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106-hconres-446 106 hconres 446 Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress. Congress 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Message on Senate action sent to the House. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Provides for the sine die adjournment of the House of Representatives and the Senate on either December 15, 16, or 17, 2000. 2025-01-02T17:07:44Z  
106-hconres-447 106 hconres 447 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States should adopt uniform voting procedures to carry out the election of the President and Vice President. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] TX D J000032 0 Expresses the sense of Congress that the States should adopt uniform procedures to carry out the election of the President and the Vice President, including those for voter registration, absentee voting, early voting, and voting hours on election day. 2025-01-02T17:07:49Z  
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-hres-677 106 hres 677 Expressing the commitment of the Members of the House of Representatives to fostering a productive and collegial partnership with the 43rd President. Congress 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8] WA R D000549 3 Expresses the commitment of the Members of the House of Representatives to fostering a productive and collegial partnership with the 43rd President in order to bring comity to the Government and progress to the United States. 2025-04-07T13:46:57Z  
106-hres-678 106 hres 678 Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Seventh Congress. Congress 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] FL R M000350 0 Requires that a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Seventh Congress be printed as a House document. 2025-01-02T17:08:30Z  
106-hres-679 106 hres 679 Providing for a committee of two Members to be appointed by the House to inform the President. Congress 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] FL R M000350 0 Provides for a committee of two Members appointed by the House to join a similar committee appointed by the Senate and inform the President of the United States that the two Houses have completed their business of the session and are ready to adjourn. 2025-01-02T17:08:39Z  
106-hres-680 106 hres 680 Expressing the sense of the House with respect to the request of Leonard Peltier for executive clemency. Crime and Law Enforcement 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC-3] SC R G000359 0 Expresses the sense of the House that Leonard Peltier's petition for executive clemency from consecutive life sentences for the murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents should be denied. 2025-01-02T17:08:30Z  
106-s-1 106 s 1 Election Reform Act Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (consideration: CR S11918-11919) Senate Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] KY R M000355 10 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. 2025-08-20T14:17:31Z  
106-s-3280 106 s 3280 A bill to prohibit assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless and until certain conditions are met. International Affairs 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11922) Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 0 Prohibits U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless the President certifies to Congress that it has removed the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel content included in the textbooks used in schools, and radio and television broadcasts made by publicly funded facilities, in the areas it controls in the West Bank and Gaza.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should urge U.S. allies to apply equivalent restrictions on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z  
106-s-3281 106 s 3281 A bill to designate the United States Post Office located at 60 Third Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey, as the Pat King Post Office Building. Commemorations 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] NJ D T000317 0 Designates the U.S. Post Office located at 60 Third Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey, as the Pat King Post Office Building. 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z  
106-s-3282 106 s 3282 Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act Energy 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11923-11924) Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 0 Department of Energy University Nuclear Science and Engineering Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Office of Nuclear Science and Technology, to support a program to maintain the nation's human resource investment and infrastructure in nuclear sciences and engineering.Sets forth the duties of such Office in implementing the program. Targets university research and training reactors and associated infrastructure as recipients of authorized appropriations.Directs the Secretary to: (1) promote interactions between university and Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories; and (2) provide student fellowships at DOE nuclear science laboratories.Authorizes appropriations through FY2005 that target: (1) graduate and undergraduate fellowships; (2) junior faculty research initiation grant programs; (3) nuclear engineering and education research programs; (4) refueling research reactors and instrumentation upgrades; (5) re-licensing assistance; (6) reactor research and training award program; and (7) university-DOE laboratory interactions. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
106-s-3283 106 s 3283 Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 Finance and Financial Sector 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 5 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) 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. 2025-08-20T14:21:15Z  
106-s-3284 106 s 3284 Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act of 2000 Health 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11927-11928) Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 0 Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act of 2000 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to administer a health insurance program that offers Federal employees health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees. 2025-08-20T14:16:52Z  
106-s-3285 106 s 3285 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income. Taxation 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11930) Senate Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] IL D D000563 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude tobacco products from the definition of the term "qualifying foreign trade property." 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
106-s-3286 106 s 3286 PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11930) Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 2 PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act - Provides permanent funding for the following programs: (1) Bureau of Land Management Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT); and (2) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Refuge Revenue Sharing. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
106-s-3287 106 s 3287 Uniform Poll Closing Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 2 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. 2025-08-20T14:18:58Z  
106-sconres-162 106 sconres 162 A concurrent resolution to direct the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 4577. Congress 2000-12-15 2000-12-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Senate Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] AK R S000888 1 Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a specified correction in the enrollment of H.R. 4577 (making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for FY 2001). 2025-01-02T17:15:49Z  
106-hjres-133 106 hjres 133 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-14 2000-12-15 Became Public Law No: 106-543. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 2001 through December 21, 2000.Makes $100 million of specified funds available only pursuant to a certification by the Secretary of State that the United Nations has taken no action in 2000 prior to the enactment date of such law to increase funding for any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and cause the United Nations to exceed the budget for the biennium 2000-2001. 2025-04-07T13:47:09Z  
106-hjres-134 106 hjres 134 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-14 2000-12-15 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 2001 through December 16, 2000. 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
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-hres-674 106 hres 674 Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 133) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Congress 2000-12-14 2000-12-15 Laid on the table. (consideration: CR H12517) House Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-11] GA R L000321 0 Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.J.Res. 133 (making further continuing appropriations for FY 2001). 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
106-hres-675 106 hres 675 Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 134) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Congress 2000-12-14 2000-12-15 Laid on the table. (consideration: CR H12517) House Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-11] GA R L000321 0 Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.J. Res. 134 (making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001). 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
106-hres-676 106 hres 676 Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. Congress 2000-12-14 2000-12-15 Laid on the table. (consideration: CR H12517) House Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] OH R P000555 0 Waives the requirement of rule XIII (for a two-thirds vote to consider a Committee on Rules report the same day it is presented) with respect to any resolution reported on December 15, 2000, to consider or dispose of a conference report for H.R. 4577 (making FY 2001 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies). 2025-04-07T13:47:27Z  
106-s-3277 106 s 3277 Energy Efficient Cost Savings Improvement Act of 2001 Energy 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 0 Energy Efficient Cost Savings Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act with respect to Federal energy savings performance contracts to redefine "energy savings" and "energy savings contract" to include a reduction in the cost of energy by reason of construction and operation of replacement Federal buildings and facilities.Prescribes guidelines for cost-savings from operation and maintenance efficiencies in replacement facilities.Extends from October 1, 2003, to October 1, 2008, the authority to enter into Federal energy savings performance contracts. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
106-s-3278 106 s 3278 Department of Energy Nanoscale Science and Engineering Act Science, Technology, Communications 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11790-11791) Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 0 Department of Energy Nanoscale Science and Engineering Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to support a program of research and development (R&D) in nanoscience and nanoengineering, including efforts to further the understanding of the chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering of phenomena on a scale of one to 100 nanometers.Requires the Director of the Office of Science to: (1) support individual investigators and multidisciplinary teams of investigators conducting R&D in nanoscience and nanoengineering; (2) develop, plan, construct, acquire, or operate special equipment or facilities for the use of such investigators; (3) support technology transfer activities to benefit industry and other users of nanoscience and nanoengineering; and (4) coordinate such R&D activities with industry and other Federal agencies. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
106-s-3279 106 s 3279 Milk in Lunches for Kids Act of 2000 Agriculture and Food 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Senate Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] WI D F000061 2 Milk in Lunches for Kids Act of 2000 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish pilot projects, in schools under the jurisdiction of not more than 20 school food service authorities, to improve methods through which milk is served to children under the Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.Allows such authorities to use project funds for: (1) improving such methods by modernizing packaging, storage facilities, and displays; (2) expanding the variety of milk offered; and (3) other related purposes. Exempts authorities participating in such projects from certain requirements. Requires the Secretary to evaluate: (1) in approving such projects, partnerships between such authorities and producers of milk products; and (2) in a report to Congress, the impact of such projects on increasing milk consumption and reducing the cost of milk provided under the school lunch and school breakfast programs.Directs the Secretary to use a certain amount of funds, taken from funds for other activities under the Act, to carry out such projects. 2025-08-20T14:18:07Z  
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-hres-673 106 hres 673 Honoring the four members of the United States Marine Corps who died on December 11, 2000, and extending the condolences of the House of Representatives on their deaths. Armed Forces and National Security 2000-12-13 2000-12-15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-27] NY R R000569 9 Expresses the sorrow of the House of Representatives at the deaths of four named members of the U.S. Marine Corps in a helicopter crash in North Carolina on December 11, 2000. 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z  
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-s-3276 106 s 3276 A bill to make technical corrections to the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 and certain amendments made by that Act. Crime and Law Enforcement 2000-12-11 2000-12-15 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11891) Senate Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] MI R A000355 1 Amends the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 to: (1) direct the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide for enhanced penalties for any offense involving fraud or misrepresentation in connection with obtaining or furnishing information to a consumer on (as under current law), or offering assistance in obtaining, financial assistance toward an education at an institution of higher education, such that those penalties are comparable to those provided for an offense involving fraud or misrepresentation (currently, comparable to the base offense level for misrepresentation) that the defendant was acting on behalf of a charitable, educational, religious, or political organization, or a government agency; and (2) expand the debts that are excluded from permissible exemptions of property from estates in bankruptcy to include a debt in connection with misrepresentation in providing, offering assistance in obtaining, or furnishing information to a consumer on, such financial assistance. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
106-sconres-161 106 sconres 161 Navajo Nation Trust Land Leasing Act of 2000 Congress 2000-12-11 2000-12-14 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Senate Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] CO R C000077 0 Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 5528 (Navajo Nation Trust Land Leasing Act of 2000). 2025-08-20T14:18:24Z  
106-hjres-132 106 hjres 132 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-08 2000-12-08 Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. House Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] TX D G000410 0 Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President. 2025-04-07T13:43:49Z  
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-hres-671 106 hres 671 Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Julian C. Dixon, a Representative from the State of California. Commemorations 2000-12-08 2000-12-08 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] CA D S000810 0 Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Julian C. Dixon, a Representative from the State of California. Resolves that a committee of Members of the House, together with such Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the funeral. 2025-01-02T17:08:30Z  
106-hres-672 106 hres 672 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the private-sector distributors of the influenza vaccine should give priority to distributing the available vaccine to those people at a high risk of developing complications from an influenza infection. Health 2000-12-08 2000-12-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] TX D G000410 8 Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that private-sector influenza vaccine distributors should give priority to distributing the available vaccine to groups of people at high risk of complications from influenza infection. 2025-01-02T17:08:31Z  
106-hconres-445 106 hconres 445 In honor of Henry B. Gonzalez. Commemorations 2000-12-07 2000-12-15 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] TX D F000392 45 Expresses the condolences of Congress on the death of the Honorable Henry Barbosa Gonzalez on November 28, 2000. 2025-04-07T13:46:30Z  
106-hjres-128 106 hjres 128 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-07 2000-12-08 Became Public Law No: 106-540. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 2001 through December 11, 2000. 2025-04-07T13:47:26Z  
106-hjres-129 106 hjres 129 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-07 2000-12-11 Became Public Law No: 106-542. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 2001 through December 15, 2000. 2025-04-07T13:47:26Z  
106-hjres-130 106 hjres 130 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide a new procedure for appointment of Electors for the election of the President and Vice President. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-07 2000-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] NY D E000179 0 Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a new procedure for appointment of electors for the election of the President and Vice President: (1) two Electors for the winner of the popular vote in a State; plus (2) one Elector for the popular vote winner of each Congressional district. Declares the person receiving the greatest number of Electors appointed from all States to be the President. 2025-01-02T17:08:39Z  
106-hjres-131 106 hjres 131 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide a new procedure for appointment of Electors for the election of the President and Vice President. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-07 2000-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] NY D E000179 1 Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a new procedure for appointment of electors for the election of the President and Vice President under which the number of Electors in each State appointed for each candidate shall bear the same ratio to the total number of Electors as each candidate's popular vote total bears to the overall popular vote total in the State. 2025-01-02T17:08:39Z  
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-hres-669 106 hres 669 Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 128) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Congress 2000-12-07 2000-12-08 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-11] GA R L000321 0 Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.J. Res. 128 (further continuing appropriations for FY 2001). 2025-04-07T13:47:26Z  
106-hres-670 106 hres 670 Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 129) making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Congress 2000-12-07 2000-12-11 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-11] GA R L000321 0 Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.J. Res. 129 (further continuing appropriations for FY 2001). 2025-04-07T13:47:26Z  
106-s-3275 106 s 3275 Russian Fissile Materials Disposition Loan Guarantee Act of 2000 International Affairs 2000-12-07 2000-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] NM R D000407 1 Russian Fissile Materials Disposition Loan Guarantee Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, with the President's approval, to guarantee loans (principal and up to three percent interest) made to the Government of the Russian Federation (GRF) for purposes of nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities. Limits to $1 billion the aggregate amount of loan principal covered by guarantees at any one time. Limits the loan principal to increments of $20 million at a term of at least 15 years.Makes eligible for such guarantees any loan by a private lender to the GRF the proceeds of which are to be used for one or both of the following purposes: (1) support of GRF nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities; and (2) development of the energy infrastructure of the Russian Federation, including peaceful uses of nuclear energy in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Denies guarantee eligibility for any loan whose proceeds are to be used for any purpose or activity under the Plutonium Disposition Agreement, including to cover the costs of the manufacture and use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in Russia under the Plutonium Disposition Agreement.Requires the GRF, as security for each $20 million principal increment of a guaranteed loan, to place one metric ton of weapons-usable plutonium and one metric ton of weapons-usable highly enriched uranium under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards at a facility in Russia.Earmarks certain authorized appropriations to cover IAEA expenses in implementing and maintaining such safeguards.Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:18:54Z  
106-hjres-127 106 hjres 127 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-06 2000-12-07 Became Public Law No: 106-539. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 2001 through December 8, 2000. 2025-04-07T13:47:09Z  
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-hconres-444 106 hconres 444 All American Voting Rights Resolution Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-05 2000-12-05 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23] TX R B000617 5 All American Voting Rights Resolution - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Federal, State, and local governments must make every effort to count the votes of members of the uniformed services and their dependents who have submitted ballots legally and in good faith; (2) the Attorney General should fully investigate all allegations of abuses against such voting rights in Florida; and (3) the failure of the Attorney General to take action would violate fundamental principles on which American democracy is founded. 2025-08-20T14:19:37Z  
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-s-3272 106 s 3272 Great Basin National Heritage Area Act of 2000 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2000-12-05 2000-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] NV D R000146 0 Great Basin National Heritage Area Act of 2000 - Establishes the Great Basin National Heritage Area (Nevada and Utah). Designates the Great Basin National Heritage Area Partnership as its management entity (Partnership).Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Partnership. Authorizes the Partnership to submit a Heritage Area management plan that encompasses conservation, funding, management, and development. Authorizes appropriations. 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z  
106-s-3273 106 s 3273 Voting Study and Improvement Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-05 2000-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 7 Voting Study and Improvement Act of 2000 - 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. 2025-08-20T14:19:00Z  
106-s-3274 106 s 3274 American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 Housing and Community Development 2000-12-05 2000-12-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11904) Senate Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] CO R A000109 8 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 affordability 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 s… 2025-08-20T14:18:49Z  
106-hconres-443 106 hconres 443 Expressing the sense of the Congress in reaffirming the United States of America as a republic. Government Operations and Politics 2000-12-04 2000-12-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] TX R P000583 6 Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States is a republic, not a democracy, and that the present constitutionally prescribed means by which the President and Vice President are selected State by State is essential to preserving the diversity of the citizenry of the United States and to maintaining the United States as a Federal republic composed of independent and sovereign States. 2025-01-02T17:07:43Z  
106-hjres-126 106 hjres 126 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes. Economics and Public Finance 2000-12-04 2000-12-05 Became Public Law No: 106-537. House Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10] FL R Y000031 0 Extends the law making continuing appropriations for FY 2001 through December 7, 2000. 2025-04-07T13:47:09Z  
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-hconres-442 106 hconres 442 Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. Congress 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Message on Senate action sent to the House. House Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] TX R A000217 0 Provides for conditional adjournment of the House and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate from November 14 or 15, 2000, until December 4, 2000. 2025-01-02T17:07:43Z  
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-hres-667 106 hres 667 Requesting the President to furnish to the House of Representatives certain information held by the Archivist of the United States concerning the transmission of electoral information under section 6 of title 3, United States Code, by the States and the District of Columbia. Congress 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] NC D P000523 0 Requests the President to provide to the House of Representatives specified records and information about communications between the Archivist of the United States and the primary responsible individual in each State and the District of Columbia relating to transmission of certificates of ascertainment or of the determination of an electoral controversy involving the presidential election held on November 7, 2000. 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z  
106-hres-668 106 hres 668 To provide for the consideration by the United States Court of Claims of a bill for compensation, and for other purposes. Law 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 Sets forth the rule for consideration by the United States Court of Claims of a bill for compensation of persons suffering injury or property loss as a result of the destruction by the United States of a pharmaceutical plant in the Sudan on August 20, 1998. 2025-01-02T17:08:29Z  
106-s-3269 106 s 3269 Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures Act of 2000 Government Operations and Politics 2000-11-14 2000-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11513-11514) Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 2 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. 2025-08-20T14:17:09Z  

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);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_congress ON legislation(congress);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_type ON legislation(bill_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);