Laws of the 106th Congress

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

To establish the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance, and for other purposes.

To strengthen the enforcement of Federal statutes relating to false identification, and for other purposes.

To establish the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, Nevada, to facilitate the interpretation of the history of development and use of trails in the settling of the western portion of the United States, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conserve and enhance the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

To authorize the Forest Service to convey certain lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin to the Washoe County School District for use as an elementary school site.

To authorize the addition of land to Sequoia National Park, and for other purposes.

To repeal the modification of the installment method.

To establish a grant program to assist State and local law enforcement in deterring, investigating, and prosecuting computer crimes.

To amend title 5, United States Code, to make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians, and to provide that such allowances be treated as part of basic pay for retirement purposes.

To authorize additional assistance for international malaria control, and for other purposes.

To expand homeownership in the United States, and for other purposes.

To authorize the construction of a Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place in Fort Pierre, South Dakota, and for other purposes.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the reclamation and reuse of water and wastewater in the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

To establish the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.

To establish a standard time zone for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.

To require the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a study regarding methods to commemorate the national significance of the United States roadways that comprise the Lincoln Highway, and for other purposes.

To complete the orderly withdrawal of the NOAA from the civil administration of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, and to assist in the conservation of coral reefs, and for other purposes.

To improve the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes, and for other purposes.

To provide protection against the risks to the public that are inherent in the interstate transportation of violent prisoners.

To provide technical and legal assistance to tribal justice systems and members of Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

To amend the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust the boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, and to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize equal overtime pay provisions for all Federal employees engaged in wildland fire suppression operations.

To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South George Street in York, Pennsylvania, as the “George Atlee Goodling Post Office Building”.

To reauthorize the Striped Bass Conservation Act, and for other purposes.

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 514 Express Center Road in Chicago, Illinois, as the “J.T. Weeker Service Center”.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that have been designated as being no longer needed in research conducted or supported by the Public Health Service, and for other purposes.

To establish a commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Madison.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use the Mancos Project facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of nonproject water for the purpose of irrigation, domestic, municipal, industrial, and any other beneficial purposes.

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Dolores, Colorado, the current site of the Joe Rowell Park.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine and counterfeit police badges by those seeking to commit a crime, and for other purposes.

To make grants to States for carrying out DNA analyses for use in the Combined DNA Index System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to provide for the collection and analysis of DNA samples from certain violent and sexual offenders for use in such system, and for other purposes.

To establish, wherever feasible, guidelines, recommendations, and regulations that promote the regulatory acceptance of new or revised scientifically valid toxicological tests that protect human and animal health and the environment while reducing, refining, or replacing animal tests and ensuring human safety and product effectiveness.

To amend section 879 of title 18, United States Code, to provide clearer coverage over threats against former Presidents and members of their families, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

To establish the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in the State of Arizona.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for certain United States international broadcasting employees.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 431 North George Street in Millersville, Pennsylvania, as the “Robert S. Walker Post Office”.

To protect seniors from fraud.

To amend the Congressional Award Act to establish a Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Board.

To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting, and for other purposes.

To amend chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, to authorize the consolidation of certain financial and performance management reports required of Federal agencies, and for other purposes.