Laws of the 106th Congress

To amend the Social Security Act to expand the availability of health care coverage for working individuals with disabilities, to establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security Administration to provide such individuals with meaningful opportunities to work, and for other purposes.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Illinois certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to be used as an historic and interpretive site along the trail.

To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the depiction of animal cruelty.

To establish the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in the State of New York as an affiliated area of the National Park System.

Commending the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and for other purposes.

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to assist the Congressional Budget Office with the scoring of State and local mandates.

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child under such Act if adopted with or after a sibling who is a child under such Act.

To protect the permanent trust funds of the State of Arizona from erosion due to inflation and modify the basis on which distributions are made from those funds.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

To amend the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to carry out that Act, and for other purposes.

To designate the North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell North-South Center.

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Rosa Parks in recognition of her contributions to the Nation.

To provide for education flexibility partnerships.

To designate the Federal building located at 310 New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the “Terry Sanford Federal Building”.

To extend the tax benefits available with respect to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Monte-negro) and certain other areas, and for other purposes.

To designate a portion of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

To authorize appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey, and for other purposes.

To amend the Small Business Act to change the conditions of participation and provide an authorization of appropriations for the women's business center program.