Laws of the 106th Congress

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.

To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.

Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress.

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in conjunction with the minting of coins by the Republic of Iceland in commemoration of the millennium of the discovery of the New World by Leif Ericson.

To designate the United States Postal Service building located at 34480 Highway 101 South in Cloverdale, Oregon, as the “Maurine B. Neuberger United States Post Office”.

To designate the United States Postal Service building located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah, as the “Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building”.

To designate certain facilities of the United States Postal Service in Chicago, Illinois.

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to broaden the range of discount window loans which may be used as collateral for Federal reserve notes.

To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for FERC Project No. 9401, the Mt. Hope Waterpower Project.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River on land owned by the State of New York.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of extended care services for veterans, to make other improvements in health care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to enhance compensation, memorial affairs, and housing programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to improve retirement authorities applicable to judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes.

To clarify certain boundaries on maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.

To establish the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands to the county of Rio Arriba, New Mexico.

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service at 410 North 6th Street in Garden City, Kansas, as the “Clifford R. Hope Post Office”.

To establish designations for United States Postal Service buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

To amend part G of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow railroad police officers to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy for law enforcement training.

To make technical corrections to the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.

To assure the long-term conservation of mid-continent light geese and the biological diversity of the ecosystem upon which many North American migratory birds depend, by directing the Secretary of the Interior to implement rules to reduce the overabundant population of mid-continent light geese.

To improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal financial assistance programs, simplify Federal financial assistance application and reporting requirements, and improve the delivery of services to the public.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for an additional 2 years the period for admission of an alien as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(S) of such Act, and to authorize appropriations for the refugee assistance program under chapter 2 of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

To authorize the construction of a monument to honor those who have served the Nation's civil defense and emergency management programs.

To enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, insurance companies, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.

Granting the consent of Congress to the Missouri-Nebraska Boundary Compact.

To permit the enrollment in the House of Representatives Child Care Center of children of Federal employees who are not employees of the legislative branch.

To direct the Librarian of Congress to prepare the history of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

To establish a program to afford high school graduates from the District of Columbia the benefits of in-State tuition at State colleges and universities outside the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

To authorize a cost of living adjustment in the pay of administrative law judges.

To amend the Export Apple and Pear Act to limit the applicability of the Act to apples.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the requirements for the admission of nonimmigrant nurses who will practice in health professional shortage areas.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

Waiving certain enrollment requirements for the remainder of the first session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress with respect to any bill or joint resolution making general appropriations or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2000.

To designate the Old Executive Office Building located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, in Washington, District of Columbia, as the “Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building”.

To designate the United States courthouse under construction at 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the “Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse”.

To grant the consent of Congress to the boundary change between Georgia and South Carolina.

To locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, a United States citizen, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

To reauthorize a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture.

To authorize appropriations for the protection of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in Pennsylvania, to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy consistent with other United States jurisdictions, and for other purposes.

To recognize National Medal of Honor sites in California, Indiana, and South Carolina.

To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to Stanislaus County, California.

To promote and enhance public safety through use of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency assistance number, further deployment of wireless 9-1-1 service, support of States in upgrading 9-1-1 capabilities and related functions, encouragement of construction and operation of seamless, ubiquitous, and reliable networks for personal wireless services, and for other purposes.