to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the conservation zones on the western end of the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, designated for transfer or transferred to the Secretary of the Interior.Requires that: (1) the conveyed areas be managed for conservation purposes subject to a cooperative agreement between Puerto Rico and the Secretary; (2) areas adjacent to such areas be considered for inclusion under the agreement; and (3) such agreement be implemented in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust and other interested parties.Requires all conveyed lands to be managed to protect and preserve their natural resources.Permits amounts necessary to carry out the cooperative agreement to be made available to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish and manage an endowment for the management of such lands. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5644 106 hr 5644 Voting Opportunity and Total Enfranchisement Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-07 2000-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] MI R U000031 0 Voting Opportunity and Total Enfranchisement Act - Changes the date of the legal public holiday of Washington's Birthday to: (1) the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each fourth year after 2000 (election day) ; and (2) the third Monday in February (as in current law) in any other year. 2025-08-20T14:21:35Z  
106-hr-5645 106 hr 5645 Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Practices and Procedures Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-07 2000-12-07 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] OH D K000009 0 Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2000 - Establishes the Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures to study and to report to the President and Congress on: (1) voting procedures in Federal, State, and local government elections; (2) legislation and regulatory efforts that affect voting practice and procedure issues; (3) implementation of standardized voting procedures; (4) speed, timeliness, and accuracy of vote counts in such elections; and (5) security of voting procedures in such elections. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:21:32Z  
106-hr-5646 106 hr 5646 Nursing Facility Staffing Improvement Act of 2000 Health 2000-12-07 2000-12-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] CA D S000810 0 Nursing Facility Staffing Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require interim surveys for nursing facilities for quality deficiencies attributable to inadequate nurse staffing; (2) require prompt implementation of plans of correction for such quality deficiencies; and (3) require a nursing facility to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) data with respect to facility nursing staff for review and publication on HHS's Internet site. 2025-08-20T14:18:35Z  
106-hr-5642 106 hr 5642 Armed Services Vote Rescue Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-06 2000-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-1] AZ R S000018 59 Armed Services Vote Rescue Act - Prohibits a State from refusing to count a ballot submitted in a Federal election by an absent uniformed services voter on the grounds that the ballot was improperly or fraudulently cast, unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud in the preparation or casting of the ballot by the voter. 2025-08-20T14:19:56Z  
106-hr-5643 106 hr 5643 To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to clarify the authority of the Administrator of General Services to provide services and facilities to Presidents-elect and Vice-Presidents-elect. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-06 2000-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] AL R B000013 1 Amends the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to redefine the "President-elect" and "Vice- President-elect" to whom the Administrator of the General Services Administration is authorized to provide services and facilities to mean: (1) such individuals as are the apparent successful candidates for the office of President and Vice President as ascertained by the Administrator following the general elections held to determine the electors of President and Vice President (current law); or (2) the individuals who, based on the certifications by States and the District of Columbia of the successful candidates for the office of President and Vice President, would have a majority of the votes of electors to be appointed if all of the electors voted for the individuals so certified. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5640 106 hr 5640 American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 Housing and Community Development 2000-12-05 2000-12-27 Became Public Law No: 106-569. House Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1] IA R L000169 1 American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 - Title I: Removal of Barriers to Housing Affordability - Housing Affordability Barrier Removal Act of 2000 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to authorize FY 2001 through 2005 appropriations for (consolidated) State and local grants for regulatory barrier removal. Makes consortia of local governments eligible grantees. Requires grant use in coordination with the local comprehensive Afford ability strategy under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.(Sec. 103) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to state that the regulatory barriers clearinghouse shall be established within the Office of Policy Development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.Title II: Homeownership for Working Families - Authorizes the Secretary to insure refinancing of home equity conversions for elderly home owners. Provides for: (1) specified transaction disclosures; (2) waiver of counseling under specified conditions; (3) fee limitations; (4) single premium reduction; and (5) an actuarial study to determine insurance premium adequacy.Includes housing cooperatives in the demonstration program of insurance of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly home owners. Directs the Secretary to waive up-front premiums for mortgages used for costs of long-term care insurance or health care.(Sec. 202) Amends the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 to authorize FY 2001 appropriations for self-help housing providers. Makes certain nongrant fund advances by an organization eligible for reimbursement. Revises fund recapture provisions.Title III: Section 8 Homeownership Option - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide a single grant home ownership downpayment option (in lieu of monthly payments) under the section 8 housing assistance program.(Sec. 302) Authorizes a public housing agency providing tenant-based … 2025-01-02T17:15:43Z  
106-hr-5641 106 hr 5641 Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration Act Transportation and Public Works 2000-12-05 2000-12-05 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (text of measure as introduced: CR E2127-2128) House Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] VA R W000672 0 Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration Act - Establishes the Commission for Comprehensive Review of the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) review existing and alternative options for organizational structure of air traffic services, including a government corporation and incentive based fees for services; (2) provide recommendations for any necessary changes in structure of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) so that it will be able to support the future growth in the national aviation and airport system; (3) review aviation safety and make recommendations for the long-term improvement of safety; and (4) make additional recommendations that would advance more efficient and effective FAA for the benefit of the general traveling public and the aviation transportation system. 2025-08-20T14:17:22Z  
106-hr-5637 106 hr 5637 To provide that an amount available for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Transportation shall be available to reimburse certain costs incurred for clean-up of former Coast Guard facilities at Cape May, New Jersey, and to authorize the Coast Guard to transfer funds and authority for demolition and removal of a structure at former Coast Guard property in Traverse City, Michigan. Transportation and Public Works 2000-12-04 2000-12-05 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] PA R S000394 0 Allocates certain Department of Transportation funds to reimburse the owner of the former Coast Guard lighthouse facility at Cape May, New Jersey, for costs incurred for clean-up of lead contaminated soil there.Authorizes the Coast Guard, subject to the availability of funds appropriated specifically for the project, to transfer a specified amount of funds and project management authority to the Traverse City Area Public School District to demolish and remove a certain structure known as "Building 402" at former Coast Guard property located in Traverse City, Michigan. 2025-04-07T13:47:06Z  
106-hr-5638 106 hr 5638 To amend section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that States have the final authority to establish guidelines to determine which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated animal feeding operations for purposes of the national pollutant discharge elimination system. Environmental Protection 2000-12-04 2000-12-04 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] MI R S000597 0 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that States have the final authority to establish guidelines for determining which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated operations for purposes of provisions regarding the national pollutant discharge elimination system. 2025-01-02T17:15:40Z  
106-hr-5639 106 hr 5639 To authorize the payment of a gratuity to certain members of the Armed Forces who served at Bataan and Corregidor during World War II, or the surviving spouses of such members, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-12-04 2000-12-04 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] MN D M000795 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a gratuity of $20,000 to veterans (or their surviving spouse) who: (1) served at Bataan or Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II; (2) were captured and held as prisoners of war by Japan during such service; and (3) were required by Japan to perform slave labor in Japan during such War. 2025-01-02T17:15:40Z  
106-hr-5631 106 hr 5631 Federal Elections Review Commission Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] OR D D000191 17 Federal Elections Review Commission Act - Establishes the Federal Elections Review Commission to study and report to the President and the Congress on the nature and consequences of the Federal electoral process, making recommendations to ensure the integrity of, and public confidence in, Federal elections. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:17:50Z  
106-hr-5632 106 hr 5632 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit Pell Grants to incarcerated students under limited conditions. Education 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] VA D S000185 0 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit Federal Pell Grants to incarcerated students under limited conditions. (Current law prohibits such grants to any individual who is incarcerated in any Federal or State penal institution.) Prohibits such grants to prisoners serving under sentence of death or any life sentence without eligibility for parole or release. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-hr-5633 106 hr 5633 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001 Economics and Public Finance 2000-11-14 2000-11-22 Became Public Law No: 106-522. House Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5] OK R I000047 0 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for the District of Columbia for FY 2001, including amounts for the Federal payments: (1) for District of Columbia Resident Tuition Support; (2) for incentives for adoption of children; (3) for the commercial revitalization program; (4) to the District of Columbia Public Schools; (5) for the Metropolitan Police Department; (6) to Covenant House Washington for a new community service center for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth; (7) to the District of Columbia Corrections Trustee Operations; (8) to the District of Columbia Courts; (9) to the Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts; (10) to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (including transfer of funds); (11) to the Washington Interfaith Network for costs incurred in carrying out preconstruction activities at the former Fort Dupont Dwellings and Additions; (12) for a study and development of a plan to simplify the District government employee compensation system; (13) for construction of a Metrorail station to be located at New York and Florida Avenues, Northeast; (14) for Brownfield Remediation at Poplar Point; (15) to reimburse the District for expenses incurred in connection with presidential inauguration activities; (16) to the Children's National Medical Center; (17) to the Child Advocacy Center; (18) to the St. Coletta of Greater Washington, Inc. expansion project; and (19) to the District of Columbia Special Olympics.Appropriates specified sums out of the District's general fund (and other funds, in some cases) for the current fiscal year for: (1) operating expenses (with certain limits); (2) the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Authority); (3) governmental direction and support; (4) economic development and regulation; (5) public safety and justice; (6) the public education system; (7) human support services; (8) public works; (9) receivership programs; (10) replacement of funds expe… 2025-04-07T13:47:27Z  
106-hr-5634 106 hr 5634 Historic Performing Arts Facility Rehabilitation Act Taxation 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] NY R H000814 1 Historic Performing Arts Facility Rehabilitation Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the rehabilitation credit to permit a qualified performing arts institution, in lieu such credit, to receive a historic rehabilitation credit certificate. 2025-08-20T14:20:27Z  
106-hr-5635 106 hr 5635 To amend the National Labor Relations Act. Labor and Employment 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Hutchinson, Asa [R-AR-3] AR R H001014 0 Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that an exception for charitable, eleemosynary, or other beneficent purposes, in the case of a published, written, or posted no solicitation or no property access rule, shall not be grounds for finding an unfair labor practice. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-hr-5636 106 hr 5636 To provide compensation for injury and property damages suffered by persons as a result of the bombing attack by the United States on August 20, 1998 in Khartoum, Sudan, and for other purposes. International Affairs 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] CA R R000409 0 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay up to a total of $50 million in settlement for injury and property damages suffered by persons as a result of the missile attack in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 20, 1998, by the U.S. armed forces. 2025-01-02T17:15:34Z  
106-hr-5630 106 hr 5630 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 Armed Forces and National Security 2000-11-13 2000-12-27 Became Public Law No: 106-567. House Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] FL R G000336 2 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency (NSA); (5) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO); (6) National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA); (7) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, and Energy; and (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized to be appropriated and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2001, for such activities are those specified in the Classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.(Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2001 when the DCI determines that such action is necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions, subject to specified limitations. Requires notification of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees when such authority is exercised.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Community Management Account of the DCI for FY 2001. Authorizes full-time personnel for elements within such Account as of September 30, 2001. Provides for the reimbursement of any U.S. officer or employee, or member of the armed forces, who is detailed to such staff.Earmarks funds authorized under this Act for the National Drug Intelligence Center. Requires a transfer of funds from the DCI to the Attorney General to operate the Center.(Sec. 105) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to provide that, with respect to DOD, the authority to object to a transfer of funds or personnel within the National Foreign Intel… 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
106-hr-5625 106 hr 5625 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a pilot program under which an alien may be provided H-1B nonimmigrant status without regard to the numerical limitation applicable to that nonimmigrant category if the United States employer seeking the alien's entry makes a qualifying scholarship contribution to an institution of higher education in the United States. Immigration 2000-11-03 2000-11-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. House Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] CA R C000830 1 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a pilot program (Tech Smart pilot program) under which a specified number of aliens may be issued H- 1B specialty occupation visas without regard to applicable numerical limitations if the U.S. employer seeking such alien makes a qualifying annual scholarship contribution to an institution of higher education. 2025-01-02T17:15:34Z  
106-hr-5626 106 hr 5626 To amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authority to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential rates and charges for electricity, and for other purposes. Energy 2000-11-03 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] CA D F000116 0 Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with respect to any rate or charge in effect pursuant to a Commission rule or order providing for market-based prices for a transmission or sale of electric energy, to order a refund of that portion of charges which it finds to be in excess of a just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential rate or charge.Bars certain retroactive refunds. 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z  
106-hr-5627 106 hr 5627 To designate the national aviation center located at 5020 South Meridian Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the "Glenn English Customs National Aviation Center". Commemorations 2000-11-03 2000-11-03 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-6] OK R L000491 0 Designates the national aviation center operated by the U.S. Customs Service at 5020 South Meridian Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as the Glenn English Customs National Aviation Center. 2025-01-02T17:15:40Z  
106-hr-5628 106 hr 5628 Common Sense Patients' Bill of Rights Act Health 2000-11-03 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4] AZ R S000275 3 Common Sense Patients' Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to: (1) provide for a patients' bill of rights, patient access to information, and accountability of health plans; and (2) expand access to health care coverage through tax incentives.Title I: Patients' Bill Of Rights - Subtitle A: Right Advice and Care - Establishes patients' rights to medical advice and care (under ERISA, PHSA, and IRC).Subtitle B: Right to Information About Plans And Providers - Establishes patients' rights to information about plans and providers.Subtitle C: Right To Hold Health Plans Accountable - Establishes patients' rights to hold health plans accountable.Subtitle D: State Flexibility in Applying Requirements to Health Insurance Issuers - Provides for State flexibility in applying requirements to health insurance issuers.Subtitle E: Effective Dates; Coordination in Implementation; Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for coordination in implementation.Title II: Remedies - Amends ERISA to provide for: (1) availability of, and limitations on, court remedies relating to medically reviewable determinations and timely review of claims; and (2) expanded court remedies relating to group health plan determinations that are not medically reviewable.Title III: Health Care Coverage Access Tax Incentives - Amends the IRC with respect to medical savings accounts (MSAs) to: (1) repeal certain limitations on availability; (2) expand availability beyond employees of small employers and self-employed individuals; (3) increase the amount of allowable tax deduction for contributors; (4) allow both employers and employees to contribute; (5) reduce permitted deductibles under high-deductible heath plans, but provide for cost-of-living adjustments; (6) allow MSAs to be offered under cafeteria plans; and (7) direct the Comptroller General to study and report on the impact of MSAs on the cost of conventional insurance.Allows a tax… 2025-08-20T14:17:16Z  
106-hr-5629 106 hr 5629 To permit the Asphalt Commander to be placed under a foreign registry. Private Legislation 2000-11-03 2000-11-03 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 0 Permits the ship Asphalt Commander to be: (1) transferred to or placed under a foreign registry; or (2) sold to a person who is not a U.S. citizen and transferred to or placed under such a registry. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
106-hr-5622 106 hr 5622 Medicare Program Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000 Health 2000-11-02 2000-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] CA R H000789 1 Medicare Program Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000 - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a Health Care Infrastructure Advisory Commission to: (1) develop a strategy to create an advanced informational infrastructure for the administration of the Medicare program under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA); and (2) submit to Congress a strategic plan to implement it, as well as progress reports.Amends SSA title XI to provide that if the HHS Secretary adopts a batch standard for a transaction involving a health care provider to enable health information to be exchanged electronically, the Secretary shall also adopt an interactive standard compatible with the batch standard so that the provider may immediately complete the transaction at the point of service. 2025-08-20T14:17:34Z  
106-hr-5623 106 hr 5623 Chemical Security and Right to Know Act of 2000 Environmental Protection 2000-11-02 2000-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] NJ D H001032 0 Chemical Security and Right to Know Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Clean Air Act regarding accidental releases of hazardous substances anticipated to cause death, injury, or serious health or environmental effects to require the Attorney General to: (1) determine whether owners or operators of stationary sources have taken adequate actions to detect, prevent, and minimize the consequences of criminal releases that may cause harm to public health and safety and the environment; and (2) promulgate requirements to ensure that such actions are taken, if they have not been taken.Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make risk management plans submitted by certain stationary source owners or operators publicly available. 2025-08-20T14:19:43Z  
106-hr-5624 106 hr 5624 Campaign Telemarketers Disclosure Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-11-02 2000-11-02 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] KS D M001140 25 Campaign Telemarketers Disclosure Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require disclosure during any such telephone call of the identification of persons financing certain campaign-related telephone calls. 2025-08-20T14:17:18Z  
106-hr-5611 106 hr 5611 To ensure the availability of funds for ergonomic protection standards. Labor and Employment 2000-11-01 2000-11-01 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] OH D T000350 0 See summary of: H.R. 5609 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-hr-5612 106 hr 5612 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Beneficiary Protection Act of 2000 Health 2000-11-01 2000-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] NY D R000053 104 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Beneficiary Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements - Subtitle A: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) coverage of biennial screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) coverage of screening for glaucoma; (3) coverage of screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals; (4) revision of payments and standards for screening mammography; (5) coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with diabetes or a renal disease; and (6) extension of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) coverage for workers with disabilities.Subtitle B: Other Beneficiary Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for: (1) acceleration of reduction of beneficiary copayment for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (3) elimination of time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs; (4) imposition of billing limits on drugs; and (5) availability of application forms for medical assistance for Medicare cost-sharing.(Sec. 116) Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to provide for a waiver of 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage of individuals disabled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects and Studies - Outlines: (1) a Health and Human Services (HHS) demonstration project for disease management for severely chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries; (2) HHS demonstration projects for cancer prevention and treatment for ethnic and racial minorities; (3) a National Academy of Sciences study on the addition of coverage of routine thyroid screening using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventive benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries; (4) a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study on consumer coalitions in marking Medicare+Choice (SSA title X… 2025-08-20T14:18:06Z  
106-hr-5613 106 hr 5613 To require an extension of the comment periods relating to certain proposed rules. Energy 2000-11-01 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-11] MI R K000288 31 Extends the comment periods on certain proposed rules related to: (1) clothes washers; and (2) residential central air conditioners and heat pumps. 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z  
106-hr-5614 106 hr 5614 Seniors' Health Care Restoration Act of 2000 Health 2000-11-01 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] NY D A000022 0 Seniors' Health Care Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to: (1) increased payment for areas with two or fewer Medicare+Choice contracts; and (2) an increase in the minimum percentage update.Outlines provisions for a transition to revised Medicare+Choice payment rates.Directs the Secretary to provide for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for eligible Medicare beneficiaries.Establishes in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund the Emergency Reserve Outpatient Prescription Drug Account for payment for such coverage. Provides for the crediting of funds to such Account. 2025-08-20T14:17:42Z  
106-hr-5615 106 hr 5615 Right to Know Act of 2000 Health 2000-11-01 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Coburn, Tom [R-OK-2] OK R C000560 1 Right to Know Act of 2000 - Prohibits funds in any Federal appropriations Act for any fiscal year from being used to conduct or support any program of testing individuals for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in which there is a failure to find and disclose to the tested individuals the test results, together with appropriate counseling. 2025-08-20T14:17:50Z  
106-hr-5616 106 hr 5616 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction to taxpayers who purchase and install qualified security devices. Taxation 2000-11-01 2000-11-01 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] NY D C001038 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow up to a $5,000 deduction for the installation of a qualified security device in a residence or commercial building. 2025-01-02T17:15:40Z  
106-hr-5617 106 hr 5617 Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act Environmental Protection 2000-11-01 2000-11-01 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] OR D D000191 0 Fishery and Aquaculture Oil Spill Assistance Act - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to: (1) direct the President to establish a loan program to assist injured parties in an oil spill in meeting financial obligations during the claims procedure; and (2) allow the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to be used to make such loans.Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a study assessing the effectiveness of the claims procedures and emergency response programs under such Act with respect to fishermen and aquaculture producers, together with appropriate legislative or other recommendations to improve such procedures and programs. 2025-08-20T14:19:17Z  
106-hr-5618 106 hr 5618 Education Land Grant Act of 2000 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2000-11-01 2000-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. House Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-6] AZ R H000413 0 Education Land Grant Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey National Forest System lands to a public school district for educational uses, if the school district meets specified criteria. 2025-08-20T14:20:41Z  
106-hr-5619 106 hr 5619 Save Consumers Aggravation and Money Act of 2000 Science, Technology, Communications 2000-11-01 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 4 Save Consumers Aggravation and Money Act of 2000 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of dial-around services (the use of long distance codes which bypass a person's preferred interstate telephone exchange carrier) to identify themselves to consumers, disclose information concerning charges for such services, and allow consumers to terminate a call at no charge before it is connected. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive practices relating to the use of dial-around services to place interstate calls.Amends the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to prohibit unfair and deceptive acts and practices in any advertisement for dial-around services. 2025-08-20T14:21:27Z  
106-hr-5620 106 hr 5620 Electronic Marketplace Ownership Disclosure Act Commerce 2000-11-01 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 0 Electronic Marketplace Ownership Disclosure Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the operation of an electronic marketplace by requiring electronic marketplace operators to disclose the equity ownership, control, and management of such marketplaces. 2025-08-20T14:20:36Z  
106-hr-5621 106 hr 5621 Medicaid DSH Fairness Act of 2000 Health 2000-11-01 2000-12-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2123-2124) House Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] IL D R000515 0 Medicaid DSH Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, to apply the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) transition rule under title XIX of the Social Security Act to public hospitals in all States. 2025-08-20T14:21:17Z  
106-hr-5607 106 hr 5607 To prohibit an insurer from treating a veteran differently in the terms or conditions of motor vehicle insurance because a motor vehicle operated by the veteran, during a period of military service by the veteran, was insured or owned by the United States. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-10-31 2000-10-31 Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 0 Prohibits an insurer from denying a veteran a policy of motor vehicle insurance, or from issuing a policy that treats a veteran differently in its terms and conditions, because a motor vehicle operated by the veteran during a period of active duty was insured or owned by the United States.Provides a civil action to enforce such prohibition. 2025-01-02T17:15:37Z  
106-hr-5608 106 hr 5608 Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing Act of 2000 Crime and Law Enforcement 2000-10-31 2000-11-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] MI D C000714 0 Federal Drug Treatment Alternative Sentencing Act of 2000 - Directs a court, upon the conviction of an individual for a misdemeanor nonviolent drug offense under the Controlled Substances Act, to consider sentencing such individual to a term of probation or imprisonment that includes a condition or recommendation of participation in substance abuse treatment, including a rehabilitation program.Directs the Bureau of Prisons to maintain a rehabilitation program for such offenders sentenced to incarceration.Requires the Attorney General to study the racial impact of mandatory minimum sentences for controlled substance offenses, their effectiveness in reducing drug-related crime by nonviolent offenders, and the appropriateness of the use of such sentences on nonviolent offenders. 2025-08-20T14:19:38Z  
106-hr-5609 106 hr 5609 To ensure the availability of funds for ergonomic protection standards. Labor and Employment 2000-10-31 2000-10-31 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] OH D T000350 0 Requires that up to a specified maximum amount of funds from FY 2001 appropriations for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration be available for promulgating, issuing, implementing, administering, and enforcing proposed, temporary, and final standards on ergonomic protection. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-hr-5610 106 hr 5610 To the relief of Patricia and Michael Duane, Gregory Hansen, Mary Pimental, Randy Ruiz, Elaine Schlinger, and Gerald Whitaker. Private Legislation 2000-10-31 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. House Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] CA D T000460 0 Directs the Attorney General to pay to Patricia and Michael Duane, Gregory Hansen, Mary Pimental, Randy Ruiz, Elaine Schlinger, and Gerald Whitaker of California the sum each would have received if the Justice Department had properly processed his or her claim for restitution out of the funds of the second assets forfeiture sale for the losses resulting from Donald Bickerstaff's illegal acts. 2025-01-02T17:15:22Z  
106-hr-5601 106 hr 5601 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 Health 2000-10-30 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] NY D R000053 1 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements - Subtitle A: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) coverage of biennial screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) coverage of screening for glaucoma; (3) coverage of screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals; (4) revision of payments and standards for screening mammography; (5) coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with diabetes or a renal disease; and (6) extension of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) coverage for workers with disabilities.Subtitle B: Other Beneficiary Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for: (1) acceleration of reduction of beneficiary copayment for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (3) elimination of time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs; (4) imposition of billing limits on drugs; and (5) availability of application forms for medical assistance for Medicare cost-sharing.Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects and Studies - Outlines: (1) a Health and Human Services (HHS) demonstration project for disease management for severely chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries; (2) HHS demonstration projects for cancer prevention and treatment for ethnic and racial minorities; (3) a National Academy of Sciences study on the addition of coverage of routine thyroid screening using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventive benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries; (4) a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study on consumer coalitions in marking Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) plans; (5) an HHS study on the effect of limitations on State payment for Medicare cost-sharing on access to services for qualified Medicare beneficiaries; (6) HHS studies on preventive interventions in primary care … 2025-08-20T14:18:03Z  
106-hr-5602 106 hr 5602 Grandchild Care Tax Relief Act of 2000 Taxation 2000-10-30 2000-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 1 Amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow a $500 refundable credit for each grandchild to grandparents who provide primary child care services without compensation for their grandchildren who are not their dependents. 2025-08-20T14:20:55Z  
106-hr-5603 106 hr 5603 To prohibit the importation of any textile or apparel article that is produced, manufactured, or grown in Burma. Foreign Trade and International Finance 2000-10-30 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] CA D L000090 5 Prohibits the importation into the United States of textile or apparel products from Burma until the President determines and certifies to Congress that it has made progress in: (1) reversing gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights and worker rights; (2) implementing democratic government; and (3) cooperating with U.S. counter-narcotics efforts. 2025-01-02T17:15:41Z  
106-hr-5604 106 hr 5604 Affordable Housing Assistance Act of 2000 Housing and Community Development 2000-10-30 2000-10-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] CA D L000397 0 Affordable Housing Assistance Act of 2000 - Amends Federal law to fund the shelter plus care program exclusively from amounts appropriated for section 8 (rental assistance) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. Authorizes additional section 8 appropriations for the shelter plus care program.Authorizes additional appropriations for section 8 voucher assistance.Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the community development block grant program. 2025-08-20T14:18:59Z  
106-hr-5605 106 hr 5605 To require that the same transit pass transportation fringe benefits that are currently being offered to certain executive branch employees in the National Capital Region be extended to other similarly situated Federal employees. Government Operations and Politics 2000-10-30 2000-11-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. House Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] VA D M000933 7 Requires each Federal agency in the National Capital Region to implement a program under which all qualified employees shall be offered the transit pass transportation fringe benefits that are currently required to be offered by executive agencies in the Region. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5606 106 hr 5606 Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act of 2000 Environmental Protection 2000-10-30 2000-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 0 Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to set forth requirements for States to post information regarding water quality and environmental and health effects at waters that do not meet standards or have fish or shellfish contamination.Provides for the imposition of penalties for violations of pretreatment program requirements. Removes provisions that permit State enforcement actions to serve as a bar to Federal enforcement actions.Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) conduct inspections of facilities operated by significant noncompliers at which violations occurred; and (2) report annually to Congress and State Governors on significant noncompliers.Requires State pollutant discharge permit programs to include specified inspection, monitoring, and reporting requirements.Prohibits the issuance of permits to significant noncompliers until conditions giving rise to violations have been corrected.Requires discharge permit applicants to submit pollution prevention plans to the Administrator.Authorizes citizen suits for past violations of effluent standards or limitations if there is evidence that violations have been repeated.Amends employee protection provisions of the Act, to include a prohibition against harassment or prosecution of, or discrimination against, persons for assisting in achieving compliance with, or refusing to violate, the Act.Establishes the Clean Water Trust Fund for mitigation projects.Makes Federal agencies subject to all Federal, State, and local water pollution control and abatement requirements in the same manner as any other person. Waives sovereign immunity of the United States with respect to such requirements. 2025-08-20T14:18:27Z  
106-hr-5600 106 hr 5600 To establish an Office of Management in the Executive Office of the President, and to redesignate the Office of Management and Budget as the Office of the Federal Budget. Government Operations and Politics 2000-10-29 2000-10-29 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] CA R H000789 3 Establishes an Office of Management (OM) in the Executive Office of the President to improve Federal management and organization and to promote efficiency and effectiveness in the operation of the Federal Government.Abolishes the following offices of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and transfers their functions and authorities to the OM Director: (1) the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; (2) the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; (3) the Office of Federal Financial Management; (4) the Office of the Deputy Director for Management; and (5) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.Redesignates OMB as the Office of the Federal Budget. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5586 106 hr 5586 United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Act of 2000 Foreign Trade and International Finance 2000-10-27 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-11] MI R K000288 0 United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Act of 2000 - Authorizes the President to enter into a free trade agreement with Singapore to seek the elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers in order to achieve more open market access, on a reciprocal basis, to internationally traded goods and services.Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to apply its fast track procedures (precluding amendments) to the implementing bills for such an agreement. 2025-08-20T14:18:54Z  
106-hr-5587 106 hr 5587 To amend the United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization Act to prevent the untimely sale of uranium hexaflouride. Energy 2000-10-27 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-11] MI R K000288 0 Amends the United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization Act to repeal: (1) the deadline by which the Secretary of Energy must sell and receive payment for uranium hexaflouride transferred by the United States Executive Agent under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated February 18, 1993 (Russian HEU Agreement); and (2) the mandate that such uranium be sold at any time for the purpose of overfeeding.Extends the deadline for such uranium to be sold for consumption by end users. 2025-01-15T18:51:50Z  
106-hr-5588 106 hr 5588 To establish the Government Program Evaluation Commission. Government Operations and Politics 2000-10-27 2000-10-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2002) House Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] TX R A000215 0 Establishes the Government Program Evaluation Commission to study and evaluate existing Federal programs and activities and projected expansions to determine: (1) the effectiveness of each such program or activity in terms of its present and projected costs; (2) whether each should be continued and, if so, at what level; and (3) the relative priority that should be assigned to each in the allocation of Federal funds. 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z  
106-hr-5589 106 hr 5589 Orphan Meth Lab Cleanup Act Environmental Protection 2000-10-27 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] CA R C000830 6 Orphan Meth Lab Cleanup Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and related salts and isomers or 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine or its salts or isomers. Requires all civil and criminal penalties imposed with respect to methamphetamine to be deposited in the Orphan Meth Lab Cleanup Account and used to make grants to local governments for the costs of environmental remediation of orphan meth labs (methamphetamine production facilities for which no responsible party can be determined). 2025-08-20T14:17:17Z  
106-hr-5590 106 hr 5590 Federal Law Enforement Officers Retirement Relief Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-10-27 2000-10-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1996-1997) House Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] NY R F000440 0 Federal Law Enforcement Officers Retirement Relief Act - Amends Federal civil service law relating to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to: (1) consider a law enforcement officer, firefighter, and member of the Capitol Police eligible for an annuity computed under CSRS or FERS (whichever applies) whether or not such officer, firefighter, or member satisfies or meets certain age and service requirements for retirement, as applicable; (2) prohibit the 5-year or 18-month (as applicable) minium creditable service requirement from applying with respect to a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member who becomes disabled from an injury sustained in the performance of duty; and (3) change the age requirement for periodic medical examinations and certain other related requirements from 60 to 50 years of age with respect to a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member who is receiving a disability retirement annuity. 2025-08-20T14:18:14Z  
106-hr-5591 106 hr 5591 FDA Food Embargo Authority Act Agriculture and Food 2000-10-27 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] OH D K000336 0 FDA Food Embargo Authority Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow an inspections officer or employee to order a food or device detained if, during an inspection of a facility or vehicle, the officer or employee has reason to believe that such food or device is in violation of such Act. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to propose a regulations revision to include food as an article that can be detained.Allows the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), without regard to business confidentiality requirements, to disclose all information necessary to fully embargo, seize, or recall any adulterated food. Requires all food retailers to register with the FDA to expedite such procedures. 2025-08-20T14:19:37Z  
106-hr-5592 106 hr 5592 ABC Act Families 2000-10-27 2000-10-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 0 Access to Books for Children Act - ABC Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to local agencies to provide vouchers to women participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIN) for the purchase of educational books for their infants and children.Limits to one $5 voucher the maximum amount any one woman may receive, regardless of the number of her infants or children.Makes specified amounts from the Department of Education available for such book voucher program. Authorizes additional amounts to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such program. 2025-08-20T14:17:18Z  
106-hr-5593 106 hr 5593 Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-27 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] OH R P000449 1 Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform Act of 2000 - Establishes in the legislative branch a Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform to design a single set of legislative and administrative recommendations for long-range reforms for restoring the solvency of the social security system, and for maintaining retirement income security in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:20:39Z  
106-hr-5594 106 hr 5594 Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2000 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2000-10-27 2000-10-27 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] CA R R000004 0 Endangered Species Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exempt from certain consultation and conferencing any Federal agency action with respect to the conservation of endangered and threatened species that: (1) is consistent with an incidental taking permit; (2) addresses an imminent threat to public health or safety or a catastrophic natural event or compliance with Federal, State, or local safety or public health requirements; (3) consists of routine operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of a project or facility, including the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and operation of a project or facility in accordance with a previously issued Federal license, permit, or other authorization; or (4) permits activities that occur on private land.Directs the Secretary to promulgate standards for rendering taxonomic determinations of species and subspecies.Sets forth provisions for the compensation of Federal actions taken resulting in the diminishment of the value of private property. 2025-08-20T14:17:09Z  
106-hr-5595 106 hr 5595 Hispanic Health Act of 2000 Health 2000-10-27 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28] TX D R000568 6 Hispanic Health Act of 2000 - Title I: Annual Report to Congress on Programs for Improving Health Status of Hispanic Individuals - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on programs carried out through the Public Health Service for improving the health status of Hispanic individuals regarding diabetes, HIV infection, AIDS, substance abuse, and mental health.Title II: Diabetes Control and Prevention - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) diabetes education and prevention activities for Hispanic individuals; and (2) implementation of recommendations of the Diabetes Research Working Group.Title III: HIV Prevention Activities Regarding Hispanic Individuals - Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out activities relating to HIV prevention activities among Hispanic individuals; and (2) make grants to Hispanic-serving institutions for carrying out HIV- related projects among racial and ethnic minority groups.Title IV: Prevention of Latina Adolescent Suicides - Directs the Secretary to carry out a grant program for reducing suicide attempts among Latina adolescents. Authorizes appropriations.Title V: Bilingual Health Professionals - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for training bilingual health professionals in the treatment of minority health conditions. Authorizes appropriations.Title VI: Cultural Competence - Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop educational materials on providing health services in a culturally competent manner; (2) establish a Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care; and (3) carry out cultural competence demonstration projects at two hospitals. Authorizes appropriations.Title VII: Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools - Directs the Secretary to make grants to Hispanic-serving health professions schools to recruit Hispanic individuals for enrollment. Authorizes appropriations.Title VIII: Data Regarding Race and Ethnicity - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to collect and maintain health care race and ethn… 2025-08-20T14:19:03Z  
106-hr-5596 106 hr 5596 Campaign Finance Improvement Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-10-27 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 0 Campaign Finance Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to require the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to: (1) require each political committee which receives a contribution of $200 or more to report it not later than ten days after receipt, including the contributor's identification, the date of receipt and the contribution amount, and (in the case of a candidate's authorized committee) the candidate's name and the office sought; (2) require at least 50 percent of contributions accepted by candidates for the House of Representatives or the Senate to come from in-State residents; (3) require the principal campaign committees of such candidates to report to the FEC the total contributions received from in-State residents; (4) waive the "best efforts" exception and require the identification of any person who makes a contribution or contributions aggregating more than $200 in a year; (5) lower the aggregate limit on U.S. and foreign cash contributions from $100 to $20; (6) set forth requirements for the treatment of contributions made by dependent minors; (7) redefine foreign national to include any individual who is not a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether admitted to the U.S. lawfully; and (8) require disclosure by a political committee of a national political party of all funds transferred to any political committee of a State or local political party, without regard to whether or not they are treated as contributions or expenditures subject to limits (that is, disclosure of "soft money" funds transfers).Amends FECA to make it unlawful, except with the separate, prior, written, voluntary authorization of each individual, for: (1) national banks or corporations to collect from or assess its stockholders or employees any dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a condition of employment if any part of such dues, fee, or payment will be used for political activities in which the national bank or corporation is engaged; and (2) labor organizations to collect from or ass… 2025-08-20T14:21:16Z  
106-hr-5597 106 hr 5597 Technology Training Tax Credit Act of 2000 Taxation 2000-10-27 2000-10-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] CA D M000714 0 Technology Training Tax Credit Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a limited tax credit for internships and fellowships related to information technology. 2025-08-20T14:16:58Z  
106-hr-5598 106 hr 5598 For the relief of Barbara Makuch. Private Legislation 2000-10-27 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. House Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-27] NY R R000569 0 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to Barbara Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for the lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not received by her for her service for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2025-01-02T17:15:22Z  
106-hr-5599 106 hr 5599 For the relief of Eugene Makuch. Private Legislation 2000-10-27 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. House Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-27] NY R R000569 0 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to Eugene Makuch of East Amherst, New York, in compensation for the lifetime aggregate value of benefits earned but not received by him for his service for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2025-01-02T17:15:34Z  
106-hr-5562 106 hr 5562 Multidistrict Litigation Act of 2000 Law 2000-10-26 2000-12-15 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] NC R C000556 0 Multidistrict Litigation Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings to be transferred, for trial purposes, by the judge or judges of the transferee district to whom the action was assigned to the transferee or other district in the interest of justice and for the convenience of the parties and witnesses.Directs that any action so transferred be remanded by the panel for the determination of compensatory damages to the district court from which it was transferred unless the court to which the action was transferred for trial purposes also finds that the action should be retained for the determination of compensatory damages. 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z  
106-hr-5563 106 hr 5563 Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 Crime and Law Enforcement 2000-10-26 2000-10-26 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] IL R H001022 0 Offender Reentry and Community Safety Act of 2000 - Title I: Federal Reentry Demonstration Projects - Requires the: (1) Attorney General (AG) to establish the Federal Reentry Center Demonstration project to assist Federal prisoners in preparing for and adjusting to reentry into the community after their release; (2) Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Director) to establish the Federal High-Risk Offender Reentry Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who have previously violated release terms; (3) Trustee of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency of the District of Columbia to establish the District of Columbia Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving District parolees who would otherwise be released without confinement in a community corrections facility; (4) Director to establish the Federal Intensive Supervision, Tracking and Reentry Training Demonstration project involving Federal offenders who are being released without confinement in a community corrections facility; and (5) AG to establish the Federal Enhanced In-Prison Vocational Assessment and Training Demonstration project to prepare Federal prisoners for release and reentry into the community.Title II: State Reentry Grant Programs - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the AG to make grants to: (1) States, territories, and Indian tribes to establish adult reentry demonstration projects; (2) State and local courts, and entities having agreements with courts, to establish reentry courts; (3) States to establish juvenile offender reentry programs; and (4) conduct State reentry program research, development, and evaluation. 2025-08-20T14:18:09Z  
106-hr-5564 106 hr 5564 Conflict Diamonds Elimination Act of 2000 International Affairs 2000-10-26 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] OH D H000074 2 Conflict Diamonds Elimination Act of 2000 - Prohibits the import of diamonds into the United States unless the exporting country is either implementing a system of controls on the export or import of rough diamonds or is a signatory to an international agreement, or a participant in an international arrangement, that establishes such a system of controls.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should take steps to negotiate an international agreement to eliminate the trade in diamonds used to support conflict in the regions in which such diamonds are mined.Provides a waiver for the requirements of this Act. 2025-08-20T14:19:06Z  
106-hr-5565 106 hr 5565 Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Implementation Improvement Act of 2000 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2000-10-26 2000-10-26 Referred to the House Committee on Resources. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program Implementation Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act provisions relating to the western Pacific community development program to allocate percentages of Bering Sea directed fisheries and to modify eligibility and other requirements. 2025-08-20T14:18:43Z  

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