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.

Public Law 106-530 · Became law Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000

To provide for the establishment of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the Baca National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 366–34Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-529 · Became law Saint Croix Island Heritage Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in planning and constructing a regional heritage center in Calais, Maine.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-528 · Became law Airport Security Improvement Act of 2000

To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve airport security.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2020 · Became law Public Law 106-527

To adjust the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-526 · Became law Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative sites and other National Forest System land in the State of Oregon and use the proceeds derived from the sale or exchange for National Forest System purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-525 · Became law Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000

To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health of minority individuals.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1670 · Became law Public Law 106-524

To revise the boundary of Fort Matanzas National Monument, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-523 · Became law Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish Federal jurisdiction over offenses committed outside the United States by persons employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces, or by members of the Armed Forces who are released or separated from active duty prior to being identified and prosecuted for the commission of such offenses, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-522 · Became law District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001

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.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 2346 · Became law Public Law 106-521

To authorize the enforcement by State and local governments of certain Federal Communications Commission regulations regarding use of citizens band radio equipment.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 125 · Became law Public Law 106-520

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-519 · Became law FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of 2000

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the provisions relating to foreign sales corporations (FSCs) and to exclude extraterritorial income from gross income.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 316–72Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-518 · Became law Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000

To make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-517 · Became law Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2000

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify the procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-516 · Became law Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study concerning the preservation and public use of sites associated with Harriet Tubman located in Auburn, New York, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-515 · Became law America's Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project

To provide grants to establish demonstration mental health courts.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-514 · Became law Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000

To reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-513 · Became law National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000

To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-512 · Became law Palmetto Bend Conveyance Act

Providing for conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the State of Texas.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-511 · Became law Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act

To provide for equitable compensation for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-510 · Became law Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Adjustment Act of 2000

To eliminate restrictions on the acquisition of certain land contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-509 · Became law Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail Act

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Ala Kahakai Trail as a National Historic Trail.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-508 · Became law Export Administration Modification and Clarification Act of 2000

To provide for increased penalties for violations of the Export Administration Act of 1979, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3621 · Became law Public Law 106-507

To provide for the posthumous promotion of William Clark of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to the grade of captain in the Regular Army.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-506 · Became law Lake Tahoe Restoration Act

To promote environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe basin.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-505 · Became law Public Health Improvement Act

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the placement of automatic external defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to improve survival rates of individuals who experience cardiac arrest in such buildings, and to establish protections from civil liability arising from the emergency use of the devices.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 384–2Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-504 · Became law Guam Omnibus Opportunities Act

To amend the Organic Act of Guam, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-503 · Became law Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2000

To authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration, and for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House adopted H.Res. 655, 384–5Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-502 · Became law Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to plan, design, and construct fish screens, fish passage devices, and related features to mitigate impacts on fisheries associated with irrigation system water diversions by local governmental entities in the Pacific Ocean drainage of the States of Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-501 · Became law Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend authorizations of appropriations for programs under the Act, to modernize programs and services for older individuals, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–2Senate 94–0
S. 2977 · Became law Public Law 106-500

To assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2951 · Became law Public Law 106-499

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of the Upper Columbia River.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-498 · Became law Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000

To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, Oregon and California, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-497 · Became law Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000

To improve the cause of action for misrepresentation of Indian arts and crafts.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-496 · Became law Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project Act of 2000

To authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project, Oregon, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2069 · Became law Public Law 106-495

To permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell, Wyoming.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1894 · Became law Public Law 106-494

To provide for the conveyance of certain land to Park County, Wyoming.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1778 · Became law Public Law 106-493

To provide for equal exchanges of land around the Cascade Reservoir.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-492 · Became law National Law Enforcement Museum Act

To establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1367 · Became law Public Law 106-491

To amend the Act which established the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by modifying the boundary and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1030 · Became law Public Law 106-490

To provide that the conveyance by the Bureau of Land Management of the surface estate to certain land in the State of Wyoming in exchange for certain private land will not result in the removal of the land from operation of the mining laws.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 893 · Became law Public Law 106-489

To amend title 46, United States Code, to provide equitable treatment with respect to State and local income taxes for certain individuals who perform duties on vessels.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 748 · Became law Public Law 106-488

To improve Native hiring and contracting by the Federal Government within the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-487 · Became law Vicksburg Campaign Trail Battlefields Preservation Act of 2000

To authorize a feasibility study on the preservation of certain Civil War battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 698 · Became law Public Law 106-486

To review the suitability and feasibility of recovering costs of high altitude rescues at Denali National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 610 · Became law Public Law 106-485

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Washakie County and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, Wyoming, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-484 · Became law Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000

To provide for the granting of refugee status in the United States to nationals of certain foreign countries in which American Vietnam War POW/MIAs or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if those nationals assist in the return to the United States of those POW/MIAs alive.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 102 · Became law Public Law 106-483

Recognizing that the Birmingham Pledge has made a significant contribution in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation in the United States and around the world, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5478 · Became law Public Law 106-482

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation suitable land to serve as the new location for the home of Alexander Hamilton, commonly known as the Hamilton Grange, and to authorize the relocation of the Hamilton Grange to the acquired land.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-481 · Became law Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000

To establish revolving funds for the operation of certain programs and activities of the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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