S.1650 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000106th Congress (1999-2000)

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06/06/2000 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

06/06/2000 Senate vitiated previous passage. (consideration: CR S4588)

10/07/1999 Ordered to be held at the desk and not engrossed.

10/07/1999 Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 73-25. Record Vote No: 321. (text: CR 10/12/99 S12429-12442)

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1869 Amendment SP 1869 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1869 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Reed. To increase funding for the leveraging education assistance partnership program.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2289 Amendment SP 2289 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2289 Proposed by Senator Harkin. To increase funding for senior nutrition programs and rural community facilities, offset with administrative reductions.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2288 Amendment SP 2288 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2288 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Inouye. To designate the National Library of Medicine building in Bethesda, Maryland, as the "Arlen Specter National Library of Medicine".

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2287 Amendment SP 2287 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2287 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Inouye. To rename the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as the Thomas Harkin Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1852 Amendment SP 1852 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1852 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Reid. To express the sense of the Senate concerning needlestick injury prevention.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2286 Amendment SP 2286 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2286 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Durbin. To increase funds for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide grants regarding childhood asthma.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2285 Amendment SP 2285 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2285 Proposed by Senator Specter for Senator Stevens. To correct a definition error in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2284 Amendment SP 2284 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2284 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Reed. To extend filing deadline for compensation of a worker exposed to mustard gas during World War II.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1882 Amendment SP 1882 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1882 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Kerry. To express the sense of the Senate regarding comprehensive education reform.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2283 Amendment SP 2283 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2283 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Murray. To express the sense of the Senate concerning women's access to obstetric and gynecological services.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2282 Amendment SP 2282 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2282 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Wyden. To provide for a report on promoting a legal domestic workforce and improving the compensation and working conditions of agricultural workers.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2281 Amendment SP 2281 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2281 Proposed by Senator Specter for Senator Cochran. To make available certain funds from the Office on Women?s Health to support biological, chemical and botanical studies to assist in the development of the clinical evaluation of phytomedicines in women?s health.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2280 Amendment SP 2280 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2280 Proposed by Senator Specter. To strike certain provisions of the bill.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2279 Amendment SP 2279 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2279 Proposed by Senator Specter. To provide for certain funding increases.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2278 Amendment SP 2278 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2278 Proposed by Senator Specter for Senator Hutchison. To clarify provisions relating to the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2277 Amendment SP 2277 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2277 Proposed by Senator Specter for Senator Dewine. To provide for an increase and a decrease in certain education funding.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2276 Amendment SP 2276 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2276 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Boxer. To express the sense of the Senate that funding for prostate cancer research should be increased substantially.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2275 Amendment SP 2275 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2275 Proposed by Senator Specter for Senator Bond. To limit the withholding of substance abuse funds from certain States.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2274 Amendment SP 2274 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2274 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Bingaman. To provide funding for a dental sealant demonstration program.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2273 Amendment SP 2273 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2273 Proposed by Senator Harkin for Senator Bingaman. To provide for confounding biological and physiological influences on polygraphy.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1845 Proposed amendment SP 1845 withdrawn in Senate.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1845 Proposed by Senator Harkin. To express the sense of the Senate regarding school infrastructure.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2272 Amendment SP 2272 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2272 Proposed by Senator Bingaman. To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on the geographic adjustment factors used in determining the amount of payment for physicians' services under the medicare program.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1880 Amendment SP 1880 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2271 Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2271 Proposed by Senator Wellstone to Amendment SP 1880. To increase funding for the mental health services block grant.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1880 Proposed by Senator Wellstone. To increase funding for the mental health services block grant.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1844 Motion to table SP 1844 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59-40. Record Vote No: 320.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1844 Proposed by Senator Smith, of NH. To limit the applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act in areas designated as disaster areas.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1842 Amendment agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98-1. Record Vote No: 318.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2270 Fell when SP 1825 withdrawn.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1825 Proposed amendment SP 1825 withdrawn in Senate.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1825 Motion to table SP 1825 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 2-97. Record Vote No: 319.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2270 Proposed by Senator Bond to Amendment SP 1825. To prohibit the use of funds for the promulgation or issuing of any standard, regulation, or guideline relating to ergonomic protection.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1825 Proposed by Senator Bond. To prohibit the use of funds for the promulgation or issuing of any standard relating to ergonomic protection.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1861 Motion to table SP 1861 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-45. Record Vote No: 317.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1842 Proposed by Senator Wellstone. To express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of determining the economic status of former recipients of temporary assistance to needy families.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1861 Proposed by Senator Bingaman. To ensure accountability in programs for disadvantaged students.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1828 Amendment SP 1828 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2269 Amendment SP 2269 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.2269 Proposed by Senator Abraham to Amendment SP 1828. To prohibit the use of funds for any program for the distribution of sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.

10/07/1999 S.Amdt.1828 Considered by Senate.

10/07/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S12147-12176, S12178-12185, S12188-12215)

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1828 Proposed by Senator Abraham for Senator Coverdell. To prohibit the use of funds for any program for the distribution of sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.2268 Motion to table SP 2268 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50-49. Record Vote No: 316.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1819 Motion to table SP 1819 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56-43. Record Vote No: 315.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1866 Proposed amendment SP 1866 withdrawn in Senate.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1866 Proposed by Senator Reed. To permit the expenditure of funds to complete certain reports concerning accidents that result in the death of minor employees engaged in farming operations.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1819 Proposed by Senator Kennedy. To increase funding for title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1837 Amendment SP 1837 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1837 Proposed by Senator Coverdell. To decrease certain education funding, and to increase certain education funding.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.2268 Proposed by Senator Kennedy. To protect education.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1851 Proposed amendment SP 1851 withdrawn in Senate.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.2267 Motion to table SP 2267 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-46. Record Vote No: 314.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.2267 Proposed by Senator Lautenberg to Amendment SP 1851. To reject indiscriminate across-the-board cuts and protect social security by closing special interest tax loopholes and using other appropriate offsets.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1889 Amendment SP 1889 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-46. Record Vote No: 313.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1889 Considered by Senate.

10/06/1999 S.Amdt.1851 Considered by Senate.

10/06/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S12052-12062, S12069-12093)

10/01/1999 S.Amdt.1889 Proposed by Senator Nickles to Amendment SP 1851. To prevent the plundering of the Social Security Trust Fund.

10/01/1999 S.Amdt.1851 Proposed by Senator Nickles. To prevent the plundering of the Social Security Trust Fund.

10/01/1999 S.Amdt.1824 Amendment SP 1824 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-0. Record Vote No: 305.

10/01/1999 S.Amdt.1824 Proposed by Senator Collins. To express the sense of the Senate that diabetes and its resulting complications have had a devastating impact on Americans of all ages in both human and economic terms, and that increased support for research, education, early detection, and treatment efforts is necessary to take advantage of unprecedented opportunities for progress toward better treatments, prevention, and ultimately a cure.

10/01/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11757-11761, S11774-11780)

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1833 Proposed amendment SP 1833 withdrawn in Senate.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1833 Proposed by Senator Brownback. To establish a task force of the Senate to address the societal crisis facing America.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1816 Amendment as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1816 Proposed by Senator Inhofe. To express the sense of the Senate regarding payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the medicare program.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1807 Proposed amendment SP 1807 withdrawn in Senate.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1846 Amendment SP 1846 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1885 Amendment SP 1885 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1885 Motion to table SP 1885 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44-51. Record Vote No: 304.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1813 Amendment SP 1813 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1821 Amendment SP 1821 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1886 Amendment SP 1886 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1821 Amendment SP 1886 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1813 Motion to table SP 1813 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41-54. Record Vote No: 303.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1821 Motion to table SP 1821 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 39-57. Record Vote No: 302.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1820 Motion to table SP 1820 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-44. Record Vote No: 301.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1813 Proposed by Senator Dodd. To increase funding for activities carried out under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1886 Proposed by Senator Graham to Amendment SP 1821. To restore funding for social services block grants.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1821 Proposed by Senator Graham. To restore funding for social services block grants.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1885 Proposed by Senator Coverdell to Amendment SP 1846. To clarify provisions relating to expenditures by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by authorizing 50 percent of the amount appropriated that is in excess of the amount appropriated for such purposes for fiscal year 1999 to be used for compliance assistance and 50 percent of such amount for enforcement and other purposes.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1846 Proposed by Senator Enzi. To clarify provisions relating to expenditures by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by authorizing 50 percent of the amount appropriated that is in excess of the amount appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year 1999 to be used for compliance assistance and 50 percent of such amount for enforcement and other purposes.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1812 Amendment SP 1812 not agreed to in Senate by Voice.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1834 Motion to table SP 1834 to amendment SP1812 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50-49. Record Vote No: 300.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1834 Proposed by Senator Hutchinson to Amendment SP 1812. To transfer amounts appropriated.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1812 Proposed by Senator Hutchinson. To transfer amounts appropriated.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1820 Proposed by Senator Reid. To increase the appropriation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1809 Motion to table SP 1809 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-45. Record Vote No: 299.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1810 Proposed amendment SP 1810 withdrawn in Senate.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1810 Considered by Senate.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1809 Considered by Senate.

09/30/1999 S.Amdt.1807 Considered by Senate.

09/30/1999 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11664, S11666, S11681-11719, S11721-11724)

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1810 Proposed by Senator Gregg to Amendment SP 1809. To require that certain appropriated funds be used to carry out part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1809 Proposed by Senator Boxer. To increase funds for the 21st century community learning centers program.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1808 Amendment SP 1808 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1808 Proposed by Senator Smith, of NH. Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1807 Proposed by Senator Reid. To require the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1804 Motion to table SP 1804 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote No: 298.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1805 Amendment SP 1805 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-45. Record Vote No: 297.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1805 Proposed by Senator Gorton. To provide funds for a teacher assistance initiative pending authorization of that initiative.

09/29/1999 S.Amdt.1804 Proposed by Senator Murray. To specify that $1.4 billion be made available for class size reduction programs consistent with the provisions of Section 307 of Public Law 105-277.

09/29/1999 By Senator Specter from Committee on Appropriations filed written report. Report No. 106-166.

09/29/1999 Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S11585-11637)

09/29/1999 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11585)

09/28/1999 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S11584)

09/28/1999 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 290.

09/28/1999 Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Specter. Without written report.

09/28/1999 Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.

03/23/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-332.

03/03/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

02/23/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.