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| 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-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-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-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-5620 | 106 | hr | 5620 | Electronic Marketplace Ownership Disclosure Act | Commerce | 2000-11-01 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 0 | Electronic Marketplace Ownership Disclosure Act - Requires the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the operation of an electronic marketplace by requiring electronic marketplace operators to disclose the equity ownership, control, and management of such marketplaces. | 2025-08-20T14:20:36Z | |
| 106-hr-5545 | 106 | hr | 5545 | Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-25 | 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. | 2025-08-20T14:17:40Z | |
| 106-s-3236 | 106 | s | 3236 | Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 0 | 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. | 2025-08-20T14:20:32Z | |
| 106-hr-5479 | 106 | hr | 5479 | Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and Competition Restoration Act | Commerce | 2000-10-17 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] | CA | D | T000460 | 5 | Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and Competition Restoration Act - Prohibits a terminal facility owner or operator from selling motor fuel from such facility to a distributor or retailer in excess of the price it charges any other distributor or retailer, including distributor or retailer affiliates.Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition.Directs the Federal Trade Commission to: (1) promulgate regulations requiring full disclosure by refiners and distributors of their wholesale motor fuel pricing policies, including rebates, incentives, and market enhancement allowances; (2) ensure that all such information is made available to the public; and (3) report to Congress the results of a study whether ownership or operation by a refiner of a facility for the retail sale of motor fuel has anticompetitive effects on the price of motor fuel. | 2025-08-20T14:17:52Z | |
| 106-s-3203 | 106 | s | 3203 | Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Work Made For Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 - Amends Federal copyright provisions to remove sound recordings from the list of works covered by the definition of "work made for hire." Makes such amendment effective as of November 29, 1999 (the enactment date of the provision that included sound recordings in such definition). | 2025-08-20T14:17:15Z | |
| 106-s-3204 | 106 | s | 3204 | A bill to make certain corrections in copyright law. | Commerce | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Makes technical amendments to copyright recordkeeping provisions.Revises Copyright Office fee provisions. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-hr-5430 | 106 | hr | 5430 | Consumer Online Privacy and Disclosure Act | Commerce | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 0 | Consumer Online Privacy and Disclosure Act - Makes it unlawful for an operator of a Web site or online service to collect, use, or disclose personal information concerning an individual (age 13 and above) in a manner that violates regulations to be prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requiring such operators to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information it collects from such individuals. Prohibits any Web site or Internet service provider (ISP) from correlating IPS address information with personal information, absent a pre-existing business relationship. Requires such regulations to require such operators to provide a process for such individuals to opt-out of the disclosure of such information.Authorizes the States to enforce such regulations by bringing actions on behalf of residents, requiring the State attorney general to first notify the FTC of such action. Authorizes the FTC to intervene in any such action.Provides for enforcement of this Act through the Federal Trade Commission Act.Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the implementation of this Act.Provides a private right of action for enforcement of this Act, authorizing the court to protect computer trade secrets during such proceedings. | 2025-08-20T14:17:00Z | |
| 106-hr-5364 | 106 | hr | 5364 | Business Method Patent Improvement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26] | CA | D | B000410 | 1 | Business Method Patent Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends Federal law to add patent procedures for patents on business method inventions. Defines a "business method" as a method of: (1) administering, managing, or operating an enterprise or organization or processing financial data; (2) any technique used in athletics, instruction, or personal skills; and (3) any computer- assisted implementation of (1) or (2) above. | 2025-08-20T14:21:02Z | |
| 106-hr-5365 | 106 | hr | 5365 | Financial Accounting for Intangibles Reexamination (FAIR) Act | Commerce | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 18 | Financial Accounting for Intangibles Reexamination (FAIR) Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that before changing existing accounting rules for business combinations and intangible assets, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board should undertake a comprehensive reexamination of appropriate accounting methods for purchased and internally generated intangibles including goodwill, and should await the results of related studies of these issues.States that the availability and use of the pooling of interests method of accounting for any business combination shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect on October 1, 2000.Establishes the Commission on Financial Accounting for Intangibles to consider specified aspects of: (1) generally accepted accounting principles; (2) intangible assets; and (3) the pooling of interests method of accounting for business combinations.Instructs the Commission to report its recommendations and conclusions to the President and Congress. | 2025-08-20T14:17:05Z | |
| 106-hr-5332 | 106 | hr | 5332 | Tire Recall Safety Act | Commerce | 2000-09-28 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Bryant, Ed [R-TN-7] | TN | R | B000996 | 0 | Tire Recall Safety Act - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit a person from selling or leasing a tire that is the subject of a recall owing to its being defective or not compliant with applicable tire safety standards.Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act which cause an accident resulting in serious injury or death. | 2025-08-20T14:21:07Z | |
| 106-hr-5313 | 106 | hr | 5313 | Drug Competition Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Drug Competition Act of 2000 - Requires brand name drug manufacturers and generic drug manufacturers to notify the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of agreements regarding the sale or manufacture of generic drugs which could have the effect of limiting the research, development, manufacture, marketing, or selling of a generic drug product. | 2025-08-20T14:20:48Z | |
| 106-s-3121 | 106 | s | 3121 | Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-27 | 2000-09-27 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 838. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 0 | Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Title I: Reauthorization of Small Business Programs - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations and provide funding levels for FY 2001 through 2003 for various small business loans under the Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, including guaranteed business loans, development company loans, microloans, disaster loans, and small business investment company debentures and participating securities.Title II: Quadrennial Small Business Summit - Quadrennial Small Business Summit Act of 2000 - Mandates a national Quadrennial Summit on Small Business, once every four years, to: (1) increase public awareness of the contribution of small business to the national economy; (2) identify the problems of small businesses; (3) examine the status of minorities and women as small business owners; (4) assist small businesses in carrying out its role as the Nation's job creators; (5) assemble small businesses to develop recommendations for legislative and regulatory action for maintaining and encouraging the economic viability of small businesses and, thereby, the Nation; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the prior Summit. Requires each Summit to be preceded by a State Summit on Small Business.(Sec. 206) Establishes the Quadrennial Commission on Small Business. Requires the Commission to: (1) conduct the Quadrennial and State Summits to bring together individuals concerned with issues relating to small business; (2) appoint a Summit Advisory Committee from participants at the last Quadrennial Summit; and (3) report to the President and the Chairpersons and ranking Members of the congressional small business committees on Summit findings, recommendations, and proposals, as well as necessary legislative action to implement such recommendations. Directs the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to assist in carrying out the Quadrennial and State Summits.(Sec. 207) Authorizes appropriations to carry … | 2025-08-20T14:20:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5275 | 106 | hr | 5275 | Music Owners' Listening Rights Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-25 | 2000-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] | VA | D | B000657 | 11 | Music Owners' Listening Rights Act of 2000 - Amends Federal copyright law to provide that: (1) the transmission of a personal interactive performance of a sound recording is not a copyright infringement; and (2) it is not a copyright infringement for a transmitting organization that transmits such a performance to make or cause to be made phonorecords or copies of a sound recording if such phonorecords and copies are used by the organization solely in connection with the transmission of such performances. | 2025-08-20T14:21:01Z | |
| 106-hr-5283 | 106 | hr | 5283 | Telemarketing Victims Protection Act | Commerce | 2000-09-25 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | S000018 | 0 | Telemarketing Victims Protection Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (the Act) to require the Federal Trade Commission to include in rules respecting abusive telemarketing acts or practices requirements that telemarketers: (1) notify consumers who are called that they have the right to be placed on either the telemarketer's do-not- call list or the appropriate State do-not-call list; and (2) shall regularly obtain and reconcile with their own list the appropriate State list.Directs the Commission to study and report to Congress on violations of the Act, especially of repeated violations by a single telemarketer and of the provisions for penalizing telemarketers for such violations, including new provisions which would allow Federal action against telemarketers. | 2025-08-20T14:19:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5238 | 106 | hr | 5238 | Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act | Commerce | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 1 | Safe Notification and Information for Fragrances Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to label a cosmetic as misbranded if it is a fragrance that contains a known toxic substance or allergen unless it bears a label stating that fact and the common or usual name of such substance or allergen. | 2025-08-20T14:19:48Z | |
| 106-hr-5249 | 106 | hr | 5249 | Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] | PA | D | B001227 | 1 | Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a demonstration program under which the Administrator may make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, small business development centers to provide technical assistance to secondary schools, or to postsecondary vocational or technical schools, for the development and implementation of curricula designed to promote vocational and technical entrepreneurship. Establishes a minimum grant amount of $500,000. Requires each center receiving such assistance to report to the Administrator on the use of such assistance.Requires the Administrator to: (1) evaluate the vocational and technical entrepreneurship educational programs carried out with such assistance; and (2) report to Congress on evaluation results.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2003. | 2025-08-20T14:21:04Z | |
| 106-s-3042 | 106 | s | 3042 | An Act to Prevent Internet Fraud and Fraud Against the Elderly | Commerce | 2000-09-13 | 2000-09-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 0 | Title I: An Act to Prevent Internet Fraud and Fraud Against the Elderly - An Act to Prevent Internet Fraud and Fraud Against the Elderly - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to disseminate in each State information to educate senior citizens and raise awareness about the dangers of telemarketing fraud and fraud over the Internet, as well as ways to protect themselves from, and report instances of, such fraud.Title II: Telemarketing Fraud Over the Internet - Amends the Federal criminal code to include Internet communications within its criminal fraud provisions.Directs the FTC to issue a rulemaking proceeding for the application of the Federal Trade Commission Act and other statutory provisions regarding deceptive acts or practices to acts or practices in connection with the promotion, advertisement, offering for sale, or sale of goods or services through the Internet. | 2025-08-20T14:19:55Z | |
| 106-hr-5145 | 106 | hr | 5145 | Small Business Export Enhancement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-11 | 2000-09-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M001138 | 1 | Small Business Export Enhancement Act of 2000 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) the position of Assistant USTR for Small Business to promote the trade interests of small businesses, remove foreign trade barriers that impede small business exporters, and enforce existing trade agreements beneficial to small businesses. | 2025-08-20T14:21:28Z | |
| 106-s-3025 | 106 | s | 3025 | Combating Fraud Against Seniors Act | Commerce | 2000-09-11 | 2000-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] | IN | D | B001233 | 0 | Combating Fraud Against Seniors Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) log and acknowledge complaints by alleged victims of fraud in connection with telemarketing; (2) provide to any individuals specified information on telemarketing fraud; and (3) refer victim complaints to appropriate entities.Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a computer database of corporations and companies convicted of telemarketing fraud; and (2) make such information available to the FTC.Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) include all wire communications utilizing a telephone service (currently, telephone calls) within the scope of telemarketing fraud subject to criminal penalties; and (2) include actions in connection with mass marketing within the scope of such penalties. | 2025-08-20T14:17:43Z | |
| 106-hr-5106 | 106 | hr | 5106 | Copyright Technical Corrections Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-20 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 2 | Copyright Technical Corrections Act of 2000 - Makes technical amendments to the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 and other copyright law. | 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z | |
| 106-hr-5107 | 106 | hr | 5107 | Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-06 | 2000-10-27 | Became Public Law No: 106-379. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 14 | Work Made For Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 - Amends Federal copyright provisions to remove sound recordings from the list of works covered by the definition of "work made for hire." Makes such amendment effective as of November 29, 1999 (the enactment date of the provision that included sound recordings in such definition).Requires the Register of Copyrights to ensure that records of deposits, registrations, recordations, and other related actions taken under copyright provisions are maintained and that indexes of such records are prepared. (Currently, the Register is required to keep such records in the Copyright Office and to prepare such indexes.)Revises Copyright Office fee provisions. Authorizes the Register to adjust (currently, increase) such fees. | 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z | |
| 106-s-3005 | 106 | s | 3005 | Ginseng Truth in Labeling Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] | WI | D | F000061 | 1 | Ginseng Truth in Labeling Act of 2000 - Requires each retailer of ginseng to inform consumers, at the final point of sale, of the country of origin of the ginseng by means of a label, stamp, mark, placard, or other clear and visible sign on the ginseng or on the package, display, holding unit, or bin containing the ginseng. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose penalties for violations of such requirement. | 2025-08-20T14:18:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5031 | 106 | hr | 5031 | Child Handgun Injury Prevention Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-27 | 2000-08-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | E000179 | 2 | Child Handgun Injury Prevention Act of 2000 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to initiate a rulemaking establishing a consumer product safety standard for handgun locks. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:17:27Z | |
| 106-s-2993 | 106 | s | 2993 | Drug Competition Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7908-7909) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | Drug Competition Act of 2000 - Requires brand name drug manufacturers and generic drug manufacturers to file with the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General agreements affecting the sale or manufacture of generic drugs which could have the effect of limiting the research, development, manufacture, marketing, or selling of a generic drug product. | 2025-08-20T14:16:50Z | |
| 106-hr-4982 | 106 | hr | 4982 | Consumer Labeling Protection Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 0 | Consumer Labeling Protection Act of 2000 - Makes it shall be unlawful for any person, other than the consumer or the manufacturer of a good, knowingly and without authorization of the manufacturer to destroy, modify, or alter product batch codes. Sets forth exceptions, civil remedies, and definitions. | 2025-08-20T14:17:00Z | |
| 106-hr-4983 | 106 | hr | 4983 | Access to Capital for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 13 | Access to Capital for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to include the expansion of business development by individuals with disabilities among the public policy goals of State development companies. | 2025-08-20T14:19:36Z | |
| 106-hconres-380 | 106 | hconres | 380 | Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the relationship between eating disorders in adolescents and young adults and certain practices of the advertising industry. | Commerce | 2000-07-25 | 2000-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H000627 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the advertising industry should, in using models in advertisements likely to be viewed by adolescents or young adults, take into account: (1) the influence that these advertising models have on the self-images of adolescents and young adults; (2) that such models frequently portray physiques that cannot or should not be achieved by many adolescents and young adults; and (3) the importance of taking action to reduce the extent to which such models influence adolescents and young adults to engage in unhealthy eating habits, whether the reduction is achieved by using models who more closely approximate average, healthy individuals, by providing for public service announcements to counteract negative health influences, or by taking other appropriate action. | 2025-01-02T17:07:45Z | |
| 106-hr-4944 | 106 | hr | 4944 | Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-25 | 2000-09-27 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M001138 | 1 | Export Working Capital Loan Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the sale of guaranteed loans made to small businesses for export purposes before such loans have been fully disbursed to borrowers. | 2025-08-20T14:16:53Z | |
| 106-hr-4945 | 106 | hr | 4945 | Small Business Competition Preservation Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-25 | 2000-09-21 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 9 | Small Business Competition Preservation Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop and maintain a database containing data and information regarding: (1) each bundled contract (two or more procurement contracts bundled together, the result of which is likely to make such contract unsuitable for small businesses due to the complexity or quantity required by the bundled contract) awarded by a Federal agency; and (2) each small business that has been displaced as a prime contractor as the result of the award of such a contract. Directs the Administrator, for each bundled contract, to determine: (1) the amount of savings and benefits achieved by bundling the contract requirements; and (2) whether such savings and benefits will continue if such contract remains bundled, and whether such savings and benefits would be greater if the procurement requirements were divided into separate solicitations suitable for award to small businesses.Requires an annual report from the Administrator to the congressional small business committees on contract bundling. | 2025-08-20T14:20:13Z | |
| 106-hr-4946 | 106 | hr | 4946 | National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-25 | 2000-09-27 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S001149 | 5 | National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through participating Small Business Development Centers (Centers), the Association for Small Business Development Centers (Association), and Federal compliance partnership programs. Requires the Administrator to enter into arrangements with participating Centers to provide: (1) access to regulatory information and resources; (2) training and education activities; (3) confidential counseling to owners and operators of small businesses regarding compliance with Federal regulations; and (4) technical assistance. Requires quarterly reports from participating Centers to the Association.Directs the Administrator to contract with the Association to: (1) act as the repository of and clearinghouse for data and information submitted by Centers; and (2) transmit annual assistance reports to the President, the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman, and the congressional small business committees.Requires the Administrator, giving substantial weight to the Association's recommendations, to select two Centers from each of ten groups of States for participation in the pilot program. | 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z | |
| 106-hr-4934 | 106 | hr | 4934 | Vending Machine Safety Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-24 | 2000-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 2 | Vending Machine Safety Act of 2000 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a consumer product safety standard for the manufacture and installation of crane vending machines and any other machine designed to dispense a product. | 2025-08-20T14:20:28Z | |
| 106-hr-4897 | 106 | hr | 4897 | Equity in Contracting for Women Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-19 | 2000-09-21 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 26 | Equity in Contracting for Women Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize a Federal contracting officer to set aside to be awarded only to a small business owned and controlled by women any contract for the procurement of goods or services by the Federal Government if: (1) such business is a responsible contractor with respect to performance; (2) the contracting officer expects that two or more of such businesses will submit contract offers; (3) the contract is for the procurement of goods or services with respect to industries in which women- owned small businesses are under-represented in Federal procurement contracting; (4) the anticipated award does not exceed $3 million (with a $5 million exception); (5) the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price; and (6) the business is certified as a small business owned and controlled by women or the business certifies to the contracting officer that it is so and provides adequate documentation. Provides for the verification of eligibility requirements, including authorized random investigations by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Provides penalties for small businesses misrepresenting such status. | 2025-08-20T14:18:01Z | |
| 106-hr-4870 | 106 | hr | 4870 | Intellectual Property Technical Amendments Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-07-18 | 2000-09-20 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 1 | Intellectual Property Technical Amendments Act of 2000 - Amends Federal patent and trademark law, as amended by the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 (IPCORA) and the American Inventor's Protection Act (AIPA), to rename: (1) the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) the Commissioner of such Office; (2) the Commissioner for Patents the Assistant Commissioner for Patents; and (3) the Commissioner for Trademarks the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks. Amends other specified law to reflect these changes.(Sec. 2) Amends IPCORA to specify the PTO Commissioner as the officer authorized to revise trademark services fees for inflation.(Sec. 3) Specifies third-party requesters as the persons who may invoke inter partes reexamination of a patent in light of new evidence (prior art) affecting its patentability. Makes this specification retroactive to the enactment of IPCORA.(Sec. 4) Amends IPCORA and the Patent and Trademark Efficiency Act to permit the PTO Deputy Commissioner to be a career or non-career appointee in the Senior Executive Service.Makes the PTO Deputy Commissioner a member of both the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.Exempts members of the Public Advisory Committee from the current prohibition against PTO employees' having an ownership interest in patents.Repeals the requirement for a PTO officer's attestation signature on a patent grant.(Sec. 5) Amends IPCORA and the Domestic Publication of Foreign Filed Patent Applications Act of 1999 to declare that the right to obtain a reasonable royalty based on an international application designating the United States commences on the date of the application's publication (currently, on the date the PTO receives a copy of the application) under the pertinent treaty.(Sec. 6) Revises certain requirements with respect to the prior art effect of published international applications. Declares that the PTO will only rely on information published in English in patent appli… | 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z | |
| 106-hr-4814 | 106 | hr | 4814 | To make illegal the sale, share or transfer of information acquired on the Internet with a pledge that it would not be released. | Commerce | 2000-07-10 | 2000-08-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] | AL | R | B000013 | 2 | Provides that selling on the Internet information acquired with a pledge that the information would be kept private and not released, or sharing or transferring such information to another on the Internet, shall be considered an unfair practice in or affecting commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2025-01-02T17:14:36Z | |
| 106-s-2820 | 106 | s | 2820 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act | Commerce | 2000-06-29 | 2000-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 0 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission, if it determines, after affording opportunity for an informal hearing, that the repair, replacement, or refund action elected by a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer is not in the public interest, to order the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer to take any other action that the Commission determines to be in the public interest.Revises civil and criminal penalties, including removing the existing cap on the maximum civil penalty that can be assessed to companies that market products in violation of federal consumer product safety regulations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:37Z | |
| 106-s-2803 | 106 | s | 2803 | Infant Crib Safety Act | Commerce | 2000-06-28 | 2000-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 0 | Infant Crib Safety Act - Makes it unlawful for any commercial user to: (1) manufacture, sell, or contract to sell any full-size or non full-size crib which is unsafe for any infant; or (2) sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce any such crib which is not new and is unsafe for any infant. Makes it unlawful for any lodging facility to offer or provide such an unsafe crib. Presumes as unsafe a crib which does not conform to specified standards in the Code of Federal Regulations and the American Society for Testing Materials Voluntary Standards, with an exception.Authorizes a fine and injunction against violators of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:34Z | |
| 106-s-2810 | 106 | s | 2810 | Child Handgun Injury Prevention Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-06-28 | 2000-06-29 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6113-6114) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 1 | Child Handgun Injury Prevention Act of 2000 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to initiate a rulemaking establishing a consumer product safety standard for handgun locks. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:16:58Z | |
| 106-hr-4586 | 106 | hr | 4586 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-06-06 | 2000-06-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 3 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act of 2000 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to order the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer to take action that the Commission determines to be in the public interest if it determines (after affording opportunity for an informal hearing) that the repair, replacement, or refund action previously elected by the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer is not in the public interest.Revises civil and criminal penalties, removing the existing cap on the maximum civil penalty that can be assessed to companies that market products in a related series of violations of Federal consumer product safety regulations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:48Z | |
| 106-hr-4540 | 106 | hr | 4540 | Consumer Automobile Lease Advertising Improvement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-05-25 | 2000-06-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] | NY | D | L000556 | 0 | Consumer Automobile Lease Advertising Act of 2000 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to increase from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount of a contractual obligation of a consumer lease to which the Act applies. Mandates annual adjustment of such limit based upon changes reported in the Consumer Price Index by the Department of Labor.Prescribes additional lease advertising disclosure requirements for advertising.Sets forth provisions applicable to automobile leasing advertising. | 2025-08-20T14:16:55Z | |
| 106-hr-4530 | 106 | hr | 4530 | New Markets Venture Capital Program Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-05-24 | 2000-07-25 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 25 | 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 or moderate 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 company; (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… | 2025-08-20T14:19:10Z | |
| 106-hr-4464 | 106 | hr | 4464 | BusinessLINC Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-05-16 | 2000-07-25 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 451. | House | Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] | IL | D | D000096 | 11 | BusinessLINC Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, any coalition of private or public sector entities to: (1) expand business-to-business relationships between large and small businesses; and (2) provide businesses with online information and a database of companies interested in mentor-protege programs or community-based, Statewide, or local business development programs. Provides a matching funds requirement.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2003. | 2025-04-07T13:44:16Z | |
| 106-s-2569 | 106 | s | 2569 | A bill to ensure and enhance participation in the HUBZone program by small business concerns in Native America, to expand eligibility for certain small businesses on a trial basis, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2000-05-16 | 2000-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 6 | Amends the Small Business Act to qualify as a HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small business concern: (1) an Alaska Native Corporation owned and controlled by Alaska Natives (or a corporation, joint venture, or partnership of such Corporation when so owned); (2) a small business that is wholly owned by one or more Indian tribal governments (or by a corporation so owned); or (3) a small business owned in part by one or more tribal governments (or corporation so owned) if all other owners are either U.S. citizens or small businesses. Includes as a qualified HUBZone small business a small business owned in whole or part by an Indian tribal government, when at least 35 percent of its employees performing a Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded HUBZone contract reside either within an Indian reservation or in any HUBZone adjoining such reservation.Includes for participation in the HUBZone pilot program for sparsely populated areas, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 and ending on September 30, 2003, a small business concern the principal office of which is in Alaska, an Alaska Native Corporation, or a subsidiary, joint venture, or partnership thereof, if: (1) its principal office is located within a HUBZone in Alaska; (2) at least 35 percent of its employees who will perform work under an SBA awarded contract will perform such work in Alaska; or (3) at least 35 percent of its employees reside in a HUBZone within Alaska or in any Alaska Native Village. Provides an exception. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 106-hr-4429 | 106 | hr | 4429 | Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-05-11 | 2000-09-27 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Barcia, James A. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | B000134 | 4 | Electronic Commerce Enhancement Act of 2000 - Title I: Electronic Commerce - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish an Advisory Panel to report on the challenges facing small and medium-sized manufacturers and other such businesses in integrating and utilizing electronic commerce technologies and business practices. Requires the Panel to provide an interim and final report to the Director and specified congressional committees. Requires the final report to include: (1) a three-year planning document for NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program in the field of electronic commerce; and (2) recommendations for NIST to address interoperability issues in electronic commerce.Requires the MEP program to: (1) establish a pilot program to assist such manufacturers and businesses in integrating and utilizing electronic commerce technologies and business practices through a competitive grants program; and (2) consult with the Panel and utilize the Panel's reports.Title II: Enterprise Integration - Requires the Director to: (1) identify current critical enterprise integration standards and implementation activities for major manufacturing industries; (2) report to Congress on such matters and anticipated related NIST activities for that fiscal year; and (3) submit to Congress a plan for enterprise integration for each major manufacturing industry (requiring annual plan updates). | 2025-04-07T13:46:56Z | |
| 106-hr-4368 | 106 | hr | 4368 | Furniture Fire Safety Act | Commerce | 2000-05-03 | 2000-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 8 | Furniture Fire Safety Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act with respect to the labeling of upholstered furniture sold in interstate commerce. Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a flammability performance standard. | 2025-08-20T14:19:00Z | |
| 106-hr-4351 | 106 | hr | 4351 | Security Interests in Copyrights Financing Preservation Act | Commerce | 2000-05-02 | 2000-06-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E926-927) | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 1 | Security Interests in Copyrights Financing Preservation Act - Amends Federal copyright law to authorize a security interest in a copyright or the proceeds of a copyright to be perfected under either the Uniform Commercial Code or Federal copyright law.Requires the rights of a transferee of an interest in a copyright or a copyright's proceeds, other than a lien creditor, to prevail over the conflicting rights of the transferee of a security interest in the copyright unless the security interest is perfected under Federal copyright provisions. | 2025-08-20T14:18:32Z | |
| 106-hr-4321 | 106 | hr | 4321 | Antitrust Enforcement Improvement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-04-13 | 2000-09-12 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] | MN | D | M000795 | 4 | Antitrust Enforcement Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Sherman Act to include trade or commerce of sellers, wholesale purchasers, or of both among illegal trade restraints of trade or commerce. Increases related fines.(Sec. 3) Amends the Clayton Act to state that covered competition may include competition among sellers, wholesale purchasers, or of both with respect to anticompetitive acquisitions.Extends certain premerger notification (additional information) extension periods. Establishes and sets forth related filing fee schedules.Sets forth provisions respecting recovery of overcharges by "injured" indirect purchasers in the chain of manufacture, production, or distribution.(Sec. 4) Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to define "undue or unreasonable preference or advantage" and "public market based on a competitive bidding process." States that covered commerce may include trade or commerce of sellers, wholesale purchasers, or of both.(Sec. 5) Establishes the Agriculture Concentration and Market Power Review Commission, which shall: (1) study concentration and vertical integration in the agricultural economy; and (2) recommend antitrust law changes in order to maintain a competitive market for family and other small and medium producers. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 6) Directs the Attorney General to establish in the Department of Justice an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture. | 2025-08-20T14:20:55Z | |
| 106-hr-4339 | 106 | hr | 4339 | Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-04-13 | 2000-04-27 | Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Justice. | House | Rep. Thune, John [R-SD-At Large] | SD | R | T000250 | 8 | Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2000 - Makes it unlawful for a business purchaser of livestock, poultry, or a basic agricultural commodity for (wholesale) resale, either unprocessed or processed, to acquire the voting assets of any person if: (1) the total amount of such assets or annual sales of each person exceeds specified limits; and (2) such acquisition would reduce competition so as have a negative effect on prices paid to producers.(Sec. 3) Requires such a purchaser filing a premerger notice under the Clayton Act to also file with the Secretary of Agriculture. Provides for: (1) public comment; and (2) review by the Secretary respecting such action's anticompetitive effects.(Sec. 4) Subjects such actions to specified enforcement provisions of the Clayton Act.(Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General to establish in the Department of Justice an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture to handle agricultural antitrust issues.(Sec. 6) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study respecting whether: (1) the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration needs additional resources to monitor and investigate the competitive implications of meat packing industry practices; and (2) disparities exist in the Administration's authority respecting the poultry, meat, and pork industries. | 2025-08-20T14:21:26Z | |
| 106-hr-4116 | 106 | hr | 4116 | To provide that no insurer which is engaged in interstate commerce may exercise any right under a subrogation or reimbursement clause in an insurance policy until the insured has received full compensation. | Commerce | 2000-03-29 | 2000-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] | TN | R | D000533 | 0 | Prohibits an insurer engaged in interstate commerce from exercising any right under a subrogation or reimbursement clause in an insurance policy until the insured has been fully compensated for injuries and the insurer has made payment to the insured. | 2025-01-02T17:13:34Z | |
| 106-hr-4059 | 106 | hr | 4059 | Online Privacy and Disclosure Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-03-22 | 2000-03-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 8 | Online Privacy and Disclosure Act of 2000 - Permits data controllers (those who collect personal data by any means of interstate commerce) who abide by specified principles to display an official seal certifying compliance with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations. Includes among such principles that: (1) the data should be obtained by lawful and fair means with the knowledge of the data subject; (2) the data should be complete, accurate, and current; (3) the purpose of the data collection should be specified and disclosed to the data subject and limited to stated purposes; (4) such data should not be disclosed or otherwise used except with the consent of the data subject or by authority of law; and (5) the data subject should have access to such data, its purpose, and the identity of the controller.Directs the FTC to prescribe rules for the adoption of a seal that may be displayed by a data controller to signify compliance with such principles and FTC regulations.Provides for FTC enforcement with regard to: (1) the fraudulent display of a seal; and (2) violations of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:17:35Z | |
| 106-hr-4034 | 106 | hr | 4034 | Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act | Commerce | 2000-03-20 | 2000-07-11 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 6 | Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act - Amends Federal patent law to authorize fees collected for Patent and Trademark Office services or materials to be available until expended for Office activities. (Currently, such fees are available only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.) | 2025-08-20T14:21:24Z | |
| 106-s-2243 | 106 | s | 2243 | National Women's Business Council Reauthorization Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-03-09 | 2000-03-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 8 | National Women's Business Council Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 to add specified duties of the National Women's Business Council, including working with Federal agencies to assist them in meeting the five percent women's procurement goal (obtaining five percent of all Federal procurement contracts and subcontracts) established under the Small Business Act.Repeals deadline dates for the appointment of a Council chairperson, executive director, and members.Repeals a required Council study on the award of Federal prime contracts and subcontracts to women-owned businesses. Directs the Council to work with State and local officials and business leaders to develop the infrastructure for women's business enterprise so as to increase women's effectiveness in shaping the economic agendas of their States and communities.Extends through FY 2003 the authorization of appropriations for Council activities. | 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z | |
| 106-hr-3843 | 106 | hr | 3843 | Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-03-08 | 2000-03-20 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 17 | Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize appropriations and provide funding levels for FY 2001 through 2003 for various programs under the Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, including general business loans for small businesses and grants or cooperative agreements for the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) program.Amends the Act to: (1) increase the authorized annual amount for the small business development centers program; (2) adjust and extend through FY 2003 the authorization of appropriations for the drug-free workplace program; and (3) authorize appropriations for FY 2001 through 2003 for the HUBZone program.Amends the: (1) Women's Business Ownership Act to extend and increase the annual authorization of appropriations for women's business enterprise development programs; (2) Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994 to extend through FY 2003 a pilot program to provide Federal contracting opportunities for very small businesses; and (3) Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 to extend through FY 2003 a program for the participation of socially and economically disadvantaged businesses in certain Federal procurement contracting goals.Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to conduct and report to Congress on a study to determine the average time taken by the SBA to process an application for each type of loan guarantee made under the Small Business Act. | 2025-04-07T13:46:46Z | |
| 106-hr-3845 | 106 | hr | 3845 | Small Business Investment Corrections Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-03-08 | 2000-03-20 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 1 | Small Business Investment Corrections Act of 2000 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: (1) state that certain venture investment in a small business shall not cause such business to be considered not independently owned and operated, regardless of the allocation of control during the investment period; and (2) define as long term, when used in connection with equity capital or loan funds invested in any small business or smaller enterprise, any period of one year or more.Revises the subsidy fee charged in connection with debentures purchased by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee loans to participating small businesses from a flat one percent to a charge, established annually by the SBA Administrator with respect to debentures issued after September 30, 2000, of not more than one percent as necessary to reduce to zero the cost of purchasing and guaranteeing such debentures. Makes an identical revision with respect to the fee charged for securities issued after September 30, 2000, by participating companies for small business loans guaranteed by the SBA.Authorizes small businesses which are limited partnerships or subchapter S corporations to make quarterly distributions at any time during a calendar quarter (currently, only at the end of a calendar quarter). | 2025-04-07T13:47:33Z | |
| 106-hr-3689 | 106 | hr | 3689 | To establish in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters. | Commerce | 2000-02-16 | 2000-02-16 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] | KS | R | M000934 | 1 | Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an individual to a position to be established within the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the primary responsibility of which shall be to provide assistance and advice to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division to further the effective enforcement of the antitrust laws with respect to the food and agricultural sectors. Lists position functions, including: (1) assisting and advising with respect to the investigation of possible restraints of trade and the investigation of mergers and acquisitions; and (2) ensuring that any such investigation takes into account the effects on consumers, agricultural producers and rural communities. | 2025-01-02T17:13:06Z | |
| 106-hr-3560 | 106 | hr | 3560 | Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 | Commerce | 2000-01-31 | 2000-02-10 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E111) | House | Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | F000372 | 4 | Online Privacy Protection Act of 2000 - Makes it unlawful for an operator of a Web site or online service to collect, use, or disclose personal information concerning an individual (age 13 and above) in a manner that violates regulations to be prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requiring such operators to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information it collects from such individuals. Requires such regulations to require such operators to provide a process for such individuals to consent to or limit the disclosure of such information.Directs the FTC to provide incentives for efforts of self-regulation by operators to implement appropriate protections for such information.Authorizes the States to enforce such regulations by bringing actions on behalf of residents, requiring the State attorney general to first notify the FTC of such action. Authorizes the FTC to intervene in any such action.Provides for enforcement of this Act through the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2025-08-20T14:18:22Z | |
| 106-s-1984 | 106 | s | 1984 | A bill to establish in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a position with responsibility for agricultural antitrust matters. | Commerce | 1999-11-19 | 1999-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 5 | Directs the Attorney General to appoint a person to a position to be established within the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the primary responsibility of which shall be to provide assistance and advice to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division to further the effective enforcement of the antitrust laws with respect to the food and agricultural sectors. Lists position functions, including: (1) assisting and advising with respect to the investigation of possible restraints of trade and the investigation of mergers and acquisitions; and (2) ensuring that any such investigation takes into account the effects on consumers, agricultural producers and rural communities. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-hr-3456 | 106 | hr | 3456 | Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-11-18 | 1999-12-09 | Became Public Law No: 106-160. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 0 | Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends Federal copyright law with respect to the statutory damages available for copyright infringement to increase: (1) the minimum damages from $500 to $750; and (2) the maximum damages from $20,000 to $30,000.Increases from $100,000 to $150,000 the maximum additional damages a court may award for willful infringement.Directs the Sentencing Commission, within 120 days after enactment of this Act, or within 120 days after there is a sufficient number of voting members of the Sentencing Commission to constitute a quorum, whichever is later, to promulgate emergency guideline amendments to implement the sentencing mandate with respect to crimes against intellectual property in the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act. | 2025-04-07T13:46:39Z | |
| 106-hr-3459 | 106 | hr | 3459 | To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from a product which is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1999-11-18 | 1999-12-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Requires any person who brings a product liability action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from the use of a product which is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recover treble damages.Directs the Commission, within 90 days, to reissue each voluntary and mandatory standard the Commission has for a product with a notice notifying product manufacturers of such treble damages provision. | 2025-01-02T17:12:55Z | |
| 106-hr-3500 | 106 | hr | 3500 | Small Business Telecommuting Act | Commerce | 1999-11-18 | 1999-11-19 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2460) | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 24 | Small Business Telecommuting Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to conduct, at not more than five regional SBA offices, a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers and to encourage such employers to offer telecommuting options to employees. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:19:19Z | |
| 106-hr-3308 | 106 | hr | 3308 | Small Business Franchise Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-11-10 | 1999-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 55 | Small Business Franchise Act of 1999 - Prohibits any person, in connection with the advertising, offering, sale, or promotion of any franchise, from: (1) employing a device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; (2) engaging in an act, practice, course of business, or pattern of conduct which operates or is intended to operate as a fraud upon any prospective franchisee; (3) obtaining property, or assisting others in so doing, by negligently making an untrue statement of a material fact or failing to state a material fact; or (4) making any claim or representation which is inconsistent with or contradicts a disclosure document. Requires the franchisor to provide a written statement specifying whether the franchise agreement contains a right of renewal.(Sec. 4) Prohibits any franchisor or subfranchisor, in connection with the performance, enforcement, renewal, or termination of any franchise agreement, from: (1) engaging in an act, practice, course of business, or pattern of conduct which operates as a fraud upon any person; (2) hindering, prohibiting, or penalizing the free association of franchisees for any lawful purpose, including the formation of or participation in any trade association made up of franchisees; or (3) discriminating against a franchisee by imposing requirements not imposed on other similarly situated franchisees or otherwise retaliating against any franchisee for membership or participation in a franchisee association.Prohibits a franchisor from: (1) terminating a franchise agreement prior to its expiration without good cause; or (2) prohibiting a franchisee from engaging in any business at any location after the expiration of a franchise agreement.(Sec. 5) Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) minimum standards of conduct (good faith, due care, and limited fiduciary duty) for each party to a franchise agreement; (2) a prohibition against requiring the inclusion of a franchise agreement term or condition which violates this Act or relieves a person from a duty or liability under this Act; (3) a pro… | 2025-08-20T14:18:23Z | |
| 106-hr-3321 | 106 | hr | 3321 | Electronic Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-11-10 | 1999-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 2 | Electronic Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 1999 - Makes it unlawful for an operator of a website or online service (operator) to collect personal information from an individual in a manner that violates privacy protection rules to be prescribed under this Act. Provides that notwithstanding such prohibition, no such operator shall be held liable for any disclosure of personal information to the parent of a child in response to a request for such disclosure under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate rules that: (1) require an operator collecting such information to provide notice of the types of information collected, its use, and the operator's disclosure practices; (2) require such operator to provide an online method for an individual to grant or deny consent to such collection and use; (3) permit the operator to establish a method by which an individual can preset protocols for granting or denying such consent; (4) prohibit the operator from collecting such information unless it has been disclosed and consented to; (5) require the operator to provide requesting individuals with access to personal information collected, as well as notice of whether such information has been reused, disclosed, or sold, and to whom; and (6) require the operator to establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information collected. Excepts from such requirements information collected, used, or disseminated to: (1) protect website security or integrity; (2) take precautions against liability; (3) respond to judicial process; or (4) provide required information to law enforcement officials. Considers a violation of such rules an unfair or deceptive trade practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.Allows an operator to satisfy such requirements by following a set of self- regulatory guidelines issued by representatives of the marketing or online industries and approved under this Act. Outline… | 2025-08-20T14:17:53Z | |
| 106-hr-3264 | 106 | hr | 3264 | Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-11-09 | 1999-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Kuykendall, Steven T. [R-CA-36] | CA | R | K000357 | 1 | Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1999 - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to exempt from securities registration requirements any company that is not in the business of issuing redeemable securities, the operations of which are subject to regulation by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a small business investment company (SBIC) if: (1) the company's activities are limited to providing financial and business advice to small business concerns as an SBIC licensed by the SBA; (2) the company's securities are sold only to accredited investors, the SBA, or such other persons that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may permit; and (3) the company does not purchase any security issued by an investment company or by any company that would be an investment company except for specified exclusions, with certain exceptions. Requires companies proposing to be so exempted to notify the SEC of such intent. | 2025-08-20T14:18:49Z | |
| 106-hr-3221 | 106 | hr | 3221 | Corporate Welfare Reform Commission Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-11-04 | 2000-06-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E986) | House | Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13] | PA | D | H001031 | 28 | Corporate Welfare Reform Commission Act of 1999 - Establishes the independent Corporate Welfare Reform Commission, which shall identify programs and tax laws that provide inequitable Federal programs and payments. | 2025-08-20T14:18:48Z | |
| 106-s-1854 | 106 | s | 1854 | 21st Century Acquisition Reform and Improvement Act of 2000 | Commerce | 1999-11-04 | 2000-10-23 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 2 | 21st Century Acquisition Reform and Improvement Act of 2000 - Rewrites provisions of the Clayton Act (the Act) with respect to merger and acquisition notice requirements to limit the circumstances under which notification is required. Requires notification if specified conditions apply, including that, as a result of the acquisition, the acquiring person would hold an aggregate total amount of the voting securities and assets of the acquired person in excess of $200 million, as adjusted and published for the first fiscal year beginning after September 30, 2002, and each third fiscal year thereafter, to reflect the percentage change in the gross national product (GNP) for such fiscal year compared to the GNP for the year ending September 30, 2001, or in excess of $50 million (as so adjusted and published) but not in excess of $200 million (as so adjusted and published).(Sec. 3) Directs the Assistant Attorney General (AAG) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to each designate a senior official who does not have direct responsibility for the review of an enforcement recommendation under the Act concerning the transaction at issue to hear any petition filed by the acquiring person or the person whose voting securities or assets are to be acquired, to determine whether the request for additional information or documentary material is unreasonably cumulative, unduly burdensome, or duplicative, or has been substantially complied with by the petitioning person. Requires that internal review procedures for such petitions include reasonable deadlines for expedited review of such petitions, after reasonable negotiations with investigative staff, in order to avoid undue delay of the merger review process.Directs the AAG and the FTC: (1) within 90 days, to conduct an internal review and implement reforms of the merger review process in order to eliminate unnecessary burden, remove costly duplication, and eliminate undue delay; (2) within 120 days, to issue or amend their respective industry guidance, regulations, operati… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 106-hr-3208 | 106 | hr | 3208 | Daniel Keysar Memorial and Childhood Consumer Product Safety Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-11-03 | 1999-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Blagojevich, Rod R. [D-IL-5] | IL | D | B000518 | 14 | Daniel Keysar Memorial and Childhood Consumer Product Safety Act of 1999 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act (the Act) to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a comprehensive list of all children's products subject to recall or corrective action over the last 15 years and to make such list widely available to the public, State and local governments, and the secondary market (including retail stores and child care facilities) through its toll free telephone hotline, electronic mail, and web site listings. Requires Commission recall announcements to: (1) state clearly the nature and extent of the product hazard and potential injury risk; and (2) include the number of known deaths, injuries, and incidents associated with the product being corrected.Directs the Commission to: (1) establish a pilot program to work with manufacturers and retailers to obtain the identity of consumers who purchase specified children's products so that such consumers can be notified in the event of a product recall; and (2) report to Congress annually on the effectiveness of recalls for each specific product and to determine the percentage of recalled products which are actually repaired or corrected.Increases and extends through FY 2003 the authorization of appropriations under the Act. | 2025-08-20T14:20:18Z | |
| 106-hr-3213 | 106 | hr | 3213 | Drug-Free Workplace Fair Demonstration Act | Commerce | 1999-11-03 | 1999-11-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 8 | Drug-Free Workplace Fair Demonstration Act - Amends the Small Business Act to increase and extend through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations for the drug-free workplace demonstration program. | 2025-08-20T14:17:28Z | |
| 106-hr-3188 | 106 | hr | 3188 | Consumer Access to a Responsible Accounting of Trade Act of 2000 | Commerce | 1999-11-01 | 1999-11-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 11 | Consumer Access to a Responsible Accounting of Trade Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations requiring gem-quality diamonds (including products made in whole or in part from gem-quality diamonds) and which are sold in the United States to be accompanied by a certificate stating the English name (or unmistakable abbreviation) of the country in which the diamonds were mined. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:49Z | |
| 106-s-1835 | 106 | s | 1835 | Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-10-29 | 1999-10-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 0 | Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 1999 - Prohibits any State or State instrumentality from acquiring a Federal intellectual property right unless such State opts into the Federal intellectual property system by assuring to waive State sovereign immunity from an action arising under, or seeking a declaration with respect to, a Federal intellectual property law or right. Provides consequences for breach of such assurance. Requires such assurance as a condition for a State's participation in the Federal patent or trademark system, plant variety protection system, copyright system, mask work system, or original design system. Provides liability under such systems for States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials. | 2025-08-20T14:18:45Z | |
| 106-hr-3180 | 106 | hr | 3180 | Telemarketing Victims Protection Act | Commerce | 1999-10-28 | 2000-06-13 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | S000018 | 44 | Telemarketing Victims Protection Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to include in rules respecting abusive telemarketing acts or practices requirements that telemarketers: (1) notify consumers who are called that they have the right to be placed on either the Direct Marketing Association's or the appropriate State's do-not-call list; (2) notify the Association or State if a consumer elects to be placed on such a list; (3) obtain and reconcile such lists on a regular basis; (4) not make any calls during the hours of 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM; and (5) not block the identity of the telephone from which they are making a telemarketing call.Directs the Commission to study and report to Congress on the violations of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, especially of repeated violations by a single telemarketer and of the provisions for penalizing telemarketers for such violations, including new provisions which would allow appropriate Federal action against telemarketers. | 2025-08-20T14:19:36Z | |
| 106-s-1798 | 106 | s | 1798 | American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-10-27 | 1999-11-02 | Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 4 | American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 - Title I: Inventors' Rights - Inventors' Rights Act of 1999 - Amends Federal patent law to oblige any invention promoter, before entering into a contract for invention promotion services, to disclose to a customer in writing: (1) the total number of inventions evaluated by the promoter for commercial potential in the past five years, including the number of positive and of negative evaluations; (2) the total number of customers who have contracted with the promoter in the past five years; (3) the total number of customers known by the promoter to have received a net financial profit as a direct result of the invention promotion services provided; (4) the total number of customers known by the invention promoter to have received license agreements for their inventions as a direct result of such services; and (5) the names and addresses of all previous invention promotion companies with which the promoter or its officers have collectively or individually been affiliated in the previous ten years.(Sec. 102) Establishes a Federal cause of action for inventors injured by material false or fraudulent statements or representations, or any omission of material fact, by an invention promoter, or by the promoter's failure to make the required written disclosures. Sets statutory damages (if elected by a customer before judgment is rendered) at a maximum of $5,000.Requires the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (Commissioner) to make publicly available any complaints received involving invention promoters, along with the response, if any, from the promoters.Title II: Patent and Trademark Fee Fairness - Patent and Trademark Fee Fairness Act of 1999 - Amends Federal patent law to reduce: (1) from $760 to $690 original filing and reissue fees, as well as the national fee for certain international applications; and (2) from $940 to $830 the three-and-a-half year maintenance fee.(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Commissioner to adjust trademark fees in FY 2000 without regard to fluctuations … | 2025-08-20T14:17:26Z | |
| 106-hr-3136 | 106 | hr | 3136 | Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act | Commerce | 1999-10-25 | 1999-11-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] | KS | D | M001140 | 27 | Children's Gasoline Burn Prevention Act - Authorizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish a standard for special packaging of portable gasoline containers under specified provisions of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:52Z | |
| 106-s-1764 | 106 | s | 1764 | Antitrust Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-10-21 | 1999-10-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 352. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 1 | Antitrust Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 1999 - Repeals provisions of the Panama Canal Act which bar use of the Panama Canal to violators of antitrust laws.Amends the Sherman Act to prohibit as a felony, and set penalties for, monopolizing, attempting to monopolize, or combining or conspiring with others to monopolize trade or commerce among the U.S. territories or possessions and the District of Columbia, or between any of the States and any such territory or possession or the District of Columbia.Transfers provisions regarding application of the antitrust laws to professional major league baseball from the Curt Flood Act of 1998 to the Clayton Act. | 2025-08-20T14:17:30Z | |
| 106-s-1739 | 106 | s | 1739 | Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-10-15 | 1999-10-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 6 | Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 1999 - Title I: Moratorium on Large Agribusiness Mergers - Prohibits (with waiver authority by the Attorney General) certain large dealers, processors, commission merchants, agricultural input suppliers, brokers, or operators of a warehouse from directly or indirectly acquiring voting securities or assets of other large agribusiness entities until the earlier of: (1) the effective date of comprehensive legislation addressing the problem of market concentration in the agriculture sector; or (2) 18 months after enactment of this Act.Title II: Agriculture Concentration and Market Power Review Commission - Establishes the Agriculture Concentration and Market Power Review Commission to: (1) study U.S. agricultural economy concentration; and (2) make recommendations on changes to antitrust and other laws to maintain a competitive marketplace for smaller producers and their communities.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:17:27Z | |
| 106-hr-3028 | 106 | hr | 3028 | Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act | Commerce | 1999-10-06 | 1999-10-26 | Laid on the table. See S. 1255 for further action. (consideration: CR H10831) | House | Rep. Rogan, James E. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | R000386 | 4 | Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to make liable in a civil action by the owner of a trademark or service mark any person who, with a bad faith intent to profit from the mark, regardless of the parties' goods or services, registers, traffics in, or uses a domain name which, at the time of its registration, is: (1) identical or confusingly similar to a distinctive mark; or (2) dilutive of a famous mark (including protected marks, words, or names of the Red Cross, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, and the Pan-American Sports Organization). Specifies factors for the court to consider in determining bad faith intent. Limits liability for the actionable use of a domain name to the domain name registrant or the registrant's authorized licensee only.(Sec. 2) Authorizes a court to order the forfeiture or cancellation of the domain name or its transfer to the mark owner.Prescribes conditions for an in rem civil action, in addition to any other action, against a domain name by a mark owner. Limits remedies in an in rem action to a court order for the forfeiture or cancellation of the domain name or its transfer to the mark owner.(Sec. 3) Provides for statutory damages in an amount of at least $1,000 and up to $100,000 per domain name, as the court considers just. Requires the court to remit statutory damages if an infringer believed with reasonable grounds that use of the domain name was fair or otherwise lawful.(Sec. 4) Shields from liability for monetary relief, regardless of whether the domain name is finally determined to infringe or dilute the mark in question, any domain name registrar, registry, or other registration authority that refuses to register, removes from registration, transfers, temporarily disables, or permanently cancels a domain name: (1) in compliance with a court order; or (2) in the implementation of a reasonable policy prohibiting the registration of a domain name identical to, confusingly simil… | 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z | |
| 106-hr-3032 | 106 | hr | 3032 | National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-10-06 | 1999-11-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 53 | National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act of 1999 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to include amusement rides that are permanently fixed to a site in the definition of "consumer product" (thereby giving the Consumer Product Safety Commission jurisdiction over such amusement rides). Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act as amended by this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:59Z | |
| 106-hr-3007 | 106 | hr | 3007 | Internet Cigarette Warning Label Act | Commerce | 1999-10-04 | 1999-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 2 | Internet Cigarette Warning Label Act - Makes it unlawful for any cigarette manufacturer, importer, or retailer to sell or advertise cigarettes through the Internet unless the packages and Internet images contain warning labels required by specified provisions of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. Requires the Federal Trade Commission to regulate how warnings must appear on the Internet so as to be conspicuous. | 2025-08-20T14:20:20Z | |
| 106-hr-2927 | 106 | hr | 2927 | Affordable Prescription Drugs Act | Commerce | 1999-09-23 | 2000-03-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1127) | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 11 | Affordable Prescription Drugs Act - Amends Federal patent law to grant the Secretary of Health and Human Services the right to establish compulsory licensing (without authorization of the right holder) for nonexclusive, nonassignable use of certain patented medical inventions upon a determination that: (1) the patent holder, contractor, exclusive licensee, or assignee has not taken, or is not expected to take within a reasonable time, effective steps to achieve practical application of the subject invention in a field of use; (2) such compulsory license is necessary to alleviate health or safety needs which are not adequately satisfied by the patent holder, contractor, licensee, or assignee; or (3) the patented material is priced higher than may be reasonably expected based on criteria developed by the Secretary of Commerce.Requires any person engaged in the manufacture and sale of any new drug or new animal drug approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for which a patent is still in effect, to report annually to Congress an audit of all financial information relevant to that drug's pricing nationally and internationally, including research and development costs, sufficient to assess the reasonableness of that pricing. Requires disqualification from participation in Federal programs as a penalty for noncompliance with this reporting requirement. | 2025-08-20T14:20:18Z | |
| 106-s-1594 | 106 | s | 1594 | Community Development and Venture Capital Act of 2000 | Commerce | 1999-09-16 | 2000-08-25 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 759. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 11 | Community Development and Venture Capital Act of 2000 - Title I: New Markets Venture Capital Program - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish a New Markets Venture Capital Program under which the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) is authorized to make grants to new market venture capital companies (NMVCs) and specialized small business investment companies (SSBICs) and to guarantee debentures issued by NMVCs. Makes eligible as participating companies in the Program those companies which submit an approved business plan for: (1) making venture capital investments in small enterprises; and (2) providing marketing, management, and technical assistance to such enterprises. Requires applicants to be experienced in making venture capital investments in small enterprises. Requires the Administrator, in making such selections, to promote nationwide investment. Provides additional application requirements and SBA selection criteria. Outlines conditions to be met by each company before final approval as an NMVC, including: (1) a capital investment requirement of at least $5 million from investors who meet SBA-established criteria; and (2) cash or binding commitments with non-SBA sources for Program marketing, management, and technical assistance.Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) make grants to each approved NMVC to provide marketing, management, and technical assistance for the benefit of small enterprises financed by the NMVC; (2) guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on debentures issued by NMVCs, not to exceed 150 percent of the contributed capital of the NMVC (requiring at least 25 percent of debenture amounts to be invested in smaller enterprises located in historically underutilized business zones); (3) issue trust certificates representing ownership of all or a fractional part of SBA-guaranteed debentures under this Act; and (4) charge fees with respect to any guarantee issued or grant awarded. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to SSBICs to… | 2025-04-07T13:42:28Z | |
| 106-hr-2848 | 106 | hr | 2848 | New Markets Initiative Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-09-13 | 2000-07-28 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464. | House | Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4] | OK | R | W000210 | 3 | New Markets Initiative Act of 1999 - Title I: New Markets Venture Capital Program - 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 a participation agreement with each new market venture capital company (company) for encouraging venture capital investment in smaller enterprises located in urban and rural areas; (2) guarantee debentures issued by each company; and (3) make technical assistance grants to each company. 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 company; and (2) has a management team with experience in community development financing or venture capital financing. 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 marketing, management, and technical 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 contributed capital; (2) make grants to each company to provide marketing, management, and technical assistance for the benefit of smaller enterprises financed by such company; (3) issue trust certificates representing ownership of all or a fractional part of SBA-guaranteed debentures under this Act; and (4) charge fees with respect to any guarantee or certificate issued.Authorizes any national bank, member bank of the Federal Reserve System, and any other bank which is insured to the extent permitted under applicable State law to invest in any company or in any entity … | 2025-04-07T13:46:38Z | |
| 106-s-1572 | 106 | s | 1572 | Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 4 | Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 1999 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to propose for comment and issue a final rule amending its Flammable Fabrics Act standards to revoke the amendments to the standards for the flammability of children's sleepwear issued by the Commission on September 9, 1966.Provides that: (1) the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Flammable Fabrics Act, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, or any other statute or executive order shall not apply with respect to the promulgation of such rule; and (2) sleepwear manufactured or imported before the effective date of the Commission's revocation shall not be considered in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act if it complied with the rules in effect at the time it was manufactured or imported. | 2025-08-20T14:20:52Z | |
| 106-hr-2812 | 106 | hr | 2812 | Community Development Venture Capital Assistance Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-09-08 | 1999-09-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] | MA | D | M000312 | 30 | Community Development Venture Capital Assistance Act of 1999 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to: (1) enter into contracts with one or more development organizations specializing in community development in low-income communities to carry out training and research activities to enhance the professional skills of individuals within community development venture capital organizations operating in such communities; and (2) make grants to development organizations for such activities and to intermediary organizations to provide training and assistance to community development venture capital organizations operating in such communities. Requires matching non-Federal funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2003. | 2025-08-20T14:17:38Z | |
| 106-hr-2764 | 106 | hr | 2764 | America's Private Investment Companies Act | Commerce | 1999-08-05 | 2000-05-23 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 351. | House | Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] | NY | D | L000556 | 40 | America's Private Investment Companies Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to license community development entities as America's Private Investment Companies (APICs) (for-profit investment companies formed to make equity and credit investments for large-scale business development in low-income communities). Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) increase the credit subsidy normally allocated to an APIC as an award for high performance (but allows such an increase only for an APIC that has been licensed for at least two years and pursuant to a competition among eligible APICs); (2) impose fees and charges for administrative costs; and (3) collect fees for loan guarantee commitments and loans made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2004 for loan guarantee commitments and for administrative expenses.(Sec. 5) Outlines APIC eligibility requirements, including that each such an entity: (1) have reasonably available at least $25 million in private equity capital; and (2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an investment strategy and a statement of public purpose goals. Directs the Secretary to select APICs for licensing on the basis of competitions announced through the Federal Register. Requires geographical diversity among applicants selected and diversity of investment strategies so that both urban and rural communities are served. Prohibits the number of APICs awarded a license in the first year from exceeding 15. Limits the amount of credit subsidy allocated to any single APIC to 20 percent of the total amount initially made available under this Act. Requires at least one APIC selected during the first year to have as its primary purpose the making of qualified low-income community investments in areas within Indian country or within Hawaiian home land.(Sec. 6) Requires substantially all investments made by selected APICs to be qualified low-income community investments when financed by the Secretary. Outlines investment limits and borrowing and repayment conditions… | 2025-04-07T13:46:38Z | |
| 106-s-1505 | 106 | s | 1505 | Drug-Free Workplace Fair Demonstration Act | Commerce | 1999-08-05 | 1999-08-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA] | GA | R | C000813 | 2 | Drug-Free Workplace Fair Demonstration Act - Amends the Small Business Act to increase and extend through FY 2002 the authorization for the drug-free workplace demonstration program. | 2025-08-20T14:19:38Z | |
| 106-s-1549 | 106 | s | 1549 | Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-08-05 | 1999-08-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 2 | Child Labor Free Consumer Information Act of 1999 - Title I: Child Labor Free Labeling Standards - Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations to ensure that a label using any term or symbol denying the use of child labor does not make a false statement or suggestion that the article or section of wearing apparel or sporting good was not made with child labor. Requires such standards to encourage the use of an easily identifiable symbol or term indicating that the article or section of wearing apparel or sporting good was not made with child labor.(Sec. 101) Requires a producer, importer, exporter, distributor, or other person intending to use any such label to notify the Child Labor Free Commission (CLFC, established under title II of this Act) specified source information. Requires the Commission to review the notification and inform the Secretary, whose permission is required for use of such label. Authorizes the Secretary to charge a fee to cover the CLFC's notification review expenses.Makes it a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) for any producer, importer, exporter, distributor, or seller of any article or section of wearing apparel or sporting good that is exported from or offered for sale in the United States to falsely indicate on the label or the packaging, or in the advertising, or otherwise falsely claim or suggest, that the item was not made with child labor.Amends FTCA to prescribe civil penalties for such violations.Establishes in the Treasury the Free the Children Fund for receipt of such penalties. Authorizes annual appropriations from the Fund for educational and other programs to eliminate child labor.Authorizes the CLFC to: (1) develop labeling standards similar to the labeling standards developed for any industry that is not otherwise covered under this Act; and (2) recommend their promulgation to the Secretary, so that this Act and the FTCA shall also apply to the labeling covered by those standards.(Sec. 102) Directs the CLFC to assist the Federal Trade Commission … | 2025-08-20T14:17:43Z | |
| 106-s-1565 | 106 | s | 1565 | America's Private Investment Companies Act | Commerce | 1999-08-05 | 1999-08-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 5 | America's Private Investment Companies Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to license America's Private Investment Companies (APICs) (for-profit investment companies formed to make equity and credit investments for large-scale business development in low-income communities). Authorizes the Secretary to impose fees and charges for administrative costs and to collect fees for loan guarantee commitments and loans made under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2003 for loan guarantee commitments and for administrative expenses.(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to select APICs for licensing on the basis of competitions announced through the Federal Register. Outlines application and licensee selection requirements and criteria, including that each such entity have available at least $25 million in equity capital.(Sec. 106) Requires substantially all investments made by selected APICs to be qualified low-income community investments if such investments are financed by the Secretary under this Act. Outlines investment limits and borrowing and repayment conditions.(Sec. 107) Authorizes the Secretary, consistent with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, to make commitments to guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on debentures issued by APICs, to issue trust certificates representing ownership of all or a fractional part of such debentures, and to guarantee the payment of principal and interest on such certificates.(Sec. 108) Authorizes an APIC to request that the Secretary guarantee a debenture that the APIC intends to issue under this Act. Outlines special requirements for: (1) requests which would include funding for initial expenditures for a project or activity; and (2) certification by a State or unit of general local government of responsibility for environmental reviews in connection with authorized projects or activities.(Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary to examine and monitor the operations and activities of APICs for compliance with sound financia… | 2025-08-20T14:19:19Z | |
| 106-s-1494 | 106 | s | 1494 | Electronic Commerce Extension Establishment Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-08-04 | 1999-08-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 6 | Electronic Commerce Extension Establishment Act of 1999 - Amends the National Bureau of Standards Act to direct the Secretary of Commerce to provide assistance for the creation and support of Regional Centers for the Transfer of Electronic Commerce Technology (Centers). Requires the Centers to be affiliated with any U.S.-based nonprofit institution or organization that applies for and is awarded financial assistance under this Act. Outlines objectives of the Centers, including aiding small businesses, especially those located in rural areas, in identifying and adopting electronic commerce technologies and business practices. Defines "electronic commerce" as the ability to buy, sell, and deliver goods and services through computer networks. Requires such Centers to: (1) establish electronic commerce demonstration systems for technology transfer; and (2) transfer and disseminate research findings and Center expertise to companies and enterprises, particularly small businesses. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial support to a Center for such activities and objectives. Outlines application requirements for such assistance. Requires Centers receiving assistance to be evaluated during the third year of operation by a panel of private experts. Requires a positive finding from such panel before a Center may receive such assistance for its fourth through sixth years. Requires independent review of a Center every two years after the sixth year, to be conducted under procedures established by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. Provides Center funding limitations. Requires the Secretary to publish a proposal for the assistance program provided under this Act, as well as a final program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:35Z | |
| 106-hr-2654 | 106 | hr | 2654 | American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-07-30 | 1999-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] | NC | R | C000556 | 0 | American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 - Title I: Inventors' Rights - Inventors' Rights Act - Amends Federal patent law to oblige any invention promoter, when entering into a contract for invention promotion services, to disclose to a customer in writing: (1) whether the promoter's usual business practice is to seek more than one contract in connection with an invention, or seek to perform promotion services in one or more phases, with the performance of each phase covered in one or more subsequent contracts; and (2) a summary of the promoter's usual business practices, including the usual business terms of contracts, and the approximate amount of the usual fees or other consideration for each of the services provided.(Sec. 102) Prescribes a standard cover notice for every invention promotion services contract, including: (1) the procedure for contract cancellation; (2) the total number of inventions evaluated by the promoter for commercial potential in the past five years, including the number of positive and of negative evaluations; (3) the total number of customers who have contracted with the promoter in the past five years; (4) the total number of customers known by the promoter to have received a net financial profit as a direct result of the invention promotion services provided; (5) the total number of customers known by the invention promoter to have received license agreements for their inventions as a direct result of such services; and (6) the names and addresses of all previous invention promotion companies with which the promoter or its officers have collectively or individually been affiliated in the previous ten years.Sets forth mandatory contract terms and remedies for certain prohibited contract practices.Establishes a Federal cause of action for inventors injured by material false or fraudulent statements or representations, or any omission of material fact, by an invention promoter, or by the promoter's failure to make the required written disclosures. Sets minimum damages at $5,000, leavin… | 2025-08-20T14:17:25Z | |
| 106-hr-2658 | 106 | hr | 2658 | Safe Sunscreen, Healthy Skin Act | Commerce | 1999-07-30 | 1999-08-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 6 | Safe Sunscreen, Healthy Skin Act - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to require over the counter drug sunscreen products which are designed to screen the ultra violet rays of the sun to include on the label a date beyond which the product is not effective and recommendations for product storage to avoid reducing product effectiveness. Provides that such a product which does not contain the date and storage recommendations shall be considered to be a misbranded drug for purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | 2025-08-20T14:16:51Z | |
| 106-s-1461 | 106 | s | 1461 | Domain Name Piracy Prevention Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-07-29 | 1999-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 6 | Domain Name Piracy Prevention Act of 1999 - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to make liable in a civil action by the owner of a trademark or service mark distinctive at the time of domain name registration, any other person who, with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of the owner's mark, registers, traffics in, or uses a domain name that is identical to, confusingly similar to, or dilutive of such mark. Specifies factors for the court to consider in determining bad-faith intent.(Sec. 3) Authorizes a court to order the forfeiture or cancellation of the domain name or its transfer to the mark owner.Prescribes conditions for an in rem civil action, in addition to any other action, against a domain name by a mark owner. Limits remedies in an in rem action to a court order for the forfeiture or cancellation of the domain name or its transfer to the mark owner.(Sec. 4) Provides for statutory damages in an amount of at least $1,000 and up to $100,000 per domain name, as the court considers just. Requires the court to remit statutory damages if an infringer believed with reasonable grounds that use of the domain name was fair or otherwise lawful.(Sec. 5) Shields from liability for monetary relief, regardless of whether the domain name is finally determined to infringe or dilute the mark in question, any domain name registrar, registry, or other registration authority that refuses to register, removes from registration, transfers, temporarily disables, or permanently cancels a domain name: (1) in compliance with a court order; or (2) in the implementation of a reasonable policy prohibiting the registration of a domain name identical to, confusingly similar to, or dilutive of another's mark registered on the Principal Registry of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Provides that if a registration authority takes such action based on a knowing and material misrepresentation by any person that a domain name is identical to, confusingly similar to, or dilutive of a another's registered mark, such person shall be … | 2025-08-20T14:21:14Z | |
| 106-hr-2614 | 106 | hr | 2614 | Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000 | Commerce | 1999-07-27 | 2000-10-31 | Conference report considered in Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S11416-11417) | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 17 | Enacts into law provisions of the following bills of the 106th Congress: (1) HR 5538 (Minimum Wage Act of 2000); (2) HR 5542 (Taxpayer Relief Act of 2000); (3) HR 5543 (Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000); (4) HR 5544 (Pain Relief Promotion Act of 2000); and (5) HR 5545 (Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000). | 2025-04-07T13:47:33Z | |
| 106-hr-2615 | 106 | hr | 2615 | To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1999-07-27 | 1999-08-03 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 17 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee a general business loan made by a bank or other financial institution to a small business in the amount of: (1) 75 percent of the outstanding balance of such loan, if such balance exceeds $150,000 (currently $100,000); and (2) 80 percent of the outstanding balance of less than $150,000 (also currently $100,000). Prohibits any such loan from being made to a borrower if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower from the business loan and SBA investment funds would exceed $1 million (currently $750,000). Makes current provisions requiring the payment of accrued interest on defaulted guaranteed loans inapplicable to loans made on or after October 1, 1999. Requires a borrower who prepays any loan guaranteed by the SBA to remit to the SBA a subsidy recoupment fee (calculated under this Act) if: (1) the loan is for a period of less than 15 years; (2) the prepayment is voluntary; (3) the amount of prepayment in any calendar year is more than 25 percent of the outstanding loan balance; and (4) the prepayment is made within the first three years after disbursement of the loan proceeds. Revises loan guarantee fee amounts. Authorizes lenders participating in an SBA program to retain no more than 25 percent of such fee with respect to any loan not exceeding $150,000. Authorizes a borrower to permanently lease to one or more tenants not more than 20 percent of any property constructed using guaranteed loan proceeds, as long as the borrower permanently occupies and uses not less than 60 percent of the total business space in the property. | 2025-04-07T13:47:33Z | |
| 106-s-1435 | 106 | s | 1435 | A bill to amend section 9 of the Small Business Act to provide for the establishment of volunteer mentoring programs. | Commerce | 1999-07-26 | 1999-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 1 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA), in order to assist small businesses in successfully completing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, to award, on a competitive basis, a grant to one or more eligible associations (an association that represents small businesses participating in SBIR and STTR programs) to establish and carry out a program under which one or more qualified mentoring organizations provide technical assistance to small businesses located in low participation areas in order to advise and guide them through the SBIR and STTR processes from application and award through successful program completion. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Requires a report from the SBA Administrator to the small business committees regarding recommended changes in maximum grant amounts (no less than $50,000 or more than $200,000 per association). | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 106-hr-2592 | 106 | hr | 2592 | To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products subject to such Act. | Commerce | 1999-07-22 | 2000-10-23 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Rogan, James E. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | R000386 | 17 | Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to provide that low-speed electric bicycles are consumer products and shall be subject to Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations.States that for purposes of Federal motor vehicle safety standards a low-speed electric bicycle as defined by CPSA shall not be considered to be a motor vehicle within the ambit of Federal transportation law. | 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z | |
| 106-s-1408 | 106 | s | 1408 | Small Business Brownfields Redevelopment Act of 1999 | Commerce | 1999-07-21 | 1999-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 6 | Small Business Brownfields Redevelopment Act of 1999 - Amends the Small Business Act to directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), each year, to set aside the lesser of $50 million or ten percent of the amounts authorized for the Small Business Development Company program for use by qualified States and local development companies to finance projects that assist qualified small businesses in: (1) carrying out site assessment and cleanup activities at brownfield sites or sites contaminated with petroleum; and (2) acquiring new, clean technologies and production equipment. Defines as a qualified small business for such assistance one which: (1) has acquired a brownfield site; or (2) uses any hazardous substance during its course of business and has limited or no access to cleanup capital from conventional sources. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to direct the SBA to promote the establishment of one or more small business investment companies the primary purpose of which is to finance: (1)such cleanup activities; or (2) projects that assist small businesses in cleaning up their facilities and adopting new, clean technologies. Provides a set-aside for such financing of the lesser of $2 million or ten percent of the amount authorized for purchases of participating securities and guarantees of debentures under such Act. Defines a "brownfield site" as an abandoned, idled, or underused commercial or industrial facility, the expansion or redevelopment of which is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. | 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z | |
| 106-hr-2486 | 106 | hr | 2486 | Infant Crib Safety Act | Commerce | 1999-07-12 | 1999-07-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] | CA | D | T000057 | 36 | Infant Crib Safety Act - Makes it unlawful for any commercial user to: (1) manufacture, sell, or contract to sell any full-size or non full-size crib which is unsafe for any infant; or (2) sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce any such crib which is not new and is unsafe for any infant. Makes it unlawful for any lodging facility to offer or provide such an unsafe crib. Presumes as unsafe a crib which does not conform to specified standards in the Code of Federal Regulations and the American Society for Testing Materials Voluntary Standards, with an exception.Authorizes a fine and injunction against violators of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:41Z | |
| 106-s-1346 | 106 | s | 1346 | Independent Office of Advocacy Act | Commerce | 1999-07-12 | 1999-11-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 0 | Independent Office of Advocacy Act - Establishes in the Small Business Administration an Office of Advocacy to undertake specified advocate actions on behalf of small business, including an assessment of the effectiveness of Federal subsidy and assistance programs for small business, the impact of Federal regulations on small business, and the development and strengthening of minority, women-owned, and other small businesses. Directs the Office to make recommendations to the Chairmen and ranking Members of the Senate and House Small Business Committees and the SBA with respect to issues and regulations affecting small business and the necessity for corrective action by the SBA, any Federal department or agency, or Congress.Directs the Chief Counsel of the Office to report at least annually to specified congressional committees on Federal agency compliance with certain small business deregulation requirements.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-07T13:43:18Z |
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