Saved history · 1999 and 2000

Laws of the 106th Congress

The 580 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 1999 to January 3, 2001, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files. The text of 1 law is Not published yet: Public Law 106-32.

580 laws
154 with a recorded vote · 426 passed with no recorded voteConfirmed from the official record

69,563 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Plain-language accounts for laws before January 3, 2025: Not started. A law's page shows the official title, the member votes we have saved and our saved files.

S. 322 · Became law Public Law 106-80

To amend title 4, United States Code, to add the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should especially be displayed.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-79 · Became law Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 372–55Senate 87–11
Public Law 106-78 · Became law Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 240–175Senate 74–26
H.R. 560 · Became law Public Law 106-77

To designate the Federal building located at 300 Recinto Sur Street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the "Jose V. Toledo United States Post Office and Courthouse".

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-76 · Became law Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999

To redesignate the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument as a national park and establish the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 71 · Became law Public Law 106-75

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–2Senate: voice vote
Public Law 106-74 · Became law Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–18Senate 93–5
H.R. 3036 · Became law Public Law 106-73

To restore motor carrier safety enforcement authority to the Department of Transportation.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 559 · Became law Public Law 106-72

To designate the Federal building located at 300 East 8th Street in Austin, Texas, as the “J.J. `Jake' Pickle Federal Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-71 · Became law Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act

To provide funding for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–1Senate: without objection
S. 1606 · Became law Public Law 106-70

To extend for 9 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, is reenacted.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-69 · Became law Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 304–91Senate 88–3
S. 1072 · Became law Public Law 106-68

To make certain technical and other corrections relating to the Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act (36 U.S.C. 143 note; 112 Stat. 3486 et seq.).

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 944 · Became law Public Law 106-67

A bill to amend Public Law 105-188 to provide for the mineral leasing of certain Indian lands in Oklahoma.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 293 · Became law Public Law 106-66

To direct the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to convey certain lands in San Juan County, New Mexico, to San Juan College.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-65 · Became law National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 375–45Senate 93–5
H.R. 2981 · Became law Public Law 106-64

To extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through March 31, 2000.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 380 · Became law Public Law 106-63

To reauthorize the Congressional Award Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 68 · Became law Public Law 106-62

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–2Senate 98–1
H.J.Res. 34 · Became law Public Law 106-61

Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-60 · Became law Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000

Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 327–87Senate 96–3
S. 1637 · Became law Public Law 106-59

To extend through the end of the current fiscal year certain expiring Federal Aviation Administration authorizations.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-58 · Became law Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000

Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 292–126Senate 54–38
Public Law 106-57 · Became law Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 367–49Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-56 · Became law Organ Donor Leave Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal employee in any year in connection with serving as an organ donor, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1546 · Became law Public Law 106-55

To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional administrative authorities to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, and to make technical corrections to that Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 606 · Became law Public Law 106-54

For the relief of Global Exploration and Development Corporation, Kerr- McGee Corporation, and Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC (successor to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation), and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-53 · Became law Water Resources Development Act of 1999

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-52 · Became law Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2000

Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–8Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-51 · Became law Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee and Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Act of 1999

Providing emergency authority for guarantees of loans to qualified steel and iron ore companies and to qualified oil and gas companies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 246–176Senate 63–34
Public Law 106-50 · Became law Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999

To provide technical, financial, and procurement assistance to veteran owned small businesses, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-49 · Became law Construction Industry Payment Protection Act of 1999

To amend the Miller Act, relating to payment protections for persons providing labor and materials for Federal construction projects.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 211 · Became law Public Law 106-48

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 920 West Riverside Avenue in Spokane, Washington, as the “Thomas S. Foley United States Courthouse”, and the plaza at the south entrance of such building and courthouse as the “Walter F. Horan Plaza”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1543 · Became law Public Law 106-47

To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to release and protect the release of tobacco production and marketing information.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 2565 · Became law Public Law 106-46

To clarify the quorum requirement for the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 66 · Became law Public Law 106-45

To preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1260 · Became law Public Law 106-44

To make technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-43 · Became law Trademark Amendments Act of 1999

To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 relating to dilution of famous marks, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-42 · Became law Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Protection Act of 1999

To authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-41 · Became law Lake Oconee Land Exchange Act

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to complete a land exchange with Georgia Power Company.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-40 · Became law Chemical Safety Information, Site Security and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act

To amend the Clean Air Act to remove flammable fuels from the list of substances with respect to which reporting and other activities are required under the risk management plan program, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 2035 · Became law Public Law 106-39

To correct errors in the authorizations of certain programs administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-38 · Became law National Missile Defense Act of 1999

To declare it to be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 345–71Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-37 · Became law Y2K Act

To establish certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 404–24Senate 81–18
Public Law 106-36 · Became law Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1999

To make miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade laws, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 375–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-35 · Became law Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Technical Corrections Act

To amend the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, to make a technical correction relating to international narcotics control assistance.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-34 · Became law Fastener Quality Act Amendments Act of 1999

To amend the Fastener Quality Act to strengthen the protection against the sale of mismarked, misrepresented, and counterfeit fasteners and eliminate unnecessary requirements, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1121 · Became law Public Law 106-33

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 18 Greenville Street in Newnan, Georgia, as the “Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1034 · Became law Public Law 106-32

To declare a portion of the James River and Kanawha Canal in Richmond, Virginia, to be nonnavigable waters of the United States for purposes of title 46, United States Code, and the other maritime laws of the United States.

Plain-language account: Not startedText not published yet
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-31 · Became law 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 269–158Senate 64–36
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