S.1217 - Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000106th Congress (1999-2000)

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09/08/1999 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10540)

09/08/1999 Senate passed companion measure H.R. 2670 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.

09/08/1999 Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 2670 as an amendment.

09/08/1999 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10540)

09/08/1999 Senate vitiated previous passage. (consideration: CR S10540)

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1353 Amendment SP 1353 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1352 Amendment SP 1352 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1351 Amendment SP 1351 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1353 Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Durbin. To ensure that current Federal family violence prevention programs are sensitive to the needs of all Americans including seniors and the disabled.

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1352 Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Nickles. To ensure that current Federal family violence prevention programs are sensitive to the needs of all Americans including seniors and the disabled.

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1350 Amendment agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1350 Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Gregg. To make certain technical corrections.

07/26/1999 S.Amdt.1351 Proposed by Senator Gorton for Senator Leahy. To restore funding for United States Sentencing Commission.

07/26/1999 The following amendments were proposed by unanimous consent.

07/22/1999 Ordered held at the desk and not engrossed pending receipt of House companion measure.

07/22/1999 Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 The amendment (SP 1271), as previously agreed to, was modified by Unanimous Consent.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1271 The amendment (SP 1271), as previously agreed to, was modified by Unanimous Consent.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1272 Proposed amendment SP 1272 withdrawn in Senate.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1291 Amendment SP 1291 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1334 Amendment SP 1334 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1338 Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1342 Amendment SP 1342 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1336 Amendment SP 1336 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1340 Amendment SP 1340 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1337 Amendment SP 1337 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1341 Amendment SP 1341 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1335 Amendment SP 1335 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1339 Amendment SP 1339 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1330 Amendment SP 1330 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1326 Amendment SP 1326 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1324 Amendment SP 1324 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1328 Amendment SP 1328 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1332 Amendment SP 1332 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1325 Amendment SP 1325 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1329 Amendment SP 1329 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1333 Amendment SP 1333 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1327 Amendment SP 1327 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1331 Amendment SP 1331 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1314 Amendment SP 1314 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1318 Amendment SP 1318 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1322 Amendment SP 1322 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1316 Amendment SP 1316 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1320 Amendment SP 1320 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1321 Amendment SP 1321 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1315 Amendment SP 1315 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1319 Amendment SP 1319 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1323 Amendment SP 1323 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1317 Amendment SP 1317 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1313 Amendment SP 1313 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1312 Amendment SP 1312 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1311 Amendment SP 1311 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1310 Amendment SP 1310 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1309 Amendment SP 1309 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1308 Amendment SP 1308 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1342 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Gorton. To express the sense of the Senate with respect to hush kits.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1341 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Jeffords. To allocate funds for Tibetan Exchange Program.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1340 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Kohl. To provide funding for task forces coordinated by the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and the Western and Northern District of New York.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1339 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Schumer. To provide for an analysis by the Securities Exchanges Commission of the effects of electronic communcations networks and night trading on securities markets.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1338 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Kerrey. To provide that the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to the TeamMates of Nebraska project.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1337 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Kerrey. To provide that the total amount appropriated not to exceed $550,000 shall be available to the Lincoln Action Programs Youth Violence Alternative Project.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1336 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Dewine. To provide funding to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to upgrade Great Lakes water gauging stations in order to ensure compliance with Year 2000 (Y2K) computer date processing requirements.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1335 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Feinstein. To provide for expenses necessary to establish and implement the High Intensity Interstate Gang Activity Areas Program (including, grants, contracts, cooperative agreements and other assistance).

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1334 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Feinstein. To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to continue and extend authority for transfers to State and local governments of certain property for law enforcement, public safety, and emergency response purposes.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1333 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Torricelli. To allow the City of Camden to retain funding from a fiscal year 1996 law enforcment grant.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1332 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Torricelli. To earmark funds for a new truck safety initiative.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1331 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Dodd. To require Congressional notification prior to the sale of properties that have been used as U.S. embassies, U.S. Consulates or the residences of the U.S. Ambassadors, Chief of Mission or Consuls General.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1330 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Boxer. To improve the process for deporting criminal aliens.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1329 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Murray. To provide that , of the amounts provided, $6,000,000 shall be made available to Pacific Coastal tribes (as defined by the Secretary of Commerce) through the Department of Commerce, which shall allocate the funds to tribes in California and Oregon, and to tribes in Washington after consultation with the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1328 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Bingaman. To study the benefits of establishing an electronic commerce extension program at the Department of Commerce.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1327 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Bryan. To express the sense of the Senate with respect to promoting travel and tourism.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1326 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Reed. To extend temporary protected status for certain national of Liberia.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1325 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Graham. To provide for study on older individuals and crime.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1324 Proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Kennedy. To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1323 Amendment SA 1323 proposed by Senator Hollings for Senator Kerry. To increase funding for Small Business Administration Microloan Technical Assistance.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1322 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Hatch. To authorize a place for holding court in New York, to authorize the consolidation of clerks offices in West Virginia, and to direct the provision of space for a senior judge's chambers in Utah.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1321 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Snowe. To improve fishery management.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1320 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Hatch. To provide additional funding for law enforcement programs regarding hate crimes.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1319 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Ashcroft. Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1318 Proposed by Senator Gregg. To improve the bill.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1317 Proposed by Senator Gregg. To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for the United Nations my be used by the United Nations for the promulgation or enforcement of any treaty, resolution, or regulation authorizing the United Nations, or any of its specialized agencies or affiliated organizations, to tax any aspect of the Internet.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1316 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Grams. To credit reimbursements owed by the United Nations to the United States to reduce United States arrearages to the United Nations.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1315 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Dewine. To make an amendment with respect to the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1948.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1314 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Cochran. To provide funding for research in addictive disorders and their connection to youth violence.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1313 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Chafee. To provide funding for the Narragansett Bay cooperative study conducted by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management in cooperation with the Federal Government.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1312 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Stevens. To amend certain provisions for appropriations for costs associated with the implementation of the American Fisheries Act vessel documentation activities.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1311 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Stevens. To amend provisions relating to the implementation of the June 3, 1999 Agreement of the United States and Canada on the Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon and for other purposes.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1310 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Coverdell. To provide funds to carry out the drug-free workplace demonstration program.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1309 Proposed by Senator Gregg for Senator Domenici. To provide for security for certain federal personnel.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1308 Proposed by Senator Gregg. To provide that, of the amounts provided, $6,000,000 shall be made available to Pacific Coastal tribes (as defined by the Secretary of Commerce) through the Department of Commerce, which shall allocate the funds to tribes in California and Oregon, and to tribes in Washington after consultation with the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1306 Amendment SP 1306 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1306 Motion to table SP 1306 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 35-61. Record Vote No: 220.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1307 Proposed amendment SP 1307 withdrawn in Senate.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1307 Proposed by Senator Landrieu. To reduce amounts appropriated by the bill and make available funds for the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1306 Proposed by Senator Boxer. To ensure that parties to the tuna convention pay their fair share of the expenses of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission before they are allowed to export tuna to the United States.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1305 Amendment SP 1305 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1305 Proposed by Senator Boxer. To prohibit the transfer of a firearm or ammunition to an intoxicated person.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1304 Amendment SP 1304 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1304 Proposed by Senator Harkin. To provide $100,000,000 in Byrne grant funding offset by reducing funds for travel, supplies, and printing expenses in the bill by 5.8 percent and cutting funds for preliminary work on possible Supreme Court improvements.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1303 Motion to table SP 1303 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56-40. Record Vote No: 219.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1303 Proposed by Senator Wellstone. To clarify the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1301 Amendment SP 1301 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1301 Motion to table SP 1301 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45-52. Record Vote No: 218.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1302 Motion to table SP 1301 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43-54. Record Vote No: 218.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1302 Amendment SP 1302 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43-54. Record Vote No: 217.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1301 Proposed by Senator Enzi. To prohibit the Federal Communcations Commission from requiring persons to use any accounting method does not conform to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1302 Proposed by Senator Lautenberg. To fund a media campaign, from increases in the Department of Justice budget, to prevent underage drinking.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1300 Amendment SP 1300 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1300 Proposed by Senator Hutchison. To provide that the Commissioner shall within 90 days develop a plan for coordinating and linking all relevant Immigration and Naturalization Service data bases with those of the Justice Department and other federal law enforcement agencies, to determine criminal history, fingerprint identification, and record of prior deportation.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1297 Amendment SP 1297 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1297 Proposed by Senator Hutchison. To provide that any border patrol agent classified in a GS-1896 position who completes a 1-year period of service at a GS-9 grade and whose current rating of record is fully successful or higher shall be classified at a GS-11 grade and receive pay at the minimum rate of basic pay for a GS-11 position.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1296 Amendment SP 1296 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1296 Proposed by Senator Collins. Relating to telephone area codes.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1292 Proposed amendment SP 1292 withdrawn in Senate.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1292 Proposed by Senator Graham. To clarify that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prevent the use of funds to recover Federal tobacco-related health costs from responsible third parties.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1291 Proposed by Senator Wellstone. To amend title III of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act and title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to limit the effects of domestic violence on the lives of children, and for other purposes.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1289 Amendment SP 1289 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1289 Proposed by Senator Lugar. To appropriate funds for the National Endowment for Democracy and to offset such appropriations with a reduction in the Capital Investment Fund.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1285 Amendment SP 1285 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1285 Proposed by Senator Biden. To provide additional funding for community oriented policing services.

07/22/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8980, S8982-8985, S8988-9069)

07/22/1999 S.Amdt.1272 Considered by Senate.

07/21/1999 S.Amdt.1271 Amendment SP 1271 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

07/21/1999 S.Amdt.1272 Proposed by Senator Gregg. To extend the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.

07/21/1999 S.Amdt.1271 Proposed by Senator Gregg. To improve the bill.

07/21/1999 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8940-8947)

06/28/1999 Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49-39. Record Vote No: 186. (consideration: CR S7706-7707)

06/24/1999 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)

06/24/1999 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)

06/24/1999 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)

06/14/1999 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 153.

06/14/1999 Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Gregg. With written report No. 106-76.

06/10/1999 Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.

03/25/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-147.

03/24/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/22/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/19/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/16/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/11/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/09/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.