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 106-330 · Became law Texas National Forests Improvement Act of 2000

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain administrative sites for National Forest System lands in the State of Texas, to convey certain National Forest System land to the New Waverly Gulf Coast Trades Center, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-329 · Became law Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange all or part of certain administrative sites and other land in the Black Hills National Forest and to use funds derived from the sale or exchange to acquire replacement sites and to acquire or construct administrative improvements in connection with the Black Hills National Forest.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4169 · Became law Public Law 106-328

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the “Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 4157 · Became law Public Law 106-327

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 600 Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena, California, as the “Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3985 · Became law Public Law 106-326

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14900 Southwest 30th Street in Miramar, Florida, as the “Vicki Coceano Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3909 · Became law Public Law 106-325

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4601 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the “Henry W. McGee Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3817 · Became law Public Law 106-324

To dedicate the Big South Trail in the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area of Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado to the legacy of Jaryd Atadero.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-323 · Became law Effigy Mounds National Monument Additions Act

To authorize the addition of certain parcels to the Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3454 · Became law Public Law 106-322

To designate the United States post office located at 451 College Street in Macon, Georgia, as the “Henry McNeal Turner Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3030 · Became law Public Law 106-321

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, as the “Matthew F. McHugh Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 385–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 2938 · Became law Public Law 106-320

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 424 South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the “John Brademas Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-319 · Became law Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000

To establish the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-318 · Became law Taunton River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2000

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2641 · Became law Public Law 106-317

To make technical corrections to title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2496 · Became law Public Law 106-316

To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 2302 · Became law Public Law 106-315

To designate the building of the United States Postal Service located at 307 Main Street in Johnson City, New York, as the “James W. McCabe, Sr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-314 · Became law Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000

To improve the administrative efficiency and effectiveness of the Nation's abuse and neglect courts and for other purposes consistent with the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-313 · Became law Kids 2000 Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant aliens.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate 96–1
Public Law 106-312 · Became law Truth in Regulating Act of 2000

To establish a 3-year pilot project for the General Accounting Office to report to Congress on economically significant rules of Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 5362 · Became law Public Law 106-311

To increase the amount of fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-310 · Became law Children's Health Act of 2000

To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to children's health.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 394–25Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-309 · Became law Microenterprise for Self-Reliance and International Anti-Corruption Act of 2000

To establish a program to provide assistance for programs of credit and other financial services for microenterprises in developing countries, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 1794 · Became law Public Law 106-308

To designate the Federal courthouse at 145 East Simpson Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, as the “Clifford P. Hansen Federal Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-307 · Became law El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Act

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 111 · Became law Public Law 106-306

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 407–2Senate 90–1
H.R. 5284 · Became law Public Law 106-305

To designate the United States customhouse located at 101 East Main Street in Norfolk, Virginia, as the “Owen B. Pickett United States Customhouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4806 · Became law Public Law 106-304

To designate the Federal building located at 1710 Alabama Avenue in Jasper, Alabama, as the “Carl Elliott Federal Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4642 · Became law Public Law 106-303

To make certain personnel flexibilities available with respect to the General Accounting Office, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4583 · Became law Public Law 106-302

To extend the authorization for the Air Force Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 398–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-301 · Became law Utah West Desert Land Exchange Act of 2000

To provide for the exchange of certain lands within the State of Utah.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-300 · Became law Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act

To establish the Red River National Wildlife Refuge.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-299 · Became law Wekiva Wild and Scenic River Act of 2000

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Wekiva River and its tributaries of Wekiwa Springs Run, Rock Springs Run, and Black Water Creek in the State of Florida as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-298 · Became law Lincoln County Land Act of 2000

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain public land in Lincoln County through a competitive process.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-297 · Became law Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000

To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to ensure that certain information regarding prisoners is reported to the Attorney General.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1605 · Became law Public Law 106-296

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 402 North Walnut Street in Harrison, Arkansas, as the “J. Smith Henley Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1162 · Became law Public Law 106-295

To designate the bridge on United States Route 231 that crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, as the “William H. Natcher Bridge”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-294 · Became law Federal Prisoner Health Care Copayment Act of 2000

To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat the overutilization of prison health care services and control rising prisoner health care costs.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-293 · Became law Presidential Transition Act of 2000

To provide for the training or orientation of individuals, during a Presidential transition, who the President intends to appoint to certain key positions, to provide for a study and report on improving the financial disclosure process for certain Presidential nominees, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
H.R. 4115 · Became law Public Law 106-292

To authorize appropriations for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 106-291 · Became law Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 348–69Senate 83–13
S. 1324 · Became law Public Law 106-290

To expand the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Wills House, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1295 · Became law Public Law 106-289

To designate the United States Post Office located at 3813 Main Street in East Chicago, Indiana, as the “Lance Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 72 · Became law Public Law 106-288

Granting the consent of the Congress to the Red River Boundary Compact.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4700 · Became law Public Law 106-287

To grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 376–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 4444 · Became law Public Law 106-286

To authorize extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the People's Republic of China, and to establish a framework for relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 237–197Senate 83–15
Public Law 106-285 · Became law Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999

To amend the Act entitled "An Act relating to the water rights of the Ak-Chin Indian Community" to clarify certain provisions concerning the leasing of such water rights, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-284 · Became law Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 106-283 · Became law Kake Tribal Corporation Land Transfer Act

A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Kake Tribal Corporation, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 110 · Became law Public Law 106-282

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

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–1Senate 95–1
Public Law 106-281 · Became law FHA Downpayment Simplification Extension Act of 2000

To amend the National Housing Act to temporarily extend the applicability of the downpayment simplification provisions for the FHA single family housing mortgage insurance program.

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