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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date ▲	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date
106-hres-668	106	hres	668	To provide for the consideration by the United States Court of Claims of a bill for compensation, and for other purposes.	Law	2000-11-14	2000-11-14	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45]	CA	R	R000409	0	Sets forth the rule for consideration by the United States Court of Claims of a bill for compensation of persons suffering injury or property loss as a result of the destruction by the United States of a pharmaceutical plant in the Sudan on August 20, 1998.	2025-01-02T17:08:29Z
106-hr-5562	106	hr	5562	Multidistrict Litigation Act of 2000	Law	2000-10-26	2000-12-15	Received in the Senate.	House	Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]	NC	R	C000556	0	Multidistrict Litigation Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings to be transferred, for trial purposes, by the judge or judges of the transferee district to whom the action was assigned to the transferee or other district in the interest of justice and for the convenience of the parties and witnesses.Directs that any action so transferred be remanded by the panel for the determination of compensatory damages to the district court from which it was transferred unless the court to which the action was transferred for trial purposes also finds that the action should be retained for the determination of compensatory damages.	2025-04-07T13:46:39Z
106-hr-5525	106	hr	5525	To extend the temporary office of bankruptcy judge established for the district of South Carolina.	Law	2000-10-23	2000-10-23	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC-3]	SC	R	G000359	0	Extends the temporary office of bankruptcy judge authorized for the district of South Carolina until the first vacancy occurring in such office resulting from the death, retirement, resignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge and occurring eight years or more after June 27, 1994.	2025-01-02T17:15:22Z
106-s-3210	106	s	3210	Consumer and Employee Arbitration Bill of Rights	Law	2000-10-17	2000-10-17	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10626-10627)	Senate	Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]	AL	R	S001141	0	Consumer and Employee Arbitration Bill of Rights - Amends Federal arbitration law to require an arbitration clause in a consumer or employment contract to: (1) have a printed heading in bold, capital letters; (2) explicitly state whether participation in arbitration is mandatory or optional; (3) identify a source that a consumer can contact for additional information concerning the arbitration process; and (4) provide notice that all parties retain the right to resolve a dispute in a small claims court for a claim of less than $50,000.Entitles each party under arbitration to: (1) competence and neutrality of the arbitrator and the administrative process; (2) representation by an attorney and a fair arbitration hearing; (3) the right to present evidence, cross examine witnesses, and obtain a record of the proceedings; and (4) timely resolution, with a written explanation.	2025-08-20T14:19:46Z
106-hr-5456	106	hr	5456	Bring Our Children Home Act	Law	2000-10-12	2000-10-12	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	House	Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9]	TX	D	L000043	103	Bring Our Children Home Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that a contestant may bring an action in district court to determine which of conflicting State court child custody determinations shall prevail.Directs the Attorney General (AG) to establish a registry for all custody orders entered by State courts.Authorizes law enforcement officers of a State or local government to hold, for no more than 24 hours, any child listed as missing for proper disposition under the latest valid custody determination.Requires the Secretary of State to prepare a report on progress made by the United States in negotiating and entering into bilateral treaties relating to international child abduction with countries that are not contracting parties under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require information on each country's efforts to prohibit international child abduction.Requires the AG to prepare a report describing the status of each case involving a request for extradition in cases involving international kidnaping by parents.	2025-08-20T14:21:00Z
106-hr-5380	106	hr	5380	To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, enacted by the Congressional Review Act.	Law	2000-10-04	2000-10-06	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.	House	Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]	IL	R	H001022	3	Amends Federal law to remove a requirement that a Federal rule be submitted to both Houses of Congress before it can take effect. Requires submission to each House of Congress of rules that are not published in the Federal Register before they become effective. Directs the Comptroller General to submit weekly reports to each House of rules published in the Federal Register and provides for publication of such reports in the Congressional Record.	2025-01-02T17:15:11Z
106-hr-5363	106	hr	5363	To provide for the review by Congress of proposed construction of court facilities.	Law	2000-10-03	2000-10-04	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1667)	House	Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20]	NY	R	G000212	0	Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit construction of facilities for holding court unless: (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts submits to Congress a report setting forth the plans for the proposed construction; and (2) 30 days have elapsed and Congress has not, before the end of that 30-day period, enacted a provision of law disapproving the proposed construction.	2025-01-02T17:15:16Z
106-s-3123	106	s	3123	Consumer Rights in Federal Class Actions Act of 2000	Law	2000-09-27	2000-09-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN]	MN	R	G000367	0	Consumer Rights in Federal Class Actions Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require the complaint in a class action to include a disclosure of the recovery sought for class members and the anticipated attorney's fees. Excludes from such requirement class action claims concerning: (1) a covered security; (2) the internal affairs or governance of a business enterprise under State law; or (3) the rights, duties, and obligations relating to any security. Requires the counsel for a class, no later than ten days after a proposed class action settlement is filed, to notify all class members with specified information of the proposed settlement agreement, including a member's benefits, rights, and obligations thereunder.	2025-08-20T14:18:55Z
106-s-3127	106	s	3127	Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000	Law	2000-09-27	2000-09-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9394)	Senate	Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]	PA	R	S000059	7	Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000 - Directs that, in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the words "person," "human being," "child," and "individual" shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive (as defined in this Act) at any stage of development.	2025-08-20T14:18:17Z
106-hres-593	106	hres	593	To provide for the consideration of a private relief bill by the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.	Law	2000-09-25	2000-09-29	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45]	CA	R	R000409	0	Provides for the consideration by the United States Court of Claims of the bill for the relief of Salah Idris of Saudi Arabia and El Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Company of the Sudan now pending in the House of Representatives.	2025-01-02T17:08:30Z
106-hr-5241	106	hr	5241	NOPEC	Law	2000-09-21	2000-09-21	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]	OH	R	C000266	1	No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2000 (NOPEC) - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States.Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgements of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act.States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act.Authorizes the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act.(Sec. 3) Amends the Federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act.	2025-08-20T14:18:07Z
106-s-3086	106	s	3086	A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.	Law	2000-09-21	2000-09-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]	PA	R	S000709	1	Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-s-3070	106	s	3070	Defective Product Penalty Act of 2000	Law	2000-09-19	2000-09-19	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]	CA	D	F000062	1	Defective Product Penalty Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for the distribution of defective products (products with some flaw that renders them dangerous to human life beyond their reasonable and accepted risk).Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require a court to enter an order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through discovery, approving a settlement agreement that would restrict the disclosure of such information, or restricting access to civil court records only after finding that: (1) such order would not restrict the disclosure of information relevant to public health or safety; (2) the public interest in the disclosure of potential health or safety hazards is clearly outweighed by the interest of maintaining the confidentiality of such information; and (3) the requested protective order is no broader than necessary to protect the interest in maintaining confidentiality.Amends Federal transportation law to: (1) require motor vehicle or vehicle equipment manufacturers to review and consider vehicle or equipment incident information and notify the Secretary of Transportation upon having reason to believe that a defect or noncompliance may exist; (2) extend the period during which remedies for defects and noncompliance shall be provided by a manufacturer without charge; and (3) increase the civil penalty for violations of certain vehicle and equipment safety violations.	2025-08-20T14:17:02Z
106-s-3071	106	s	3071	Federal Judgeship Act of 2000	Law	2000-09-19	2000-09-19	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]	UT	R	H000338	19	Federal Judgeship Act of 2000 - Directs the President to make appointments to specified additional permanent and temporary judgeships in various U.S. circuit courts of appeal and district courts.Establishes a judicial district for: (1) the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) the Virgin Islands comprising two divisions (the Saint Croix Division and the Saint Thomas and Saint John Division). Includes the Northern Mariana Islands within the ninth judicial circuit.Authorizes the Chief Judge of the ninth circuit to assign judges of courts of record of the Northern Mariana Islands or Guam to serve temporarily as a judge in the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands when necessary. Grants such designated judges the powers of a magistrate judge.Authorizes the judges of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands to be summoned biennially to judicial conferences. Repeals provisions: (1) directing that such a judge who retires from office after meeting specified age and service requirements receive an annuity equal to the salary received at the time of retirement during the remainder of the judge's lifetime; and (2) granting the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit exclusive jurisdiction of an appeal from an interlocutory order of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands.Permits any U.S. attorney appointed for the Northern Mariana Islands to serve at the same time as U.S. attorney in another judicial district.Allows individuals from the Northern Mariana Islands to serve as magistrates.	2025-08-20T14:21:00Z
106-hr-5177	106	hr	5177	Administrative Law Judge Conference of the United States Act	Law	2000-09-14	2000-09-25	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.	House	Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]	PA	R	G000121	0	Administrative Law Judge Conference of the United States Act - Establishes the Administrative Law Judge Conference of the United States to promote the judicial performance, status, and legal training of U.S. administrative law judges. Designates a chief administrative law judge of the Conference.Transfers to the Conference all administrative law judge functions of the Office of Personnel Management.Provides for the assignment of administrative law judges to appropriate Federal agencies.Requires the chief judge to adopt and issue rules of judicial conduct for administrative law judges.Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-20T14:17:53Z
106-hr-5160	106	hr	5160	Wheat Protein Mismeasurement Compensation Act	Law	2000-09-12	2000-09-15	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]	ND	D	P000422	0	Wheat Protein Measurement Compensation Act - Directs: (1) the United States to compensate eligible wheat producers and elevator operators for lost revenues resulting from certain erroneous Federal Grain Inspection Service protein measurement standards; and (2) the Secretary of Agriculture to negotiate a class settlement agreement.Sets forth settlement provisions.	2025-08-20T14:20:02Z
106-hr-5136	106	hr	5136	To make permanent the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to provide security beyond the Supreme Court building and grounds.	Law	2000-09-07	2000-10-11	Received in the Senate.	House	Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8]	FL	R	M000350	3	Makes permanent (currently terminates as of December 29, 2000) the authority of the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police to provide security to Supreme Court Members and Court officers and employees beyond the Court building and grounds.	2025-04-07T13:43:49Z
106-s-3006	106	s	3006	Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2000	Law	2000-09-06	2000-09-06	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO]	MO	R	A000356	0	Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2000 - Provides that neither a person (including any corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, or any other entity) who donates re-certified fire control or fire rescue equipment nor a State or local agency that administers the distribution of such equipment shall be liable for personal injuries, property damage, or death proximately caused by a defect in such equipment. Excepts such a person or agency from such liability protection if: (1) the person's act or omission causing the injury, damage, or loss constitutes malice, gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct; or (2) the person is the manufacturer of such equipment.	2025-08-20T14:18:02Z
106-hr-5048	106	hr	5048	To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the liability of the United States for claims of military personnel for damages for certain injuries.	Law	2000-07-27	2000-08-08	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]	PA	D	K000008	0	Makes Federal tort claims coverage applicable to any claim resulting from: (1) an injury sustained by a member of the armed forces while on active duty arising or resulting from, or aggravated by, a negligent or wrongful act or omission of another member of the armed forces or the Federal Government; or (2) the death of a member resulting from such injury.	2025-01-02T17:14:47Z
106-s-2990	106	s	2990	Judicial Education Reform Act of 2000	Law	2000-07-27	2000-07-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]	MA	D	K000148	1	Judicial Education Reform Act of 2000 - Establishes a Judicial Education Fund for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by judges or justices in attending seminars approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center.Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate regulations to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of seminar gifts.	2025-08-20T14:21:25Z
106-s-2915	106	s	2915	Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000	Law	2000-07-25	2000-11-13	Became Public Law No: 106-518.	Senate	Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]	IA	R	G000386	1	Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000 - Title I: Judicial Financial Administration - Amends Federal judicial code provisions regarding the Judiciary Information Technology Fund to repeal provisions subjecting information technology procurement to provisions of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (also known as the Information Technology Management Reform Act) applicable to executive agencies (thus subjecting the Fund to the budget management process of the executive branch).(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to require the debtor in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case in a district that is not part of a United States trustee region to pay fees equal to those imposed in districts that are part of such a region. Increases fees: (1) in chapter nine bankruptcy filings; and (2) for converting a chapter seven or chapter 13 bankruptcy case to a chapter 11 bankruptcy case.Title II: Judicial Process Improvements - Provides authority for the appointment of magistrate judges in the district courts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Amends: (1) the Federal Magistrates Act to grant U.S. magistrate judges the power to exercise contempt authority within his or her territorial jurisdiction, including summary criminal contempt authority and criminal and civil contempt authority in civil consent and misdemeanor cases; and (2) the Federal criminal and judicial codes to remove certain limitations on the authority of magistrate judges to try petty offense cases involving juveniles..(Sec. 205) Authorizes judges retired from regular active service to serve as members of the judicial council of the circuit. Provides for the sunset of provisions requiring a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan. Repeals a U.S. Court of Federal Claims fee for the filing of any petition.(Sec. 210) Amends the Criminal Justice Act to: (1) increase the maximum amounts of compensation permitted for attorneys; and (2) authorize reimbursement of expenses in defense of certain malpractice actions.Title III: Judicial Personnel A…	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-s-2907	106	s	2907	Equal Access to Justice Reform Amendments of 2000	Law	2000-07-21	2000-07-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7452)	Senate	Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]	WI	D	F000061	1	Equal Access to Justice Reform Amendments of 2000- Authorizes the adjudicative officer (in administrative proceedings) and the court (in judicial proceedings) to ask a party to declare whether such party intends to seek an award of fees and expenses against a Federal agency should it prevail.Prohibits payment of fees and expenses awarded in such proceedings from appropriated funds of the Treasury's claims and judgements account.Deletes provisions barring taxpayer recovery of costs, fees, or other expenses awarded under the Internal Revenue Code.Specifies that: (1) at any time after the filing of an application for fees and other expenses an agency may offer a settlement of the claims made (and, if within ten days, the applicant accepts, either party may file the offer and notice of acceptance); (2) an offer not accepted shall be deemed withdrawn (but shall not preclude a subsequent offer); and (3) if any award finally obtained by the applicant is not more favorable than the offer, the applicant shall not be entitled to receive an award for attorney's fees or other expenses incurred in relation to the application for fees and expenses after the date of the offer.Deletes requirements that a court find or a party allege that the position of the agency or of the United States was or was not substantially justified.Requires the Administrative Conference of the United States and the Department of Justice to report to the Congress on fee awards paid by Federal districts and agencies.	2025-08-20T14:17:33Z
106-hr-4913	106	hr	4913	Got Gas? Act	Law	2000-07-20	2000-07-20	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]	WI	D	K000188	0	Got Gas? Act - Authorizes the Department of Justice to develop a consumer reimbursement system of fines levied and collected from participants in the petroleum industry as a result of any finding of anti-competitive, collusive, or other illegal behavior occurring during marked gasoline price increases in the Upper Midwest region during June 2000. Requires such compensation to be distributed based upon injured consumers' distance from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with the amount decreasing as such distance increases.	2025-08-20T14:20:19Z
106-hconres-377	106	hconres	377	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo.	Law	2000-07-19	2000-07-19	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]	OH	D	K000009	20	Expresses the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First amendment to the Constitution in its decision in the 1976 case of Buckley v. Valeo because: (1) such decision failed to recognize that the unlimited spending of large amounts of money on elections has a corrosive effect on the electoral process; and (2) such decision failed to recognize other legitimate state interests which justify limiting money in campaigns.	2025-01-02T17:07:43Z
106-s-2875	106	s	2875	Magistrate Judge Improvement Act of 2000	Law	2000-07-14	2000-07-14	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6844-6845)	Senate	Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]	AL	R	S001141	5	Magistrate Judge Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to revise magistrate judge contempt authority, allowing such a judge to use such authority to: (1) punish summarily by fine or imprisonment in cases of obstruction in the administration of justice; (2) punish by fine or imprisonment in cases involving the consent of both parties to such proceedings and in criminal misdemeanor cases; and (3) provide civil sanctions in such consent cases and cases involving misdemeanors.Provides the process for certification of the facts of a contempt ruling to a district judge for execution (including appeals) of punishment or sanctions.Amends the Federal criminal code to provide magistrate judge authority in cases involving petty offenses and petty cases involving juveniles.	2025-08-20T14:18:19Z
106-hr-4852	106	hr	4852	Federal Courts Budget Protection Act	Law	2000-07-13	2000-07-14	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation.	House	Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]	IL	R	H001022	0	Federal Courts Budget Protection Act - Rewrites provisions of the Federal judicial code regarding budget estimates for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Requires the Director of the Office, under the supervision of the Judicial Conference of the United States, to submit to Congress before January 25 of each year annual estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for: (1) the maintenance and operation of the courts and the Office and the operation of the judicial survivors annuity fund (the Fund) and any supplemental and deficiency estimates as may be required by law for such purposes (requires such estimates to be approved, before presentation to Congress, by the Judicial Conference, with exceptions for the Court of International Trade and for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which shall be approved by such courts, respectively); and (2) real property construction activities related to U.S. courthouses and other space occupied by entities of the judicial branch. Requires that estimated expenditures and appropriations be based on prospectuses and other information provided by the Administrator of General Services.Requires the Administrator, at such times as are required by Congress or the judicial branch to ensure timely development and consideration of courthouse needs and budget requests, to prepare and submit directly: (1) to the Director and to specified congressional committees prospectuses, including cost estimates, for future judicial branch construction, acquisition, and repair and alteration projects; and (2) to the Director preliminary planning, design, and cost estimates of future judicial branch construction, acquisition, and repair and alteration projects. Authorizes funds to be appropriated (in accordance with such estimates) to the judicial branch for deposit into the Federal Buildings Fund.Directs that the estimates submitted to Congress also be submitted to the President for inclusion in the U.S. budget. Prohibits the President from: (…	2025-08-20T14:19:37Z
106-hr-4768	106	hr	4768	Escaped Prescribed Fire Emergency Assistance Act	Law	2000-06-27	2000-07-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.	House	Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]	CA	R	H000528	0	Escaped Prescribed Fire Emergency Assistance Act - Allows the responsible agency head, in the case of an escaped prescribed fire where there is partial or total loss of a primary residence, to authorize payment of reasonable emergency assistance for up to 30 days, with an additional 30 day extension in extenuating circumstances. Specifies that such assistance shall not be construed as a waiver of rights under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). Authorizes such payments to be made from the Department of Agriculture's and the Department of the Interior's Wildfire Management Accounts.(Sec. 3) Specifies that any action or decision taken respecting a prescribed fire shall not be considered to be the exercise of a discretionary function.(Sec. 4) Allows an individual having a claim before a Federal agency to amend such claim before final action is taken on it by the agency, or before the individual brings a civil action under the FTCA against the United States, whichever may be later.Requires an agency to: (1) notify an individual whose claim fails to state a claim upon which such agency may take action under the FTCA; and (2) attach to any claim form it distributes notice that the claim may be amended.	2025-08-20T14:17:33Z
106-s-2794	106	s	2794	A bill to provide for a temporary Federal district judgeship for the southern district of Indiana.	Law	2000-06-27	2000-06-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]	IN	D	B001233	1	Provides for the appointment of a temporary Federal district judgeship for the southern district of Indiana. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-hr-4736	106	hr	4736	Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2000	Law	2000-06-23	2000-06-23	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]	DE	R	C000243	35	Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2000 - Provides that neither a person (including any corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, or any other entity) who donates re-certified fire control or fire rescue equipment nor a State or local agency that administers the distribution of such equipment shall be liable for personal injuries, property damage, or death proximately caused by a defect in such equipment. Excepts such a person or agency from such liability protection if: (1) the person's act or omission causing the injury, damage, or loss constitutes malice, gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct; or (2) the person is the manufacturer of such equipment.	2025-08-20T14:18:01Z
106-s-2778	106	s	2778	NOPEC	Law	2000-06-22	2000-09-21	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 821.	Senate	Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]	WI	D	K000305	9	No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2000 (NOPEC) - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States.Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgements of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act.States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act.Authorizes the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act.(Sec. 3) Amends the Federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act.	2026-01-07T14:11:22Z
106-hr-4704	106	hr	4704	Southwest Border Judgeship Act of 2000	Law	2000-06-21	2000-06-30	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]	TX	D	G000544	8	Southwest Border Judgeship Act of 2000 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, specified: (1) permanent judgeships (three additional district judges for the southern district of California, one additional district judge for the district of New Mexico, and two additional district judges each for the southern and western districts of Texas); and (2) temporary judgeships (three additional district judges for the district of Arizona, one additional district judge for the southern district of California, and one additional district judge for the district of New Mexico). Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-20T14:18:11Z
106-hr-4663	106	hr	4663	Access to Safety and Advocacy for Victims of Violence Against Women Act	Law	2000-06-14	2000-06-26	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.	House	Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]	NY	D	L000480	0	Title I: Access to Safety and Advocacy for Victims of Violence Against Women Act - Access to Safety and Advocacy for Victims of Violence Against Women Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to enhance the availability and quality of civil legal assistance for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through: (1) efforts to further the health, safety, and economic needs of such victims; (2) the provision of comprehensive legal services to such victims; (3) the development of partnerships between domestic violence and sexual assault programs and civil legal assistance providers; (4) the improvement of court and administrative handling of pro se cases involving such victims; (5) efforts to enhance the availability and quality of civil legal representation through increasing law school programs on domestic violence and sexual assault; (6) the development of training or technical assistance programs on State, tribal, or local levels to improve the civil justice system's response to domestic violence and sexual assault; and (7) the provision of civil legal assistance for the non-abusive parent in cases where the custody and visitation of children subjected to child sexual abuse is sought or challenged by the abusive parent or in any child welfare or abuse and neglect proceedings involving children subjected to sexual abuse.(Sec. 104) Sets forth application requirements.(Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth an allocation formula providing that at least 65 percent of grant funds shall be allocated to projects that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Bars discrimination against specified categories of individuals.(Sec. 106) Authorizes the Attorney General to evaluate the grants funded through contracts or other arrangements with entities expert on sexual assault or domestic violence and evaluation research.Title II: Access to Safety and Advocacy for Battered Immigrants - Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to provide that a recipient of funds fr…	2025-08-20T14:17:37Z
106-s-2730	106	s	2730	Southwest Border Judgeship Act of 2000	Law	2000-06-14	2000-06-14	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]	TX	R	H001016	5	Southwest Border Judgeship Act of 2000 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, specified: (1) permanent judgeships (three additional district judges for the southern district of California, one additional district judge for the district of New Mexico, and two additional district judges each for the southern and western districts of Texas); and (2) temporary judgeships (three additional district judges for the district of Arizona, one additional district judge for the southern district of California, and one additional district judge for the district of New Mexico). Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-20T14:20:20Z
106-s-2695	106	s	2695	A bill to convert a temporary Federal judgeship in the eastern district of Missouri to a permanent judgeship, and for other purposes.	Law	2000-06-08	2000-06-08	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]	MO	R	B000611	0	Converts a temporary Federal judgeship in the eastern district of Missouri to a permanent judgeship.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-hr-4588	106	hr	4588	Alaska Amchitka Island Workers' Relief Amendments of 2000	Law	2000-06-06	2000-06-09	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]	AK	R	Y000033	0	Alaska Amchitka Island Workers' Relief Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to set forth eligibility criteria governing claims for compensation submitted by Amchitka Island workers in connection with exposure to Federal facilities and underground nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.	2025-08-20T14:18:44Z
106-hr-4574	106	hr	4574	Cerro Grande Compensation Act	Law	2000-05-25	2000-06-07	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]	NM	D	U000039	16	Cerro Grande Compensation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to make compensation to persons who suffered personal injury or loss of property as a result of the National Park Service's prescribed burn in and around the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico on May 4, 2000.	2025-08-20T14:19:28Z
106-hres-494	106	hres	494	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ohio State motto is constitutional and urging the courts to uphold its constitutionality.	Law	2000-05-04	2000-06-27	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	House	Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]	OH	R	O000163	55	Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the decision of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit striking down the Ohio State motto, "With God All Things Are Possible," is a misinterpretation and misapplication of the U.S. Constitution. Expresses the support of the House of Representatives for such motto and other State mottoes making reference to a divine power and for the decision of the Governor and the Attorney General of the State of Ohio to appeal the ruling.	2025-04-07T13:46:39Z
106-hr-4374	106	hr	4374	To provide for the appointment of 2 additional Federal district judges for the Western District of Texas.	Law	2000-05-03	2000-05-09	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]	TX	R	S000583	3	Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two additional district judges for the western district of Texas. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-01-16T12:12:20Z
106-hr-4292	106	hr	4292	Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000	Law	2000-04-13	2000-10-05	Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.	House	Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12]	FL	R	C000107	44	Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2000 - Directs that in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the words "person," "human being," "child," and "individual" shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive (as defined in this Act) at any stage of development.	2025-04-07T13:46:39Z
106-hr-4193	106	hr	4193	Charles A. Lazzaretto Peace Officer Widows and Widowers Protection Act of 1999	Law	2000-04-05	2000-10-04	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.	House	Rep. Rogan, James E. [R-CA-27]	CA	R	R000386	0	Charles A. Lazzaretto Peace Officer Widows and Widowers Protection Act of 1999 - Provides that whoever maliciously, frivolously, or vexatiously files a civil action against the surviving widow or widower of a Federal law enforcement officer, arising out of the conduct of that officer in the course of duty, shall be liable for double damages and any other appropriate relief.	2025-08-20T14:20:18Z
106-hr-4142	106	hr	4142	To amend section 3729 of title 31, United States Code, popularly known as the False Claims Act, to eliminate the minimum fine under that section.	Law	2000-03-30	2000-04-07	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18]	OH	R	N000081	4	Amends the False Claims Act to eliminate the minimum fine for violating the Act.	2025-01-02T17:13:45Z
106-hr-4105	106	hr	4105	Fair Justice Act of 2000	Law	2000-03-28	2000-09-20	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E955-956)	House	Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17]	OH	D	T000350	1	Fair Justice Act of 2000 - Establishes the Fair Justice Agency as an independent executive branch agency to investigate and prosecute alleged misconduct, criminal activity, corruption, or fraud by Department of Justice officers or employees. Permits the Agency Director to be dismissed only by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Sets forth reporting requirements.(Sec. 4) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) investigative and prosecutorial authority of the Director; and (2) appointment and compensation of officers and employees.(Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-20T14:19:48Z
106-s-2270	106	s	2270	Right to Bear Arms Protection and Privacy Act of 2000	Law	2000-03-22	2000-03-22	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1600-1601)	Senate	Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]	UT	R	H000338	3	Right to Bear Arms Protection and Privacy Act of 2000 - Prohibits bringing in Federal or State court a civil or equitable action against a lawful manufacturer or seller of a qualified product (i.e., a firearm, ammunition, or a component part of a firearm or ammunition, that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce) or a trade association for damages or other relief as a result of the criminal or unlawful misuse of such product by the person or a third party, excluding an action against a manufacturer, seller, or transferor who knowingly manufactures, sells, or transfers such product with knowledge that it will be used to commit a crime under Federal or State law. Directs that any such action that is pending on the date of this Act be dismissed.(Sec. 5) Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit any officer, employee, or agent of the United States, including a State or local officer or employee acting on behalf of the United States (U.S. agent), from charging or collecting any fee in connection with a background check required in connection with the transfer of a firearm.Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any U.S. department, agency, instrumentality or agent from: (1) performing any criminal background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System on any person if the System does not require and result in the immediate destruction of all information about such a person who is determined not to be prohibited from receiving a firearm; or (2) continuing to operate the System (including a background check before the transfer of a firearm) unless the NICS Index complies with Federal statutory requirements and the agency responsible for the System and the System's compliance with Federal law does not invoke specified exceptions, except if specifically identifiable information is compiled for a particular law enforcement investigation or specific criminal enforcement matter.Permits the retention or transfer of information relating to: (1) any unique identificatio…	2025-08-20T14:20:24Z
106-s-2259	106	s	2259	A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial districts.	Law	2000-03-21	2000-03-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1518-1519)	Senate	Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]	NJ	D	T000317	0	Amends the Federal judicial code to establish two judicial districts in New Jersey (currently, one), the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey. Sets forth provisions regarding the allocation of judgeships, including bankruptcy judgeships, among those districts.(Sec. 3) Provides for the transfer of district judges, bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges to the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey.Transfers U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, and Federal public defenders for the District of New Jersey to the Northern District of New Jersey. Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice of the Senate, a U.S. attorney and a U.S. marshal for the Southern District of New Jersey.Specifies that neither pending cases nor juries shall be affected.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-s-2184	106	s	2184	Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2000	Law	2000-03-07	2000-03-08	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441.	Senate	Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK]	AK	R	M001085	6	Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2000 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit into: (1) the ninth circuit, composed of Arizona, California, and Nevada, consisting of 20 judges, and holding regular sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles; and (2) the twelfth circuit, composed of Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington, consisting of eight judges, and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle.Assigns circuit judges of the former ninth circuit to either of the two new circuits based upon their official station, with senior judges permitted election of assignment.	2025-08-20T14:21:22Z
106-hr-3835	106	hr	3835	To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial districts.	Law	2000-03-06	2000-03-15	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]	NJ	D	A000210	3	Amends the Federal judicial code to establish two judicial districts in New Jersey (currently, one), the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey. Sets forth provisions regarding the allocation of judgeships, including bankruptcy judgeships, among those districts.(Sec. 3) Provides for the transfer of district judges, bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges to the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey.Transfers U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, and Federal public defenders for the District of New Jersey to the Northern District of New Jersey. Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice of the Senate, a U.S. attorney and a U.S. marshal for the Southern District of New Jersey.Specifies that neither pending cases nor juries shall be affected.	2025-01-16T12:12:20Z
106-hr-3799	106	hr	3799	To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care.	Law	2000-03-01	2000-03-10	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]	MA	D	F000339	0	Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to allow claims to be brought for damages against the United States for personal injury or death of a member of the armed forces serving on active duty or on full-time National Guard duty, arising out of medical or dental care furnished to such member in a fixed medical treatment facility operated by the Secretary of a military department or any other fixed medical facility operated by the United States.Provides for a reduction of claims under this Act by the present value of other benefits attributable to such death or injury that are received by the member and by that member's estate, survivors, and beneficiaries pursuant to other Federal provisions.	2025-01-02T17:13:20Z
106-hr-3691	106	hr	3691	Partial Birth Abortion and Judicial Limitation Act of 2000	Law	2000-02-16	2000-03-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]	TX	R	P000583	5	Partial Birth Abortion and Judicial Limitation Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that neither the Federal district courts nor the United States Court of Federal Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear or determine any partial-birth abortion-related case.	2025-08-20T14:16:55Z
106-hr-3694	106	hr	3694	Law Enforcement Officers Privacy Protection Act	Law	2000-02-16	2000-03-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-22]	NY	R	S001149	22	Law Enforcement Officers Privacy Protection Act - Amends rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to authorize: (1) a party to obtain discovery of law enforcement personnel records otherwise discoverable only upon a showing that there exists a reasonable basis, supported by facts, for contending that the records sought are necessary and material to an issue involved in the pending action; and (2) the court, in its discretion and after in camera review of such records, to order discovery of such records when the required showing has been made, subject to a protection order.Prohibits a party from obtaining discovery of any matter by reason of its relevance with respect to, or its use in leading to the discovery of admissible evidence as to, the existence of the reasonable basis.Defines: (1) "law enforcement personnel records" to include documents that evaluate an officer's performance or a candidate's qualifications or that contain information of a personal nature about the office or the officer's family; and (2) "law enforcement officer" to include police, corrections, probation, parole, and judicial officers.	2025-08-20T14:18:20Z
106-hres-416	106	hres	416	Condemning the conduct of U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald for bringing the appearance of improper racial, ethnic, and religious bias upon the Federal Judiciary, urging the Federal Judiciary to protect against the perception of racial, ethnic, and religious bias within their ranks, and calling for the nomination and confirmation of candidates to the Federal bench that reflect the diversity of American society.	Law	2000-02-07	2000-02-07	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]	MI	D	C000714	6	Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) condemns the conduct of U.S. District Judge Alan McDonald for bringing the appearance of improper racial, ethnic, and religious bias upon the Federal judiciary; (2) urges the Federal judiciary to protect against the perception of racial, ethnic, and religious bias within their ranks; and (3) calls for the nomination and confirmation of candidates to the Federal bench that reflect the diversity of American society.	2025-01-02T17:08:08Z
106-hr-3567	106	hr	3567	To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional place of holding court in the District of Oregon.	Law	2000-02-02	2000-02-08	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]	OR	D	D000191	4	Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that court for the District of Oregon shall also be held at Springfield.	2025-01-16T12:12:20Z
106-s-2024	106	s	2024	A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional place of holding court in the District of Oregon.	Law	2000-02-02	2000-02-02	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]	OR	R	S001142	1	Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that court for the District of Oregon shall also be held at Springfield.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-s-1982	106	s	1982	A bill to clarify the standing of United States citizens to challenge the blocking of assets by the United States under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.	Law	1999-11-19	1999-11-19	Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 423.	Senate	Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]	MI	D	L000261	3	Declares that no provision of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act shall be construed to prohibit a U.S. citizen from raising any challenge available as of November 19, 1999, under the Administrative Procedure Act, or any other provision of law, with respect to the blocking of assets by the United States under such Act.	2018-03-19T23:12:31Z
106-hr-3470	106	hr	3470	Federal Judgeship for Northeastern Wisconsin Act	Law	1999-11-18	1999-12-01	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]	WI	R	G000545	0	Federal Judgeship for Northeastern Wisconsin Act - Directs: (1) the President to appoint one additional district judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin; and (2) the chief judge of the eastern district of Wisconsin to designate one judge who shall hold court for such district in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-20T14:19:40Z
106-hr-3485	106	hr	3485	Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act	Law	1999-11-18	2000-07-26	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.	House	Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8]	FL	R	M000350	31	Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to revise the definition of "agency or instrumentality of a foreign state" for purposes of provisions regarding exceptions to: (1) the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state where money damages are sought against a foreign state for personal injury or death that was caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act (jurisdictional provisions); and (2) the immunity from attachment or execution where the judgment relates to a claim for which the foreign state is not immune (attachment provisions).Directs that moneys due from or payable by the United States to any State against which a judgment is pending under jurisdictional provisions be subject to attachment and execution in like manner and to the same extent as if the United States were a private person.Authorizes the President, upon determining on an asset-by-asset basis that a waiver is necessary in the national security interest, to waive attachment provisions in connection with (and prior to the enforcement of) any judicial order directing attachment in aid of execution or execution against any property subject to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Specifies that a waiver shall not apply to the proceeds of: (1) such use if such property has been used for any non-diplomatic purpose (including use as rental property); or (2) a sale or transfer if any asset subject to such Conventions is sold or otherwise transferred for value to a third party.Defines "property" or an "asset" subject to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations" to mean any property or asset the attachment in aid of execution or execution of which would result in a violation of a U.S. obligation under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, as the case may …	2025-04-07T13:46:39Z
106-s-1960	106	s	1960	Federal Judgeship for Northeastern Wisconsin Act of 1999	Law	1999-11-18	1999-11-18	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]	WI	D	K000305	1	Federal Judgeship for Northeastern Wisconsin Act of 1999 - Directs: (1) the President to appoint one additional district judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin; and (2) the chief judge of the eastern district of Wisconsin to designate one judge who shall hold court for such district in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Authorizes appropriations.	2026-02-10T13:38:48Z
106-s-1970	106	s	1970	A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the liability of the United States for claims of military personnel for damages for certain injuries.	Law	1999-11-18	1999-11-18	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]	PA	R	S000709	0	Makes Federal tort claims coverage applicable to any claim resulting from: (1) an injury sustained by a member of the armed forces while on active duty arising or resulting from, or aggravated by, a negligent or wrongful act or omission of another member of the armed forces or the Federal Government; or (2) the death of a member resulting from such injury.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-hr-3382	106	hr	3382	Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act	Law	1999-11-16	2000-02-04	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8]	FL	R	M000350	6	Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to revise the definition of "agency or instrumentality of a foreign state" for purposes of provisions regarding exceptions to: (1) the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state where money damages are sought against a foreign state for personal injury or death that was caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act (jurisdictional provisions); and (2) the immunity from attachment or execution where the judgment relates to a claim for which the foreign state is not immune (attachment provisions).Directs that moneys due from or payable by the United States to any State against which a judgment is pending under jurisdictional provisions be subject to attachment and execution in like manner and to the same extent as if the United States were a private person.Authorizes the President, upon determining on an asset-by-asset basis that a waiver is necessary in the national security interest, to waive attachment provisions in connection with (and prior to the enforcement of) any judicial order directing attachment in aid of execution or execution against the premises of a foreign diplomatic mission to the United States, or any funds held by or in the name of such foreign diplomatic mission determined by the President to be necessary to satisfy actual operating expenses of such foreign diplomatic mission. Specifies that a waiver shall not apply to the proceeds of: (1) such use if the premises of a foreign diplomatic mission has been used for any non-diplomatic purpose (including use as rental property); or (2) a sale or transfer if any asset of a foreign diplomatic mission is sold or otherwise transferred for value to a third party. Treats all assets of any agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as assets of that foreign state.	2025-08-20T14:20:14Z
106-hr-3400	106	hr	3400	Life-Protecting Judicial Limitation Act of 1999	Law	1999-11-16	2000-03-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]	TX	R	P000583	0	Life-Protecting Judicial Limitation Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny the district courts of the United States, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear or determine any abortion-related case.	2025-08-20T14:17:12Z
106-hr-3402	106	hr	3402	To amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize Federal district courts to hear civil actions to recover damages for deprivation of property under or resulting from the Nazi government of Germany.	Law	1999-11-16	2000-03-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]	MN	R	R000033	0	Authorizes Federal courts to hear and decide, on or before January 1, 2010, any civil action to recover damages or secure relief from certain injuries resulting from a person's having been deprived of property located in Germany, or in any territory occupied or controlled by the Nazi regime or its allies, at any time between January 1, 1929, and December 31, 1945, pursuant to or as a result of laws or programs of the German Government designed to transfer ownership of such property to persons of Aryan racial stock.	2025-01-02T17:12:40Z
106-hr-3307	106	hr	3307	Defense of Privacy Act	Law	1999-11-10	1999-11-19	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.	House	Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]	OH	R	C000266	21	Defense of Privacy Act - Requires each final regulatory flexibility analysis (an impact analysis required of a Federal agency after promulgation of a final rule or a final interpretative rule involving the internal revenue laws) to include a description of the steps that agency has taken to minimize the privacy impacts of such rule on individuals and nongovernmental organizations. Makes such requirement inapplicable if the head of the agency certifies that the rule will not have an impact on such privacy interests.	2025-08-20T14:17:49Z
106-hr-3311	106	hr	3311	Regulatory Improvement Act of 2000	Law	1999-11-10	1999-11-30	Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.	House	Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]	PA	R	G000121	1	Regulatory Improvement Act of 2000 - Requires a Federal agency, when it publishes a notice of proposed rule making for a major rule, to: (1) prepare and place in the rule making file an initial regulatory impact analysis; and (2) include a summary of such analysis in the notice of proposed rule making.Requires that, when the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has designated a rule as a major rule, or when an agency has published an interim final major rule, such agency shall: (1) promptly prepare and place in the rule making file an initial regulatory impact analysis; (2) publish in the Federal Register a summary of such analysis; and (3) give interested parties the same opportunity to comment as if the initial regulatory impact analysis had been issued with the notice of proposed rule making. Requires an agency publishing a final major rule to prepare and place in the rule making file a final regulatory impact analysis which shall reflect any changes made to the proposed rule or its cost-benefit analysis or risk assessment, as well as agency consideration of comments from interested parties as provided above.Mandates a comparative risk study by the Director of the extent and severity of significant risks to human health, safety, or the environment. Requires the President to periodically report to Congress recommending legislation to reduce such risks.	2025-08-20T14:20:14Z
106-hr-3254	106	hr	3254	To amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize Federal district courts to hear civil actions to recover damages or secure relief for certain injuries to persons and property under or resulting from the Nazi government of Germany.	Law	1999-11-08	2000-03-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.	House	Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]	NY	D	N000002	4	Authorizes Federal district courts to hear and decide, on or before January 1, 2010, any civil action to recover damages or secure relief from certain injuries resulting from actions of the Nazi government of Germany during the period from January 1, 1933, and December 31, 1945, including injuries resulting from having been: (1) required to perform involuntary labor; (2) subjected to involuntary medical treatment; (3) subjected to the placement of an infant, or having been placed, in a nursery established on behalf of the Nazi regime; (4) deprived of property located in Germany; or (5) denied payment on insurance policies owned by or covering persons residing in Germany.	2025-01-02T17:12:39Z
106-s-1856	106	s	1856	A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to authorize Federal district courts to hear civil actions to recover damages or secure relief for certain injuries to persons and property under or resulting from the Nazi government of Germany.	Law	1999-11-04	1999-11-04	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]	NY	D	S000148	1	Authorizes Federal district courts to hear and decide, on or before January 1, 2010, any civil action to recover damages or secure relief from certain injuries resulting from actions of the Nazi government of Germany during the period from January 1, 1933, and December 31, 1945, including injuries resulting from having been: (1) required to perform involuntary labor; (2) subjected to involuntary medical treatment; (3) deprived of property located in Germany; or (4) denied payment on insurance policies owned by or covering persons residing in Germany.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-s-1841	106	s	1841	Trustee Dispute Resolution Act of 1999	Law	1999-11-02	1999-11-02	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]	MS	R	C000567	0	Trustee Dispute Resolution Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize a panel trustee or standing trustee appointed under chapter 12 (Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income) or chapter 13 (Adjustment of Debts of an Individual with Regular Income) of the Federal bankruptcy code to obtain judicial review of a final agency decision of the United States Trustee Program: (1) terminating or ceasing to assign cases to the trustee; or (2) denying a claim of actual, necessary expenses.	2025-08-20T14:18:58Z
106-hr-3185	106	hr	3185	To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a new method for fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges, and for other purposes.	Law	1999-11-01	1999-11-10	Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.	House	Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8]	MD	R	M000941	8	Requires each Federal agency to fix the rate of basic pay for each administrative appeals judge position within such agency which is not classified above GS-15 at: (1) not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for level AL-3; and (2) not greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for such level.	2025-02-04T16:54:13Z
106-s-1830	106	s	1830	Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1999	Law	1999-10-29	1999-10-29	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA]	GA	R	C000813	8	Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1999 - Mandates that: (1) one bankruptcy judgeship position be filled for each of the districts of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico; and (2) the first vacancy occurring five years or more after the appointment date in such districts shall not be filled.	2025-08-20T14:17:38Z
106-s-1821	106	s	1821	Lead Poisoning Expense Recovery Act of 1999	Law	1999-10-28	1999-10-28	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]	RI	D	R000122	1	Lead Poisoning Expense Recovery Act of 1999 - Grants the United States the right to recover the value of the housing (including the cost of lead hazard evaluation and control), education, or medical care or treatment furnished or paid for by the United States for an individual who suffers from or is at risk of lead poisoning under circumstances creating liability upon any manufacturer of lead or lead compound for use in paint or any trade association that represents such a manufacturer. Makes any amount recovered by the United States available to enhance childhood lead poisoning prevention and treatment activities, including lead hazard evaluation and control. Sets a six-year statute of limitations for actions under this Act.	2025-08-20T14:17:57Z
106-s-1796	106	s	1796	Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act	Law	1999-10-26	2000-03-09	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 460.	Senate	Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]	NJ	D	L000123	25	Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to revise the definition of "agency or instrumentality of a foreign state" for purposes of provisions regarding exceptions to: (1) the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state where money damages are sought against a foreign state for personal injury or death that was caused by an act of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, or the provision of material support or resources for such an act (jurisdictional provisions); and (2) the immunity from attachment or execution where the judgment relates to a claim for which the foreign state is not immune (attachment provisions).Directs that moneys due from or payable by the United States to any State against which a judgment is pending under jurisdictional provisions be subject to attachment and execution in like manner and to the same extent as if the United States were a private person.Authorizes the President, upon determining on an asset-by-asset basis that a waiver is necessary in the national security interest, to waive attachment provisions in connection with (and prior to the enforcement of) any judicial order directing attachment in aid of execution or execution against the premises of a foreign diplomatic mission to the United States, or any funds held by or in the name of such foreign diplomatic mission determined by the President to be necessary to satisfy actual operating expenses of such foreign diplomatic mission. Specifies that a waiver shall not apply to the proceeds of: (1) such use if the premises of a foreign diplomatic mission has been used for any non-diplomatic purpose (including use as rental property); or (2) a sale or transfer if any asset of a foreign diplomatic mission is sold or otherwise transferred for value to a third party. Treats all assets of any agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as assets of that foreign state.	2025-08-20T14:18:48Z
106-hconres-199	106	hconres	199	Expressing the sense of the Congress that prayers and invocations at public school sporting events contribute to the moral foundation of our Nation and urging the Supreme Court to uphold their constitutionality.	Law	1999-10-19	1999-11-19	Referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	House	Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23]	TX	R	B000617	31	Express the sense of Congress that: (1) prayers and invocations at public school sporting events are constitutional under the First Amendment; and (2) the Supreme Court should uphold the constitutionality of such practices.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-s-1748	106	s	1748	Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999	Law	1999-10-19	1999-10-19	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]	UT	R	H000338	5	Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings to be transferred, for trial purposes, by the judge or judges of the transferee district to whom the action was assigned to the transferee or other district in the interest of justice and for the convenience of the parties and witnesses.Directs that any action so transferred be remanded by the panel for the determination of compensatory damages to the district court from which it was transferred unless the court to which the action was transferred for trial purposes also finds, for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, that the action should be retained for the determination of compensatory damages.	2025-08-20T14:17:20Z
106-hr-2986	106	hr	2986	State Initiative Fairness Act	Law	1999-09-30	1999-10-06	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-44]	CA	R	B001228	35	State Initiative Fairness Act - Prohibits a U.S. district court or judge thereof from granting any application for an interlocutory or permanent injunction restraining the enforcement, operation, or execution of a State law adopted by referendum upon the ground of unconstitutionality unless such application is heard and determined by a three-judge court. Requires, in any such case, the additional judges to be designated as soon as practicable and the court to expedite the consideration of the application for an injunction.Requires any appeal of a determination on such application to be to the Supreme Court.	2025-08-20T14:18:41Z
106-hr-2876	106	hr	2876	Kenneth Starr Corrections Act of 1999	Law	1999-09-15	2000-03-27	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.	House	Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]	CA	D	L000397	0	Kenneth Starr Corrections Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to provide that: (1) a witness may not be compelled to testify against, or disclose the content of a confidential communication with, a child or parent of that witness; and (2) a member of the United States Secret Service may not be compelled to testify with respect to any conversation of the President heard by such member while such member is on duty.(Sec. 3) Prohibits the bringing of a criminal proceeding for perjury or false statement against a witness based on a statement made to the grand jury if: (1) such statement is made in response to a question that is asked by the prosecutor or a member of the grand jury and that arises from or has any basis in physical non-testimonial evidence available and then known to the prosecutor; and (2) the prosecutor fails to provide such evidence to the witness before the conclusion of that witness's testimony or to allow the witness, after receiving such evidence, to explain or modify any testimony.Prohibits: (1) a criminal proceeding from being commenced by an officer or employee of the United States against an individual for making a false statement that relates to adultery or to sexual activity that is not unlawful under Federal law in an affidavit filed in a non-criminal proceeding; and (2) an officer or employee of a U.S. agency from authorizing any person to make an audio or video record of a private communication that such officer, employee, or person reasonably expects will relate to adultery or to sexual activity that is not unlawful under Federal law.(Sec. 4) Amends rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to prohibit the making of a photographic record of a witness who testifies before a grand jury for the purpose of recording the testimony such witness gives before the grand jury.(Sec. 5) Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit compelling an individual who is a target of an investigation of a violation of Federal law to appear before a grand jury except under the terms of…	2025-08-20T14:19:57Z
106-s-1583	106	s	1583	A bill to convert 2 temporary Federal judgeships in the central and southern districts of Illinois to permanent judgeships, and for other purposes.	Law	1999-09-15	1999-09-15	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]	IL	D	D000563	1	Converts the existing temporary judgeships for the central and southern districts of Illinois to permanent judgeships.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-hr-2853	106	hr	2853	To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for individuals serving as Federal jurors to continue to receive their normal average wage or salary during such service.	Law	1999-09-14	1999-09-28	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]	NJ	D	A000210	0	Amends the Federal judicial code to require the employer of a Federal grand or petit juror to pay to that juror, for each day during which such individual performs jury duty, a wage not less than the differential compensation less the aggregate amount of any fees and allowances paid to the juror for that day. Defines "differential compensation" to mean: (1) if that juror has a regular employment schedule with that employer, the wage or salary that the juror would have been paid for that day but for that juror's performance of jury duty; and (2) if that juror does not have a regular schedule with that employer, the average daily wage or salary of the juror during the seven-day period ending on the day before the juror first performed jury duty.Defines "employer" to include any public or private employer.Allows a person summoned for jury service to be excused upon a showing by his or her employer that payment of differential compensation would result in significant hardship to the employer.	2025-01-16T12:12:20Z
106-hr-2740	106	hr	2740	Southern California Federal Judgeship Act of 1999	Law	1999-08-05	1999-08-24	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51]	CA	R	C000994	3	Southern California Federal Judgeship Act of 1999 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) three additional district judges for the Southern District of California; and (2) one additional (temporary) district judge for that District. Specifies that the first vacancy in the office of district judge in that District, occurring seven years or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill such temporary judgeship, shall not be filled. Authorizes appropriations.	2025-08-20T14:18:45Z
106-s-1515	106	s	1515	Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000	Law	1999-08-05	2000-07-10	Became Public Law No: 106-245.	Senate	Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]	UT	R	H000338	6	Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to revise eligibility requirements for claims relating to: (1) atmospheric nuclear testing and leukemia; (2) uranium mining as it pertains to individuals employed in the transport of uranium ore or vanadium-uranium ore and additional designated eligible State sites; (3) written documentation of pertinent diagnoses; (4) determination and payment of claims; (5) application of Native American law and Native American considerations to claims; and (6) resubmittal of previously denied claims.Revises the limitations on attorney fees for services rendered in connection with a claim. Replaces the current ten percent maximum fee with an applicable percentage consisting of: (1) two percent for the filing of an initial claim; and (2) ten percent for any claim with respect to which a representative has made a services contract before enactment of this Act, or for any resubmittal of a denied claim.Directs the General Accounting Office to submit periodically detailed status reports to Congress.Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants (including grants through the Indian Health Service) to certain Federal, State, or local medical centers, or nonprofit organizations for education, prevention, and early detection of radiogenic cancers and diseases.Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2009.	2026-02-10T13:38:48Z
106-s-1564	106	s	1564	Federal Courts Budget Protection Act	Law	1999-08-05	2000-09-27	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 837.	Senate	Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]	MS	R	C000567	5	Federal Courts Budget Protection Act - Rewrites provisions of the Federal judicial code regarding budget estimates for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Requires the Director of the Office, under the supervision of the Judicial Conference of the United States, to submit to Congress before January 25 of each year annual estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for: (1) the maintenance and operation of the courts and the Office and the operation of the judicial survivors annuity fund (the Fund), and any supplemental and deficiency estimates as may be required by law for such purposes (requires such estimates to be approved, before presentation to Congress, by the Judicial Conference, with exceptions for the Court of International Trade and for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which shall be approved by such courts, respectively); and (2) real property construction activities related to U.S. courthouses and other space occupied by entities of the judicial branch (with estimated expenditures and appropriations based on prospectuses and other information provided by the Administrator of General Services).Requires the Administrator, at such times as are required by Congress or the judicial branch to ensure timely development and consideration of courthouse needs and budget requests, to prepare and submit directly: (1) to the Director and to specified congressional committees prospectuses, including cost estimates, for future judicial branch construction, acquisition, and repair and alteration projects; and (2) to the Director preliminary planning, design, and cost estimates of future judicial branch construction, acquisition, and repair and alteration projects. Authorizes funds to be appropriated (in accordance with such estimates) to the judicial branch for deposit into the Federal Buildings Fund for the construction, acquisition, and repair and alteration of Federal courthouses. Specifies that funds deposited into the Fund shall not be available for ex…	2025-04-07T13:42:32Z
106-hr-2701	106	hr	2701	Justice for MAS Applicants Act of 1999	Law	1999-08-04	1999-11-03	Committee Hearings Held.	House	Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]	IL	R	H001022	0	Justice for MAS Applicants Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to grant the United States Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to hear and determine any claim for interest on monies held by the Federal Communications Commission in connection with a Multiple Address System application filed for a specified broadcast band and eventually dismissed, and reimbursement for any direct expenses incurred in connection with such application. Directs the Court to award such interest at a specified rate and such expenses as it determines were so incurred.	2025-08-20T14:18:35Z
106-s-1484	106	s	1484	Blind Justice Act of 1999	Law	1999-08-04	1999-08-04	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]	PA	R	S000709	0	Blind Justice Act of 1999 - Rewrites Federal judicial code provisions regarding case assignment in district court and in circuit court to direct the chief judge of such courts to assign all cases by means of an automated random assignment program provided by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, with exceptions for related and technical cases.Allows the chief judge to directly assign: (1) a related case only to a judge who is hearing or has heard a case or cases to which the new case relates; and (2) a technical case only to a judge who has significant experience with the subject matter at issue.	2025-08-20T14:19:34Z
106-hr-2610	106	hr	2610	Regulatory Fairness Act	Law	1999-07-26	1999-07-29	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.	House	Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]	MI	R	H000676	0	Regulatory Fairness Act - Provides that it shall be an affirmative defense to a civil action brought against a person to enforce a Federal regulatory requirement that such requirement is potentially in conflict with another regulatory requirement with which such person is in compliance.	2025-08-20T14:17:41Z
106-s-1437	106	s	1437	Thomas Jefferson Researcher's Privilege Act of 1999	Law	1999-07-26	1999-07-26	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY]	NY	D	M001054	0	Thomas Jefferson Researcher's Privilege Act of 1999 - Amends the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to make FOIA inapplicable to matters that are data, records, or information, including actual research documents, collected or produced in the conduct of or as a result of study or research on academic, commercial, scientific, or technical issues, including: (1) unpublished lecture notes, unpublished research notes, data, processes, results, or other confidential information from research which is in progress, unpublished, or not yet verified; or (2) any other information related to research, the disclosure of which could affect the conduct or outcome of the research, the likelihood of similar research in the future, the ability to obtain patents or copyrights from the research, or any other proprietary rights any entity may have in the research or results of the research. (Sec. 3) Amends Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court by which a subpoena was issued, on timely motion, to quash or modify the subpoena if it requires disclosure of data, records, or information, including actual research documents, collected or produced in the conduct of or as a result of study or research on academic, commercial, scientific, or technical issues. Authorizes the court: (1) if a subpoena requires disclosure of such data, records, or information, to protect a person subject to or affected by the subpoena, to quash or modify the subpoena; or (2) if the party in whose behalf the subpoena is issued shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship and assures that the person to whom the subpoena is addressed will be reasonably compensated, to order appearance or production only upon specified conditions. (Sec. 4) Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to authorize a person engaged in the study or research of academic, commercial, scientific, or technical issues to claim a privilege to refuse to disclose data, records, or information concerning that st…	2025-08-20T14:19:45Z
106-hr-2597	106	hr	2597	Litigation Fairness Act of 1999	Law	1999-07-22	1999-07-22	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]	MS	R	W000437	4	Litigation Fairness Act of 1999 - Subjects the Federal Government or any State, in any civil action to recover directly from any defendant any benefits or services the United States or such State has provided or paid for, to the same procedural rules and substantive law (including notification requirements, limitations, and affirmative defenses) that would apply to the person on whose behalf the action is brought.	2025-08-20T14:20:19Z
106-s-1418	106	s	1418	A bill to provide for the holding of court at Natchez, Mississippi in the same manner as court is held at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and for other purposes.	Law	1999-07-22	1999-12-06	Became Public Law No: 106-130.	Senate	Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]	MS	R	C000567	0	Amends the Federal judicial code to: (1) repeal a condition that court for the western division of the southern district of Mississippi be held at Natchez only if suitable quarters and accommodations are furnished at no cost to the United States; and (2) provide that court for the eastern division of the northern district of Illinois shall be held at Chicago (current law) and Wheaton.	2026-02-10T13:38:48Z
106-s-1403	106	s	1403	Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals En Banc Procedures Act of 1999	Law	1999-07-20	1999-07-20	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]	CA	D	F000062	4	Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals En Banc Procedures Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow 40 percent or more of the circuit judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Court) who are in regular active service to order a hearing or rehearing before the court en banc for such circuit (currently, a majority must vote affirmatively to rehear a case en banc).Provides that a majority of the judges shall be required to sit on a court en banc for such circuit (currently, 11 judges must sit on a court en banc).Requires that: (1) the Court be organized into no fewer than three administrative units based on geographic regions; (2) each panel of the Court be assigned to an administrative unit; and (3) in any case or controversy heard by any panel of an administrative unit, at least one judge of that unit be assigned to that panel (currently, there is no requirement that the Court have geographical representation on its panels).	2026-02-10T13:38:48Z
106-hr-2549	106	hr	2549	To provide that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania be held at Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in addition to those other places currently provided by law.	Law	1999-07-19	1999-07-29	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]	PA	R	G000439	0	Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to be held in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, in addition to those places currently provided by law.	2025-01-16T12:12:20Z
106-hr-2533	106	hr	2533	Fairness in Telecommunications License Transfers Act of 1999	Law	1999-07-15	1999-11-03	Committee Hearings Held.	House	Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]	IL	R	H001022	3	Fairness in Telecommunications License Transfers Act of 1999 - Amends the Clayton Act to repeal the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to enforce provisions of such Act applicable to common carriers engaged in wire or radio communication or radio transmission of energy. Amends the Administrative Procedure Act to require each independent regulatory commission to promulgate rules of administrative practice and procedure for consideration in a reasonable time of all applications for the transfer of licenses, or the acquisition and operation of lines, for which the commission grants authority. Directs that such rules specify: (1) procedures for submitting to the covered parties requests for necessary documents and information; (2) the period following application for the commission to submit such requests or to approve or deny the application; (3) procedures limiting ex parte communications and requiring all ex parte communications to be placed in a public record; and (4) such other procedures as will ensure that the commission's processes for consideration of all transfer applications are fair, predictable, timely, open to public scrutiny, and subject to judicial review. Requires each independent regulatory commission to promulgate rules defining the terms "public interest," "public convenience and necessity," and "public interest, convenience, and necessity" as used in the statutes governing such proceedings. Specifies that if: (1) in considering an application for transfer, an independent regulatory commission does not comply with the rules such commission has promulgated, the application shall be deemed approved, without conditions; and (2) an independent regulatory commission has not promulgated rules as required by this Act, or has not followed such rules, any applicant affected by such failure may bring an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a declaration that the application is deemed approved, without conditions, by the commission.	2025-08-20T14:19:37Z
106-s-1360	106	s	1360	Secret Service Protective Privilege Act of 1999	Law	1999-07-13	1999-07-13	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]	VT	D	L000174	0	Secret Service Protective Privilege Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit testimony by Secret Service personnel or former personnel regarding information affecting a protectee (defined as the President, Vice President, and specified other officials) that was acquired during the performance of a protective function in physical proximity to the protectee from being received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, or other authority of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof. Makes exceptions: (1) with respect to information that, at the time it was acquired by Secret Service personnel, was sufficient to provide reasonable grounds to believe that a crime had been, was being, or would be committed; or (2) if the privilege is waived by the protectee or the legal representative of a protectee or deceased protectee. Specifies that the proximity of Secret Service personnel to a protectee engaged in a privileged communication with another shall not, by itself, defeat an otherwise valid claim of privilege.	2025-08-20T14:18:01Z
106-hr-2372	106	hr	2372	Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2000	Law	1999-06-29	2000-03-20	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.	House	Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12]	FL	R	C000107	113	Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that whenever a district court exercises jurisdiction under civil rights provisions in an action in which the operative facts concern the uses of real property, it shall not abstain from exercising or relinquish its jurisdiction to a State court in an action in which no claim of a violation of a State law, right, or privilege is alleged, if a parallel proceeding in State court arising out of the same operative facts as the district court proceeding is not pending.Specifies that: (1) if the district court has jurisdiction over such an action in which the operative facts concern the uses of real property and which cannot be decided without resolution of an unsettled question of State law, it may certify the State law question to the highest appellate court of that State; and (2) after the State appellate court resolves the question certified to it, the district court shall proceed with resolving the merits. Prohibits the district court from certifying a question of State law unless such question will significantly affect the merits of the injured party's Federal claim and such question is patently unclear.Declares that any claim or action brought under provisions regarding civil actions for deprivation of rights to redress the deprivation of a property right or privilege secured by the Constitution shall be ripe for adjudication by the district courts upon a final decision rendered by any person acting under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State or territory of the United States that causes actual and concrete injury to the party seeking redress.Sets forth provisions regarding what constitutes a "final decision." Specifies that: (1) the party seeking redress shall not be required to apply for an appeal or waiver if no such appeal or waiver is available, if it cannot provide the relief requested, or if the application or re-application would be futile; (2) the failure to act within a …	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-hr-2366	106	hr	2366	Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2000	Law	1999-06-25	2000-03-28	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 476.	House	Rep. Rogan, James E. [R-CA-27]	CA	R	R000386	32	Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2000 - Title I: Small Business Lawsuit Abuse Protection - Allows punitive damages to be awarded against a small business only if the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that conduct carried out by the defendant with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of others was the proximate cause of the harm that is the subject of the action. Limits such punitive damages to the lesser of three times the amount awarded for economic and noneconomic losses, or $250,000. Makes such limitation inapplicable if the court finds that the defendant acted with specific intent to cause the type of harm for which the action is brought.(Sec. 104) States that in any civil action against a small business: (1) each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of noneconomic loss allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to the percentage of responsibility of that defendant for the harm caused to the plaintiff; and (2) the court shall render a separate judgment against each defendant describing such percentage of responsibility.(Sec. 105) Excepts from such liability limitations any misconduct of a defendant: (1) that constitutes a crime of violence, international terrorism, or a hate crime; (2) that results in liability for damages under specified provisions of the Oil Pollution Control Act of 1990 or the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; (3) that involves a sexual offense or violation of a Federal or State civil rights law; (4) caused by being under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or a drug; or (5) relating to false claims or actions brought by the United States relating to fraud or false statements.(Sec. 106) Preempts inconsistent State law.Title II: Product Seller Fair Treatment - States that this title governs any product liability action brought in any Federal or State court. Excludes from this title actions for commercial loss, negligent entrustment, negligence per se concerning firearms and ammuniti…	2025-04-07T13:47:21Z
106-hr-2336	106	hr	2336	United States Marshals Service Improvement Act of 1999	Law	1999-06-24	1999-11-16	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by recorded vote (2/3 required): 183 - 231 (Roll No. 595).	House	Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8]	FL	R	M000350	0	United States Marshals Service Improvement Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the appointment of U.S. marshals for each judicial district of the United States and for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Attorney General of the United States (currently, by the President), subject to Federal law governing appointments in the competitive civil service.(Sec. 3) Sets forth transitional provisions. Requires the President to appoint a marshal, for a four-year term, to fill the first vacancy which occurs in the office of U.S. marshal in any district between the date of this Act's enactment and December 31, 2001.(Sec. 4) Directs the General Accounting Office to conduct a study detailing the number of U.S. marshals chosen by the Attorney General who are people of color and women and report to Congress.	2025-04-07T13:45:23Z
106-s-1269	106	s	1269	Litigation Fairness Act of 1999	Law	1999-06-23	1999-06-23	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]	KY	R	M000355	10	Litigation Fairness Act of 1999 - Subjects the Federal Government or any State, in any civil action to recover directly from any defendant any benefits or services the United States or such State has provided or paid for, to the same procedural rules and substantive law (including notification requirements, limitations, and affirmative defenses) that would apply to the person on whose behalf the action is brought.	2025-08-20T14:17:17Z
106-s-1249	106	s	1249	Nazi Benefits Termination Act of 1999	Law	1999-06-21	1999-06-21	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ]	NJ	D	T000317	1	Nazi Benefits Termination Act of 1999 - Denies Federal public benefits to individuals who have been participants in Nazi persecution. Authorizes the Attorney General, if an individual who has applied for or is receiving a Federal public benefit may have been such a participant, to provide an opportunity for a hearing on the record with respect to the matter. Allows the Attorney General to delegate the conduct of the hearing to an immigration judge. Describes hearing procedures under this Act. Requires an immigration judge who finds that the respondent has been a participant in Nazi persecution to: (1) promptly issue an order declaring the respondent to be ineligible for any Federal public benefit and prohibiting any person from providing such a benefit to the respondent; and (2) transmit a copy of the order to any governmental entity or person known to be so providing such a benefit. Authorizes the Attorney General to review any finding or conclusion made, or order issued, and to complete the review within a specified period, or the finding, conclusion, or order shall be final. Allows any party aggrieved by a final order issued under this Act to obtain judicial review of the order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.	2025-08-20T14:16:53Z
106-hr-2112	106	hr	2112	Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999	Law	1999-06-09	1999-11-17	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: and House requests a conference.	House	Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9]	WI	R	S000244	2	Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to allow a civil action transferred for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings (multidistrict litigation) to be transferred for trial purposes by the judge or judges of the transferee district to whom the action was assigned, to the transferee or other district in the interest of justice and for the convenience of the parties and witnesses. Directs that any such action transferred for trial purposes be remanded by the panel for the determination of compensatory damages to the district court from which it was transferred, unless the court to which the action has been transferred also finds, for the convenience of the parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice, that the action should be retained for the determination of compensatory damages.	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-hr-2005	106	hr	2005	Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 1999	Law	1999-06-07	2000-02-03	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.	House	Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]	OH	R	C000266	6	Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 1999 - Prohibits the filing of a civil action against a manufacturer or seller of a durable good (except a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or train that is used primarily to transport passengers for hire) more than 18 years after it was delivered to its first purchaser or lessee for: (1) damage to property arising out of an accident involving such good; or (2) damages for death or personal injury arising out of an accident involving such good if the claimant has received or is eligible to receive worker compensation and the injury does not involve a toxic harm (including, but not limited to, all asbestos-related harm). Declares that this Act: (1) shall not bar an action against a defendant who made an express warranty in writing as to the safety or life expectancy of a specific product which was longer than 18 years, except that this Act shall apply at the expiration of such warranty; and (2) does not supersede or modify any statute or common law that authorizes an action for civil damages, cost recovery, or any other form of relief for remediation of the environment.	2025-04-07T13:47:21Z
106-hr-2011	106	hr	2011	Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act of 1999	Law	1999-06-07	1999-06-17	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.	House	Del. Christensen, Donna MC [D-VI-At Large]	VI	D	C000380	0	Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act of 1999 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a Federal judicial district in the Virgin Islands, composed of two divisions, one for Saint Croix and the other for Saint Thomas and Saint John. Provides two judges for such district. Repeals provisions of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands regarding judicial divisions, trial by jury, and the U.S. attorney for the Virgin Islands. Vests judicial power of the Virgin Islands in trial or appellate courts established by local law. (Currently, such power is also vested in the District Court of the Virgin Islands.) Requires the local courts of the Virgin Islands to have jurisdiction over all causes of action in the Islands over which any court established by the Constitution and U.S. laws does not have exclusive jurisdiction. (Currently, the Virgin Islands legislature may vest such jurisdiction in such courts.) Replaces references to the District Court of the Virgin Islands in provisions regarding jurisdiction over income tax matters and appellate jurisdiction with references to the U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands. Removes provisions regarding judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. Authorizes the temporary assignment of additional judges to the U.S. District Court for the Virgin Islands. Requires all pleadings and proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Virgin Islands to be conducted in English. Permits pending complaints or proceedings to be pursued to final determination in such court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the Supreme Court. Deems references to the District Court of the Virgin Islands in any law to be references to the United States District Court for the Virgin Islands.	2025-08-20T14:20:06Z
106-hr-2031	106	hr	2031	Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act	Law	1999-06-07	1999-08-04	Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	House	Rep. Scarborough, Joe [R-FL-1]	FL	R	S000106	44	Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act - Amends the Webb-Kenyon Act to authorize a State attorney general (State AG) who has reasonable cause to believe that a person is engaging in any act that would constitute a violation of State law regulating the importation or transportation of any intoxicating liquor, to bring a civil action for injunctive relief to: (1) restrain the person from engaging in the violation; and (2) enforce compliance with State law. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction over any action brought by a State AG against any person, except one licensed or otherwise authorized to produce, sell, or store intoxicating liquor in such State. Permits such an action to be brought only in accordance with Federal judicial code provisions regarding venue, or in the district in which the recipient of such liquor resides or is found. Authorizes the court, in such action and upon a proper showing by the State AG, to issue a preliminary or permanent injunction or other order to restrain a violation. Specifies that a proper showing shall require clear and convincing evidence that a violation of State law regulating the importation or transportation of intoxicating liquor has taken place, and that no temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction may be granted except upon evidence: (1) demonstrating the probability of irreparable injury if injunctive relief is not granted; and (2) supporting the probability of success on the merits. Prohibits such issuance without notice to the adverse party and an opportunity for a hearing. Sets forth provisions regarding the form and scope of the order. Specifies that nothing in this Act may be construed to modify or supersede the operation of the Internet Tax Freedom Act. Prohibits any State from enforcing under this Act a law regulating the importation or transportation of intoxicating liquor that unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate commerce by out-of-State sellers by favoring local industries, erecting barriers to competition, and constituting…	2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
106-s-1145	106	s	1145	Federal Judgeship Act of 1999	Law	1999-05-27	1999-05-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]	VT	D	L000174	12	Federal Judgeship Act of 1999 - Directs the President to make appointments to specified additional permanent and temporary judgeships in various U.S. circuit courts of appeal and district courts. Establishes a judicial district for: (1) the Northern Mariana Islands, with court to be held at Saipan; and (2) the Virgin Islands, comprising two divisions (the Saint Croix Division, with court to be held at Christiansted, and the Saint Thomas and Saint John Division, with court to be held at Charlotte-Amalie). Includes the Northern Mariana Islands within the ninth judicial circuit. Authorizes the Chief Judge of the ninth circuit to assign judges of courts of record of the Northern Mariana Islands or Guam, including a judge of the District Court of Guam who is appointed by the President or a recalled senior judge of such court, to serve temporarily as a judge in the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands when necessary. Grants such designated judges the powers of a magistrate judge. Authorizes the judges of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands to be summoned biennially to judicial conferences. Repeals provisions: (1) directing that such a judge who retires from office after meeting specified age and service requirements receive an annuity equal to the salary received at the time of retirement during the remainder of the judge's lifetime; and (2) granting the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit exclusive jurisdiction of an appeal from an interlocutory order of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands. Modifies the definition of: (1) "judicial official" under provisions concerning annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States to exclude a judge of the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands and of the District Court of the Virgin Islands; (2) "States" to include the Northern Mariana Islands within such definition for purposes of diversity jurisdiction; and (3) "felony" to cover specified offenses (under provisions regarding civ…	2025-08-20T14:19:27Z
106-s-1185	106	s	1185	Small Business Liability Reform Act of 1999	Law	1999-05-27	1999-05-27	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.	Senate	Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI]	MI	R	A000355	34	TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Small Business Lawsuit Abuse Protection Title II: Product Seller Fair Treatment Small Business Liability Reform Act of 1999 - Title I: Small Business Lawsuit Abuse Protection - Allows punitive damages to be awarded against a small business only if the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that conduct carried out by the defendant through willful misconduct or with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of others was the proximate cause of the harm that is the subject of the action. Limits such punitive damages to the lesser of two times the amount awarded for economic and noneconomic losses, or $250,000. (Sec. 104) States that, in any civil action against a small business: (1) each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of noneconomic loss allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to the percentage of responsibility of that defendant for the harm caused to the plaintiff; and (2) the court shall render a separate judgment against each defendant describing such percentage of responsibility. (Sec. 105) Excepts from such liability limitations any misconduct of a defendant: (1) that constitutes a crime of violence, international terrorism, or a hate crime; (2) that results in liability for damages under specified provisions of the Oil Pollution Control Act of 1990 or the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; (3) that involves a sexual offense or violation of a Federal or State civil rights law; or (4) caused by being under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or a drug. (Sec. 106) Preempts inconsistent State law. Title II: Product Seller Fair Treatment - States that this title governs any product liability action brought in any Federal or State court. Excludes from this title actions for commercial loss, negligent entrustment, negligence per se concerning firearms and ammunition, and actions brought under a dram-shop or third-party liability arising out of the sale or provision of alcohol…	2025-08-20T14:17:25Z
106-hr-1924	106	hr	1924	Federal Agency Compliance Act	Law	1999-05-25	2000-10-12	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 574.	House	Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]	PA	R	G000121	0	Federal Agency Compliance Act - Requires a Federal agency, in civil matters, in administering a statute, rule, regulation, program, or policy (statute) within a judicial circuit, to adhere to the existing precedent respecting the interpretation and application of such statute, as established by the decisions of the U.S. court of appeals for that circuit, with exceptions.Allows an agency to take a position, either in administration or litigation, that is at variance with such precedent if: (1) it is uncertain whether the administration of the statute will be subject to review by the appeals court that established that precedent or a court of appeals for another circuit; (2) the Government did not seek further review of the case in which that precedent was first established in that appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court because neither the United States nor any agency or officer thereof was a party to the case, or because the Solicitor General, or the agency officer responsible for such determination, determines that the decision establishing that precedent was otherwise substantially favorable to the Government; or (3) it is reasonable to question the continued validity of that precedent in light of a subsequent decision of that appeals court or the U.S. Supreme Court, a subsequent change in any pertinent statute or regulation, or any other subsequent change in the public policy or circumstances on which that precedent was based.Requires the officers of any Federal agency supervising the conduct of litigation to ensure that the initiation, defense, and continuation of proceedings in the U.S. courts within, or subject to the jurisdiction of, a particular judicial circuit avoids unnecessarily repetitive litigation on questions of law already uniformly resolved against the United States in three or more circuits. Specifies that a decision on whether to initiate, defend, or continue litigation is not subject to review.	2025-04-07T13:43:43Z

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