Abortion

Abortion for Minors

H.R. 1218 Child Custody Protection Act
...to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.

Unborn Protection

H.R. 2436 - S. 1673 Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999
...to amend title 18, United States Code, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice to protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes.

Partial-Birth Abortions

S. 1692
...to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial birth abortions.

Prohibit Post-Viability Abortions

S. 1765 Post-Viability Abortion Restriction Act
...to prohibit post-viability abortions.

ADA: See Disabled

Africa

African Growth and Development

H.R. 434 - Sub-Saharan Africa Free Trade bill
...to authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Sahara Africa, expand trade benefits to the countries in the Caribbean Basin, renew the generalized system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance programs.

African-Americans

H.R. 40 - Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.

Agricultural Workers - See Immigration

Aimee's Law: See Sexually violent crimes

Airline Passengers Bill of Rights

H.R. 700 - Airline Passengers Bill of Rights
...to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide enhanced protections for airline passengers.

H.R. 752 - Airline Consumer Rights bill
...to establish a national policy of basic consumer fair treatment for airline passengers.

S. 383 - Airline Passenger Fairness Act
...to establish a national policy of basic consumer fair treatment for airline passengers.

American Land Sovereignty bill

H.R. 883 - S. 510 - American Land Sovereignty Act
...to preserve the sovereignty of the United States over public lands and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and private property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands.

Americans with Disabilities Act: See Disabled

Appropriations

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - P.L. 106-31
...making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

Appropriations Bills and Status: FY2000

Art, Federal Funding for

H.Con.Res 191 - S.Amdt. 1808
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Brooklyn Museum of Art should not receive Federal funds unless it cancels its upcoming exhibit featuring works of a sacrilegious nature.

Assisted Suicide

H.R. 2260 - S. 1272 (Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999)
...to amend the Controlled Substances Act to promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, and for other purposes.

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Banking

Financial services modernization

H.R. 10 - H.R. 665 Financial Services Act of 1999
... to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.

P.L. 106-102 - Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
...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.

Financial services regulatory relief

S. 576 (Financial Services Regulatory Relief and Economic Efficiency Act)
... to provide for improved monetary policy and regulatory reform in financial institution management and activities, to streamline financial regulatory agency actions, to provide for improved consumer credit disclosure, and for other purposes.

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy reform

H.R. 833 - S. 625 (Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999)
...to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Base Realignment and Closure

P.L. 106-52 (part of Military Construction Appropriations bill, H.R. 2465)
...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.

Bomb Making (Limit instructional info via Internet)

(105) S.Amdt. 419
To prohibit the distribution of certain information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.

(104) P.L. 104-132 (See Sec.709)
...to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.

Bottled Water

S. 790 (Bottled Water Safety and Right to Know Act)
...to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require manufacturers of bottled water to submit annual reports, and for other purposes.

Boxing Industry

H.R. 1832 - S. 305 (Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act)
...to reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in the professional boxing industry.

Brady bill: See Gun Control

Brooklyn Museum of Art, "Sensation" show - See Art, Federal Funding for

Budget

Budget of the United States

President's Budget - FY2001 from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Budget appropriations process

S. 92 (Biennial Budget Bill))
... to provide for biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government.

S. 557 (Budget Process Reform bill)
...to provide guidance for the designation of emergencies as a part of the budget process.

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Campaign Financing

Congressional campaign finance reform

H.R. 417 - Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999
...to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

S. 26 (McCain bill)
...A bill entitled the "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 1999".

S. 1593 - Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 1999
... to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform.

CDA (Communications Decency Act): See Telecommunications

Cellular Phones: See Telecommunications

Children

Child molestation - See Aimee's Law.

Children's Sleepwear (Stricter manufacturing standards)

H.R. 329 Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 1999
...to provide that children's sleepwear shall be manufactured in accordance with stricter flammability standards.

Children: Sex crimes against: See Sexually violent crime

China: See Human Rights or National Security or Trade

Chinese Embassy Bombing

H.Con.Res. 106
A concurrent resolution expressing the regret and apologies of the Congress for the accidental bombing by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.

Columbine High School Shooting

H.Con.Res.92 - H.Res. 148
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the tragic shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Communications Decency Act (CDA): See Telecommunications

Copyright

Copyright Licensing

H.R. 1554 - Satellite Home Viewer Bill
...to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by satellite.

S. 1948 (Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform bill; Satellite Home Viewer bill)
...to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by satellite. (Incorporated by cross-reference in the conference report to H.R. 3194, P.L. 106-113) (CR 11/17/1999 H12239, Division B)

Cox Report: See National Security

Crime

Crime bill / Juvenile crime

S. 254 - Juvenile crime bill
...to reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by rehabilitation of juvenile criminals, punish and deter violent gang crime, and for other purposes. See also Gun Control

S. Amdt. 322
Hatch amendment to S. 254 to make amendments with respect to grants to prosecutors' offices to combat gang crime and youth violence, juvenile accountability block grants, and the extension of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

H.R. 1501 (Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 1999)
...to provide grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders.

S. 993 - (Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1999)
...to prevent juvenile crime, provide for certain punishment of juvenile delinquents, and incapacitate violent juvenile criminals, and for other purposes.

S. 994
...A bill entitled the "Juvenile Misuse of Firearms Prevention Act".

H.R. 1501 (Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act of 1999)
...to provide grants to ensure increased accountability for juvenile offenders.

Sexually violent crime

Public Law 104-145 - Megan's Law
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to: (1) require (current law authorizes) State and local law enforcement agencies to release relevant information that is necessary to protect the public concerning persons required to register under a State registration program established under the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act; and (2) provide that any information collected under such a program may be disclosed for any purpose permitted under the laws of the State.

Aimee's Law

H.R. 894 - S. 668
...to encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation.

Cuba (See also: Elian Gonzalez)

Human Rights

S.Res. 57
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the human rights situation in Cuba.

H.Res. 99
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the human rights situation in Cuba.

Cuba sanctions / LIBERTAD

Public Law 104-114 - Helms-Burton
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
...to seek international sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for support of a transition government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba, and for other purposes.

Cybersquatting - See Trademarks

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Date Rape - Drug Control and Prevention

H.R. 75 Hillory J. Farias Date Rape Prevention Drug Act
...to schedule Gamma y-hydroxybutyrate in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act and to schedule Ketamine in schedule II of such Act, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1065 Date Rape Prevention Act of 1999
... to require the Attorney General to add to schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, the "Date Rape" drugs ketamine hydrochloride and gamma y-hydroxybutyrate.

H.R. 2130 - S. 1561 Hillory J. Farias Date-Rape Prevention Drug Act of 1999 ...to amend the Controlled Substances Act to add gamma hydroxybutyric acid and ketamine to the schedules of control substances, to provide for a national awareness campaign, and for other purposes.

Defense See also Military

S. 257 - Missile Defense bill
...to state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a missille defense capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack.

P.L. 106-38 - Missile Defense bill, became law 7-22-99
...to declare it to be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense.

Department of Commerce - (Dismantle)

H.R. 2542 Department of Commerce Elimination Act
... to dismantle the Department of Commerce.

Department of Energy - (Abolish)

H.R. 1649 - H.R. 2411 - S. 896 (Federal Power Asset Privatization Act)
...to abolish the Department of Energy.

Dietary Supplements Clinical research, development, and benefits

H.R. 3001 Nutraceutical Research and Education Act
...to amend the Federal Food, Drug, an Cosmetic Act to promote clinical research and development on dietary supplements and foods for their health benefits; to establish a new legal classification for dietary supplements and food with health benefits, and for other purposes.

Disabled

Disability benefits

P.L. 106-170 Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999
...to amend the Social Security Act to establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program in the Social Security Administration to provide beneficiaries with disabilities meaningful opportunities to work, to extend health care coverage for such beneficiaries, and to make additional miscellaneous amendments relating to Social Security.

Health care coverage for disabled

S. 331 (Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999)
...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.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Public Law 101-336 - Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Prohibits discrimination by a covered entity (any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee) against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

Assistive devices for the disabled

Public Law 105-394 - Assistive Technology Act of 1998
...to support programs of grants to States to address the assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.

Disaster Relief: See Appropriations

District of Columbia

P.L. 106-1 District of Columbia Management Restoration Act of 1999
...to restore the management and personnel authority of the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

Domestic Partners: See Gays

Domestic Violence: See Women

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E-Mail - See Telecommunications

East Timor - See Indonesian government.

Education

Education Flexibility (Ed - Flex)

S. 280 - Education Flexibility Partnership Act
... to provide for education flexibility partnerships.

P.L. 106-25 - Education Flexibility bill
...to provide for education flexibility partnerships.

Teachers

H.R. 1995 Teacher Empowerment Act
...to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to empower teachers, improve student achievement through high-quality professional development for teachers, reauthorize the Reading Excellence Act, and for other purposes.

Education of disabled / IDEA

Public Law 105-17 - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997
Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to revise its provisions and extend through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations for IDEA programs.

Higher Education Programs Authorization Extension bill

(105) P.L. 105-244 - Higher Education Amendments of 1998
...to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Educ ation Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Electricity Deregulation

H.R. 2944 (Electricity Competition and Reliability Act)
...to promote competition in electricity markets and to provide consumers with a reliable source of electricity, and for other purposes.

Electronic Signatures See Telecommunications

Elian Gonzalez

H.R. 3531 - H.R. 3532 - S. 1999 (Elian Gonzalez Relief bill)
For the relief of Elian Gonzalez-Brotons.

H.Con.Res. 240
Expressing the sense of Congress that Elian Gonzalez should be reunited with his father, Juan Gonzalez of Cuba.

Embassy and Personnel Security

H.R. 2415 Authorizing FY 2000 Appropriations for the Department of State
...to enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

Energy

Energy policy and conservation act

P.L. 105-388 Energy Conservation Reauthorization Act
...to extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 2002.

Entertainment Industry: See Violence in the Entertainment Industry

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Family and Medical Leave

Public Law 103-3 - Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
...to grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances.

Fasteners

Public Law 106-34 - 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.

Federal Bureaucracy

S. 932 (Federal Bureaucracy Accountability Act)
...to prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence in, and relitigation of, precedent established in the Federal judicial courts.

Federal election campaigns: See Campaign Financing

Financial services modernization: See Banking

Flag

Flag code

H.R. 349

...to amend the Act commonly called the "Flag Code" to add the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should especially be displayed.

Flag desecration

S.J.Res. 14 - H.J.Res. 33
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

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Gays

Benefits for Domestic Partners

H.R. 2859 Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 1999
...to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.

H.R. 2104
...to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent if the domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent has a serious health condition.

ENDA / Employee discrimation - sexual orientation

H.R. 2355 - Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1999
...to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

S. 1276 - Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1999
...to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Guns

Gun-Free Schools

S. 44 Safe Schools Act of 1999
...to amend the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 to require a local educational agency that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expel a student determined to be in possession of an illegal drug, or illegal drug paraphernalia, on school property, in addition to expelling a student determined to be in possession of a gun, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1895 - School Anti-Violence Empowerment Act
...to develop programs that enhance school safety for our children.

999

H.R. 1898 (School Safety Enhancement Act)
... to provide for school safety, and for other purposes.

Gun Control

H.R. 2122 - Mandatory Gun Show Background Check Act (Failed of passage, 6-18-99, Roll Call Vote 244)
...to require background checks at gun shows, and for other purposes.

Dingell amendment to H.R. 2122

H.A. 215 ...to specify 24 consecutive hours for instant background check elapsed time period purposes; allow dealers to transfer inventories in person; and increase the penalties for using a large capacity ammunition magazine during crimes of violence or drug trafficking.

S.Amdt. 352 to S. 254 - Kohl amendment
...to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the provision of a secure gun storage or safety device in connection with the transfer of a handgun. (Passed 78-20, 5-18-99)

S.Amdt. 344 to S. 254 Hatch/Craig amendment
... to provide for effective gun law enforcement, enhanced penalties, and facilitation of background checks at gun shows. (Passed 48-47, 5-14-99)

S.Amdt. 331 to S. 254 Lautenberg amendment
To regulate the sale of firearms at gun shows. (Failed 51-47, 5-12-99)

S.Amdt. 332 to S. 254 Craig amendment
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to preserve privacy and property rights, prohibit the collection of fees, and the retention of information in connection with background checks of law abiding citizens acquiring firearms. Encourages voluntary checks by non-licensed dealers at gun shows. (Passed 53-45, 5-12-99)

S.Amdt. 362 to S. 254 Lautenberg/Kerrey amendment
...to regulate the sale of guns at gun shows.

H.R. 1702 - H.R. 3020
...to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban using the Internet to obtain or dispose of a firearm.

H.R. 902 - H.R. 1903 - Gun Show Accountability Act
...to regulate the sale of firearms at gun shows.

Public Law 103-159 - Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Established a 5-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns (in the absence of related state restrictions).

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Hate Crimes

S. 1406
...a bill to combat hate crimes.

S. Amdt. 1320
Hatch amendment to S. 1217 to provide additional funding for law enforcement programs regarding hate crimes.

S. Amdt. 1324
Kennedy amendment to S. 1217 to enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes.

Health Insurance
See also Patients' Bill of Rights

Health Insurance Portability

Public Law 104-191 - Archer/Kassebaum-Kennedy bill / Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Allows more disabled individuals to qualify for 29 months of COBRA continuation coverage and newborns and newly adopted children to be added to their parents COBRA policies.

Health Insurance Access

H.R. 2990 - Patients' rights bill; Managed care bill
...to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals greater access to health insurance through a health care tax deduction, a long-term care deduction, and other health-related tax incentives, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to and choice in health care through association health plans, to amend the Public Health Service Act to create new pooling opportunities for small employers to obtain greater access to health coverage through HealthMarts, and for other purposes.

S. 1344 (Patient Protection bill, Managed Care bill)
... to promote and improve access to health care services in rural areas.

S. 1002 Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1999
...to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a prospective payment system for services furnished by psychiatric hospitals under the medicare program.

Helms-Burton: See Cuba

Homosexuals: See Gays

HOPE (Hospital Outpatient Payment Equality) - See Medicare.

Human Rights See also Cuba

Congressional opposition to Chinese human rights violations / Tibet

S. Res. 45
...expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China.

H.Con.Res. 28
...expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should introduce and make all efforts necessary to pass a resolution criticizing the People's Republic of China for its human rights abuses in China and Tibet at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

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S. 1814 Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1999
...to establish a system of registries of temporary agricultural workers to provide for a sufficient supply of such workers and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to streamline procedures for the admission and extension of stay of nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and for other purposes. (Immigrants would obtain citizenship after six months of work a year for five years.)

H.Res. 10 - Impeachment Trial Managers resolution
...appointing the authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States.

S.Res. 16 - Impeachment Trial Schedule resolution
...to provide for the issuance of a summons and for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States.

S.Res. 30 - Impeachment Trial Depositions resolution
...relative to the procedures concerning the Articles of Impeachment against William Jefferson Clinton.

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Jennifer's Law: See Missing Persons

Jesse Jackson

H.R. 1709 - H.R. 1821
...to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.

Juvenile Justice: See Crime, Juvenile and Gun Control

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King Hussein
S.Con.Res. 7
A concurrent resolution honoring the life and legacy of King Hussein ibn Talal al-Hashem.

Kosovo See also Yugoslavia

P.L. 106-51 (Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee and Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Act )

...making emergency supplemental appropriations for military operations, refugee relief, and humanitarian assistance relating to the conflict in Kosovo, and for military operations in Southwest Asia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

H.Con.Res. 29 - Kosovo resolution

A concurrent resolution expressing the opposition of Congress to any deployment of United States ground forces in Kosovo, a province in the Republic of Serbia, for peacemaking or peacekeeping purposes.

H.Con.Res. 42 - Peacekeeping Operations in Kosovo Resolution

A concurrent resolution regarding the use of United States Armed Forces as part of a NATO peacekeeping operation implementing a Kosovo peace agreement.

H.Con.Res. 130
A concurrent resolution expressing congratulations and thanks to United States and NATO troops for successfully bringing peace to Kosovo and halting the brutal ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians.

Kosovo: Erasing History: Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo (May 1999) (U.S. State Department)

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Line item veto

Line item veto bill

Public Law 104-130 - Line Item Veto Act
An act to give the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations, new direct spending, and limited tax benefits.
On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court, ruled that the line-item veto was unconstitutional. In a 6 to 3 decision, the Court struck down the line-item veto authority, and held that the line- item veto law violates a constitutional requirement that legislation be passed by both houses of Congress and presented in its entirety to the president for signature or veto.

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Managed Care See Health Insurance

Martin Luther King

H.R. 349

...to amend the Act commonly called the "Flag Code" to add the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should especially be displayed.

McCain-Feingold bill: See Campaign Finance Reform

Medicaid

Medicaid and Nursing Homes

P.L. 106-4 - Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments of 1999
...to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary withdrawal from participation in the Medicaid Program.

Grandma Goes to Jail

Public Law 104-191 - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
See Section 217: Criminal Penalty for Fraudulent Disposition of Assets in Order to Obtain Medicaid Benefits

Medicare

Medicare Addbacks

H.R. 3075 Medicare Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
...to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make corrections and refinements in the Medicare Program as revised by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

S. 1788 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Adjustment Act of 1999
...to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to make corrections and refinements in the medicare, medicaid, and SCHIP programs, as revised and added by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

Medicare Payment for Outpatient Services

H.R. 2979 - (Medicare Hospital Outpatient Payment Equality (HOPE) Act of 1999)
... to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make refinements in the Medicare prospective payment system for outpatient hospital services.

Medicare to Pay for Prescription Drugs

H.R. 1495 - (Access to Prescription Medications in Medicare Act)
...to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the Medicare Program.

S. 841 - (Access to Rx Medications in Medicare Act)
...to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the medicare program.

Megan's Law: See Sexually Violent Crime

Military See also Defense and Base Realignment and Closure

H.R. 9 - Securing America's Future Uniformed Services Act (SAFE-USA)

...to express the sense of Congress that a comprehensive effort is required to revitalize and sustain the all-volunteer force and address the decline in the quality of life for members of Armed Forces and their families and to provide a 4.8 percent increase in the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services.

Military Pay Raise

H.R. 9 (SAFE-USA)
...to express the sense of Congress that a comprehensive effort is required to revitalize and sustain the all-volunteer force and address the decline in the quality of life for members of Armed Forces and their families and to provide a 4.8 percent increase in the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services.

S. 4 (Military Bill of Rights)
to improve pay and retirement equity for members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Milk Marketing Orders

H.R. 3428
To provide for the modification and implementation of the final rule for the consideration and reform of Federal milk marketing orders, and for other purposes.

Minimum Wage

H.R. 3081 (Minimum wage bill, Wage and Employment Growth Act, American Community Renewal Act)
...to increase the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax benefits for small businesses, and for other purposes.

H.R. 325 - S. 1832 Fair Minimum Wage Act of 1999
...to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage.

H.R. 964 - S. 192 - Long Term Minimum Wage Adjustment Act of 1999
...to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage.

S.Amdt. 2547
...Domenici amendment to S. 625 to increase the Federal minimum wage and protect small business.

Missing Persons

H.R. 1915 (Jennifer's Law)
...to provide grants to the States to improve the reporting of unidentified and missing persons.

Most Favored Nation: See Trade

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National Security

House Report 105-851: "Report of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China (Cox Report)

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

NATO Expansion (to include Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic)

Senate Treaty Document 105-36: Text - PDF
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic

Nuclear Waste Policy

S. 1287 Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1999
... to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository, and for other purposes.

Nursing Homes: See Medicaid.

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Omnibus Seniors Fraud Protection Bill (Nursing homes, telemarketing, pensions, health care)

H.R. 1862 Seniors Safety Act of 1999
...to combat nursing home fraud and abuse, increase protections for victims of telemarketing fraud, enhance safeguards for pension plans and health care benefit programs, and enhance penalties for crimes against seniors, and for other purposes.

Omnibus Violence Bills - See Violence

ORBIT - See Telecommunications

Organ Transplants

H.R. 2418 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Amendments of 1999
... to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs relating to organ procurement and transplantation.

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Paperwork Reduction Act

(106) H.R. 439 - Paperwork Elimination Bill of 1999
... to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demands upon small businesses, educational and nonprofit institutions, Federal contractors, State and local governments, and other persons through the sponsorship and use of alternative information technologies.

Partial-birth Abortions - See Abortions

Patients' Bill of Rights

Consumer protection for health care plans

(106) S. 1344 - Patients' Bill of Rights
...to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

Kennedy amendments to S. 1344:

S. Amdt. 1233 - Kennedy amendment to S. 1344 to ensure that the protections provided for in the Patient's Bill of Rights apply to all patients with private health insurance.

S. Amdt. 1242 - To ensure that the protections provided for in the Patient's Bill of Rights apply to all patients with private health insurance.

(106) H.R. 358 - Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
...to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.

(106) S. 300 Patients' Bill of Rights Act
...to improve access and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care.

Pay Raise: Presidential and Congressional:

(106) H.R. 2490 - Treasury and General Goverment 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.

See Sec. 644

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Political Status

(106) H.Con.Res. 180 - S.J.Res. 33 Puerto Rican Nationals/FALN Terrorists Clemency Act
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Rape - See Violent crime

Regulations

Regulatory Right to Know

(106) S. 59 Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1999
...to provide Government-wide accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, and for other purposes.

Religious freedom

(106) H.R. 1691 - Religious Liberty Protection Act
A bill to protect religious liberty.

See also: Ten Commandments

Rosa Parks

P.L. 106-26
...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.

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Satellite Home Viewer Bill - See Copyright

School Safety: See Gun-Free Schools.

Seniors: See Omnibus Senior Fraud Protection Act and Violent Crime

Sex crimes against children: See Crime: Sexually violent crime

Slamming: See Telecommunications

Small Business See also Y2K

P.L. 106-9 - Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 1999
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: (1) define "interest" for purposes of small business loans granted under the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program; and (2) increase the FY 1999 and 2000 funding levels for such program.

(106) H.R. 350 - Unfunded Mandates bill
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in preparing estimates of the direct costs of a Federal private sector mandate to estimate, when applicable, the impact of such mandate on consumers, workers, and small businesses, including any disproportionate impact in particular regions or industries.

P.L. 106-24
... to authorize the establishment of a disaster mitigation pilot program in the Small Business Administration.

Social Security

Social Security Reform

(106) H.R. 1 - Social Security Reform Request bill
...to provide for Social Security reform.

(106) H.R. 5 (Social Security Earnings Test Elimination Bill)
...to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age.

(106) H.R. 1259 - (Social Security Lock Box bill)
... to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms.

(106) H.R. 250 (Strengthening of Social Security Act)
... to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to provide for personal investment plans funded by employee Social Security payroll deductions, to extend the solvency of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, and for other purposes.

(106) S. 263 (Personal Retirement Accounts Act)
... to amend the Social Security Act to establish the Personal Retirement Accounts Program.

Starr Report: See Impeachment

Spamming: See Telecommunications

Steel Imports

(106) H.R. 975 - Steel Import Limitation bill
...to provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program."

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Taxes (See also IRS)

Tax Cut

(106) H.R. 2488 - Financial Freedom Act
... to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce individual income tax rates, to provide marriage penalty relief, to reduce taxes on savings and investments, to provide estate and gift tax relief, to provide incentives for education savings and health care, and for other purposes.

(106) S. 1429 - Taxpayer Refund bill
...to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000.

Telecommunications

Telecommunications bill

Public Law 104-104 - Telecommunications Act of 1996 / Communications Decency Act of 1996
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a U.S. District Court (Philadelphia) ruling that declared unconstitutional provisions relating to regulation of certain types of information on the Internet. The scrambling of selected cable television programming is also under court review.

Cellular telephone privacy

(106) H.R. 514 - Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1999
...to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping, and for other purposes.

P.L. 105-172 - Wireless Telephone Protection Act
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly using, producing, trafficking in, having control or custody of, or possessing hardware or software knowing that it has been configured to insert or modify telecommunication identifying information associated with or contained in a telecommunications instrument so that such instrument may be used to obtain telecommunications service without authorization.

Electronic Mail (Protect families from unsolicited and u nwanted mail)

H.R. 3113 Unsolicit ed Electronic Mail Act of 1999
... to protect individuals, families, and Internet service providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail.

Electronic Signatures

H.R. 1572 Digital Signature Act
...to require the adoption and utilization of digital signatures by Federal agencies and to encourage the use of digital signatures in private sector electronic transactions.

H.R. 1685 Internet Growth and Development Act
...to provide for the recognition of electronic signatures for the conduct of interstate and foreign commerce, to restrict the transmission of certain electronic mail advertisements, to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules to protect the privacy of users of commercial Internet websites, to promote the rapid deployment of broadband Internet services, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1714 (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act)
...to facilitate the use of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.

Cramming (ban padding of telephone bills with extra charges)

(106) S. 58 - Telephone Services Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1999
...to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve protections against telephone service "slamming" and provide protections against telephone billing "cramming", to provide the Federal Trade Commission jurisdiction over unfair and deceptive trade practices of telecommunications carriers, and for other purposes.

Slamming (ban unsolicited switching of telco)

(106) S. 58 - Telephone Services Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1999
...to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve protections against telephone service "slamming" and provide protections against telephone billing "cramming", to provide the Federal Trade Commission jurisdiction over unfair and deceptive trade practices of telecommunications carriers, and for other purposes.

Market reorganization

S. 376 Open Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications
...to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to promote competition and privatization in satellite communications, and for other purposes.

Ten Commandments

(106) House Amendment 200 to H.R. 1501 Aderholt amendment
An amendment no. 28 and printed in Part A of H.Rept. 106-186 to declare that the power to display the Ten Commandments on property own or administered by the States is among the powers reserved to the States.

Tibet: See Human Rights

Trade - See also Africa.

Most Favored Nation aka Normal Trade Relations

(106) H.J.Res. 57 Normal Trade Relations - China
A joint resolution disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (no rmal trade relations treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China.

(105) Public Law 105-206 - See Sec. 5003 - Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
Sec. 5003: Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the language used in the U.S. laws, treaties, agreements, executive orders, directives, and regulations should more clearly reflect the underlying principles of U.S. trade policy; and (2) the term "normal trade relations" should be substituted for the term "most-favored-nation". Amends various acts to reflect such policy.

Trademarks

(106) S. 1255 - Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection (trademark infringement)
...to protect consumers and promote electronic commerce by amending certain trademark infringement, dilution, and counterfeiting laws, and for other purposes.

(106) H.R. 3028 Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act
... to amend certain trademark laws to prevent the misappropriation of marks.

(106) S. 1461 Domain Name Piracy Prevention Act of 1999
... to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) to protect consumers and promote electronic commerce by prohibiting the bad-faith registration, trafficking or use of Internet domain names that are identical to, confusingly similar to, or dilutive of distinctive trademarks or service marks.

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Unfunded Mandates

(106) H.R. 350 - Mandates Information Act
... to improve congressional deliberation on proposed Federal private sector mandates, and for other purposes.

United Nations

Payment of U.S. dues arrearages
See Title IX: Arrears Payments and Reform

(106) S. 886 Foreign Relations Authorization Bill
...to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2000 and 2001; to provide for enhanced security at United States diplomatic facilities; to provide for certain arms control, nonproliferation, and other national security measures; to provide for the reform of the United Nations; and for other purposes.

See Title XXIII: Arrears Payments and Reform

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Violence

Omnibus Violent Crime bills (Women, Family, Older Americans, Rape, Domestic)

H.R. 2590 Older American's Protection From Violence Act of 1999
... to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Older Americans Act of 1965, the Public Health Service Act, and the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to ensure that older or disabled persons are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence and sexual assault and to improve outreach efforts and other services available to older or disabled persons victimized by such violence, and for other purposes.

S. 1987
... to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Older Americans Act of 1965, and the Public Health Service Act to ensure that older women are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence and sexual assault and to improve outreach efforts and other services available to older women victimized by such violence, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3088 Victims of Rape Health Protection Act
...to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide ad ditional protections to victims of rape.

Violence in Entertainment Industry

(106) House Amendment 182 to H.R. 1501 (Hyde amendmemt)
An amendment no. 31 and printed in Part A of H.Rept. 106-186 to protect children from explciit sexual or violent material, requre a study of the effects of entertainment on children, permits the entertainment industry to set guidelines to protect children from harmful material; and establishes the national youth crime prevention demonstration project.

(106) House Amendment 203 to H.R. 1501 (Emerson amendment)
An amendment no. 32 and printed in Part A of H.Rept. 106-186 to express the Sense of the Congress condemning the entertainment industry for its use of pointless acts of brutality in movies, televisions, music, and video games.

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Wireless telephones: See Telecommunications

Women

Violence against women

(106) H.R. 357 - Violence Against Women Act of 1999
...to prevent violence against women, and for other purposes.

(106) H.R. 422
...to increase the authorizations of appropriations for certain programs that combat violence against women.

(106) S. 51 Violence Against Women Act II
...to reauthorize the Federal programs to prevent violence against women, and for other purposes

(106) S. 245 Violence Against Women Act of 1999
...to reauthorize the Federal programs to prevent violence against women, and for other purposes.

(105) H.R. 3514 - Violence Against Women Act of 1998
...to prevent violence against women, and for other purposes.

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Y2K

Civil Actions with Respect to Y2K Damages

(106) P.L. 106-37 - Y2K Dispute Resolution Bill
... 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.

(106) S. 96 - Y2K Dispute Resolution Bill
...to regulate commerce between and among the several States by providing for the orderly resolution of disputes arising out of computer-based problems related to processing data that includes a 2-digit expression of that year's date.

Year 2000 Computer Problem in Financial Institutions

P. L. 105-164 - Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for Financial Institutions Act
...to address the Year 2000 computer problems with regard to financial institutions, to extend examination parity to the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration, and for other purposes.

Year 2000 Computer Problem in Small Business

P.L. 106-8 - Small Business Year 2000 Readiness Act
...to provide for a loan guarantee program to address the Year 2000 computer problems of small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Yugoslavia See also Kosovo

(106) S. J. Res. 20 (War with Yugoslavia resolution - Sen. John McCain)
A joint resolution concerning the deployment of the United States Armed Forces to the Kosovo region in Yugoslavia.

(106) S. Con. Res. 21
A concurrent resolution authorizing the President of the United States to conduct military air operations and missile strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

(106) H.Res. 130
...expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the members of the United States Armed Forces who are engaged in military operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

(106) H.R. 1569
...to prohibit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense from being used for the deployment of ground elements of the United States Armed Forces in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia unless that deployment is specifically authorized by law.

(106) H.Con.Res. 82 (Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from the Balkans resolution)
A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from their positions in connection with the present operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

(106) H.J.Res. 44 (War with Yugoslavia resolution)
A joint resolution declaring a state of war between the United States and the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

(106) H.Con.Res. 83 Military Personnel Detained by Yugoslavia resolution
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its President Slobodan Milosevic release the three illegally detained United States servicemen and abide by the Geneva Convention protocals regarding the treatment of both prisoners of war and innocent civilians.

P.L. 106-21
... 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/Montenegro) and certain other areas, and for other purposes.

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