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United States · United States Congress · 18 May 2000
Amends Federal law with respect to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council to establish the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as an independent establishment of the United States Government, with the Council as its board of trustees. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 2000
Amends titles IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) and XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to restore: (1) State authority to transfer up to ten percent of TANF funds to the Social Services Block Grant; and (2) funds for the Social Services Block Grant. Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to Congress on State activities.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 2000
Youth Smoking Prevention and Public Health Protection Act - Title I: Authority of the Food and Drug Administration - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to give the Secretary of Health and Human Services regulatory authority over tobacco products. Makes any advertising that violates this Act or a specified Federal regulation an unfair or deceptive act or practice and a violation of a rule promulgated under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Deems specified existing Federal regulations to be lawful and to have been lawfully promulgated. Imposes tobacco exporting requirements, including that tobacco products meet performance standards and premarket review requirements of this Act even when intended for export. Title II: Tobacco Product Warnings and Smoke Constituent Disclosure - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to revise requirements regarding warnings on labeling and advertising of tobacco and smokeless tobacco products. Removes provisions prohibiting States from imposing advertising or promotion requirements or restrictions on cigarettes labeled in conformity with the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the organizers, sponsors, and participants of the Million Mom March shall be welcomed to Washington and commended for rallying their communities to demand sensible gun safety legislation; and (2) Congress should pass a conference report on H.R. 1501 (consequences for juvenile offenders) before the Memorial Day Recess.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2000
Medicare Expansion for Needed Drugs (MEND) Act of 2000 - Title I: Prescription Drug Benefit Program - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Prescription Drug Benefit for the Aged and Disabled) outlining the following program components: (1) establishment of a voluntary insurance program to provide prescription drug benefits for individuals who are aged or disabled or have end-stage renal disease and who elect to enroll under such program, to be financed from enrollee premium payments together with contributions from Federal appropriations; (2) scope of benefits; (3) payment of benefits and benefit limits; (4) eligibility and enrollment; (5) monthly premium rates; (6) creation within the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Prescription Drug Insurance Account for payments; (7) administration of benefits through private entities; (8) authorization for the Employer Incentive Program to encourage employers to provide adequate prescription drug benefits to retired individuals and to maintain such existing benefit programs by subsidizing, in part, the sponsor's cost of providing coverage under qualifying plans; and (9) authorization of appropriations to the Account to cover Government contributions. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report on the feasibility and advisability of establishing an annual open enrollment period under the new part D program. (Sec. 102) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to: (1) provide for coverage for certain low-income individuals of part D premiums; (2) require State Medicaid plans to provide that in the case of any individual whose eligibility for medical assistance is not limited to Medicare or Medicare drug cost-sharing, and for whom the State elects to pay monthly premiums under part D, the State will purchase all prescription drugs, without regard to whether the benefit limit for such individual has been reached; (3) require Government payment of Medicare drug cost-sharing for qualified Medicare beneficiaries and for Medicare-eligible individuals with incomes between 100 and 150 percent of the Federal poverty line; and (4) make provisions on payment for covered outpatient drugs inapplicable to prescription drugs purchased under part D pursuant to an agreement with the Secretary under the special eligibility, enrollment, and copayment rules below for low-income individuals. Amends SSA title XVIII part D to outline special eligibility, enrollment, and copayment rules for low-income individuals, which include options for continuation of Medicaid coverage or enrollment under such part. Amends SSA title XIX to remove the sunset date for cost-sharing in Medicare part B premiums for certain qualifying individuals. Repeals provisions on State coverage of Medicare cost-sharing for additional low-income Medicare beneficiaries. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress recommendations on structuring a catastrophic drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries. Establishes the Catastrophic Prescription Drug Coverage Reserve Fund and makes appropriations to it. (Sec. 104) Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for comprehensive immunosuppressive drug Medicare coverage for organ transplant patients. (Sec. 105) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the prescription drug benefit program under part D. (Sec. 106) Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to take similar action, including an analysis of such program's impact on the pharmaceutical market, franchise, independent, and rural pharmacies, and beneficiary access to prescription drugs. Title II: Enhanced Medicare Prevention Program - Amends SSA title XVIII to direct MEDPAC to report annually to Congress on the actuarial equivalence of Medicare and private sector benefit packages. (Sec. 202) Requires the Director of the National Institute on Aging to conduct studies on improving the quality of life for the elderly, developing better ways to prevent or delay the onset of age-related functional decline and disease among the elderly, and developing means of assessing the long-term development of cost-effective and cost-saving benefits for health promotion and disease among the elderly. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 203) Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study and report to the President along with appropriate legislative recommendations for Congress with respect to current literature and best practices in the field of health promotion and disease prevention among Medicare beneficiaries. Provides for fast-track consideration by Congress of such presidential report and accompanying recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 2000
Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2000 - Title I: Licensing - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit a person other than a licensee from possessing a firearm on or after a specified date unless that person has been issued a firearm license under this title or pursuant to a State firearm licensing and record of sale system certified under title VI of this Act and such license has not been invalidated or revoked. (Sec. 102) Requires the applicant, in order to be issued a license, to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury: (1) a current, passport-sized photograph; (2) the applicant's name, address, and date and place of birth; (3) any other name that the applicant has ever used; (4) a clear thumb print; (5) a statement that the individual is not a person prohibited under Federal law from obtaining a firearm; (6) a certification that the applicant will keep any firearm safely stored and out of the possession of juveniles; and (7) a certificate attesting to the completion a written firearms examination. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) regulations governing submission; and (2) license fees. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to issue a license to an applicant who has submitted an application that meets such requirement if the individual is not prohibited by specified prohibitions under the Act from receiving a firearm. Makes the license issued null and void if issued to a prohibited person. Requires that the license issued be in the form of a tamper-resistant card, including a photograph and specified information. (Sec. 104) Sets forth provisions regarding license renewal and revocation. Title II: Record of Sale or Transfer - Prohibits any person other than a licensee from selling, delivering, or otherwise transferring a qualifying firearm to, or receiving a qualifying firearm from, any person other than a licensee unless, at the time and place of the transfer or receipt: (1) the transferee presents to a licensed dealer a valid firearm license; (2) the licensed dealer contacts the Secretary or the head of the State agency that administers the certified system and receives notice that the transferee has been issued a license; and (3) the licensed dealer records on a document (which, in the case of a sale, shall be the sales receipt) a tracking authorization number provided by such Secretary or State agency as evidence that the licensed dealer has verified the validity of the license. (Sec. 202) Requires a licensed dealer, not later than 14 days after the date on which the transfer of qualifying firearm is processed, to submit to the Secretary (or to the head of the State agency that administers a State firearm licensing and record of sale system) a report of that transfer, including specified information such as the manufacturer, model name or number, and serial number, of the firearm. Directs the Secretary, not later than nine months after this Act's enactment date, to establish and maintain a Federal record of sale system, which shall include the information included in each report submitted to the Secretary under this section. Repeals a prohibition against record-keeping, or a system of registration, with respect to firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions. Title III: Additional Prohibitions - Declares it to be unlawful for: (1) any person other than a licensee to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer a firearm to any person other than a licensee, unless that transfer is processed through a licensed dealer in accordance with requirements under the Act; (2) a licensed manufacturer or dealer to fail to maintain such records or to supply such information (including firearm transfer information that a licensed dealer has agreed to provide) as the Secretary may require in order to ascertain compliance with this Act; (3) a person who owns a qualifying firearm to fail to report the loss or theft of the firearm to the Secretary within 72 hours after the loss or theft is discovered; and (4) any individual to whom a license has been issued to fail to report to the Secretary a change in the address of that individual within 60 days. (Sec. 305) Prohibits any person from keeping a loaded firearm, or an unloaded firearm and ammunition for the firearm, any one of which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, within any premises that is under the custody or control of that person, if: (1) that person knows, or recklessly disregards the risk, that a chid is capable of gaining access to the firearm and will use the firearm to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, the child or any other person or reasonably should know that possession of the firearm by a child is unlawful under Federal or State law; and (2) a child uses the firearm and thereby causes the death of, or serious bodily injury to, the child or any other person. Makes exceptions if: (1) at the time the child obtained access, the firearm was secured with a secure gun storage or safety device; (2) the person is a peace officer, a member of the armed forces, or a member of the National Guard and the child obtains the firearm during, or incidental to, the performance of the official duties of the person in that capacity; (3) the child uses the firearm in a lawful act of self-defense or defense of one or more other persons; or (4) the person has no reasonable expectation, based on objective facts and circumstances, that a child is likely to be present on the premises on which the firearm is kept. Title IV: Enforcement - Sets penalties for failure to comply with provisions of this Act regarding: (1) obtaining a license, complying with qualifying firearm sale or transfer requirements, and maintaining or permitting inspection of records; (2) complying with universal background checks, timely reporting of loss or theft of a qualifying firearm, and providing notice of change of address; and (3) child access prevention. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary to issue such regulations governing the licensing of possessors of qualifying firearms and the recorded sale of qualifying firearms as the Secretary determines to be reasonably necessary to reduce or prevent deaths or injuries resulting from qualifying firearms and to assist law enforcement in the apprehension of owners or users of qualifying firearms used in criminal activity. (Sec. 403) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter and inspect any place in which firearms or firearm products are manufactured, stored, or held, for distribution in commerce in order to ascertain compliance with this Act; and (2) issue an order prohibiting the sale or transfer of any firearm that the Secretary finds has been transferred or distributed in violation of this Act. (Sec. 405) Authorizes the Attorney General, upon the request of the Secretary, to bring an action to restrain any violation of this Act U.S. district court. Title V: Firearm Injury Information and Research - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain a firearm injury information clearinghouse to collect, investigate, analyze, and disseminate data and information relating to the causes and prevention of death and injury associated with firearms; (2) conduct continuing studies and investigations of firearm-related deaths and injuries; and (3) collect and maintain current production and sales figures for each licensed manufacturer. Sets forth reporting requirements. Title VI: Effect on State Law - Specifies that this Act may not be construed to preempt any provision of the law of any State or political subdivision thereof, or prevent a State or political subdivision thereof from enacting any provision of law regulating or prohibiting conduct with respect to firearms, except to the extent that the provision is inconsistent with any provision of this Act, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. (Sec. 602) Authorizes the Secretary, upon a written request of the chief executive officer of a State, to certify a State firearm licensing and record of sale system if State law requires: (1) the system to satisfy the requirements applicable to the Federal firearm licensing system and the Federal firearm record of sale system; and (2) the head of the State agency that administers the system to submit to the Federal firearm record of sale system a copy of each report submitted to the head of that agency. Title VII: Relationship to Other Law - Specifies that in the event of any conflict between this Act and the Arms Export Control Act, the latter shall control. Title VIII: Inapplicability - Makes this Act inapplicable to any department or agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or to any official conduct of any officer or employee of such a department or agency. Title IX: Effective Date - Specifies that this Act shall take effect one year after its enactment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 2000
Declares the sense of the Senate that the Health Care Financing Administration should: (1) consider the unique nature of the emergency medical services (EMS) delivery system in New Jersey when implementing new reimbursement guidelines for paramedics and hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; and (2) promote innovative EMS systems enacted by States that reduce reimbursement costs to the Medicare program while ensuring that all residents receive quick and appropriate emergency care when needed.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 2000
Tobacco Smuggling Eradication Act of 2000 - Title I: Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends chapter 52 (Cigars, Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco, and Cigarette Papers and Tubes) of the Internal Revenue Code to require all packages of tobacco products to carry a unique legibly printed serial number by which the Secretary of the Treasury can identify the manufacturer or importer and the location and date of manufacture or importation. Requires tobacco products sold on Indian reservations to be labeled as such. Requires a tobacco wholesaler to have a permit and to maintain certain records. Requires export warehouse proprietors to file certain reports with the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into certain tobacco related information agreements with foreign countries. Establishes new offenses relating to the distribution of tobacco. Raises the $1,000 civil penalty under chapter 52 to $10,000. Title II: Amendments Relating to the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act - Amends Federal criminal code provisions concerning contraband cigarette trafficking to: (1) expand the applicability of such Act from cigarettes only to "tobacco product" (cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and pipe tobacco); (2) define "contraband tobacco product" as a quantity of tobacco product that is equivalent to or more than 30,000 cigarettes (currently, 60,000) which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State tobacco taxes; (3) establish new unlawful acts; and (4) require additional recordkeeping. Repeals Federal law provisions concerning reports required to State tobacco tax administrators by individuals engaged in interstate cigarette commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 2000
Safe Homes-Safe Streets Act of 1999 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to State or local governments to establish and implement Safe Homes-Safe Streets programs. Defines a "Safe Homes-Safe Streets program" as a program carried out by a State or local law enforcement agency under which the agency: (1) shall accept the voluntary surrender of firearms from individuals, provide gift certificates or other goods in exchange for firearms, provide cash in exchange for firearms (in a value not to exceed half of the estimated cost of a new similar firearm), or use any other innovative approach to cause a voluntary reduction in the number of firearms; (2) may conduct a criminal background check regarding the ownership of each firearm surrendered or offer amnesty from such background checks, to the extent that the policy regarding criminal background checks is uniformly applied; and (3) shall determine whether a surrendered firearm may potentially serve as evidence in any criminal investigation or prosecution and, if not, destroy it, or, if the firearm is a curio or relic or has historical significance, donate it to a State or local museum. (Sec. 4) Sets forth provisions regarding grant application requirements, distribution of grant awards, renewal of grants, and matching requirements. (Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2000
Designates the first Sunday in June of each year as National Child's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the carrying of firearms into places of worship or educational and scholastic settings should be prohibited.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) it is the civic duty of Americans to assist in ensuring the most accurate census possible; and (2) all U.S. residents should complete their census forms.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 2000
Commends the accomplishments and unfailing spirit of women in the 20th century. Recognizes the 20th Century as the Century of Women in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2000
Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act - Authorizes the President to: (1) present to each of the original twenty-nine Navajo Code Talkers or a surviving family member, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal honoring the Navajo Code Talkers; and (2) award to each man who qualified as a Navajo Code Talker (MOS 642) or a surviving family member a silver medal. Provides that such medals are to express recognition by the United States and its citizens in honoring the Navajo Code Talkers who distinguished themselves in performing a unique, highly successful communications operation that greatly assisted in saving countless lives and in hastening the end of World War II in the Pacific. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Libya's refusal to accept responsibility for its role in terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens suggests that the imminent danger to the physical safety of U.S. travelers continues; (2) the Administration should consult fully with Congress in considering policy toward Libya; and (3) the travel ban and all other U.S. restrictions on Libya should not be eased until all cases of American victims of Libyan terrorism have been resolved and the Government of Libya has cooperated fully in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); and (2) it should act on CEDAW by July 19, 2000, the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Convention by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2000
Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act to extend for an additional two years the authority under which postal patrons may contribute to funding for breast cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued U.S. postage stamps.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2000
Teaching Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise a certain formula pertaining to additional payments to hospitals with indirect costs of medical education to maintain the value of a certain variable used in the indirect teaching adjustment factor at the FY 1999 level on or after October 1, 2000. (Current law requires a lesser value for such variable in FY 2001 and thereafter.)
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2000
Designates the Federal building located at 500 Pearl Street in New York City, New York, as the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2000
Saving Women's Lives Through International Family Planning Act of 2000 - Authorizes and makes appropriations for FY 2001 to carry out certain international family planning, population planning, and other population assistance programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973, including specified funds for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), in determining the eligibility of nongovernmental and multilateral organizations for population planning or other population assistance, from applying to them requirements more restrictive than those applicable to foreign governments for such assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 2000
Expresses support for the Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans in the U.S. armed forces during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2000
Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate a specified 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits with respect to payment rates for home health services under the Medicare prospective payment system.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2000
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development for Department of Energy Missions Act - Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct an integrated program of research, development, and provision of facilities to develop and deploy to scientific and technical users the high-performance computing and collaboration tools needed to fulfill the statutory missions of the Department of Energy (DOE); and (2) provide specified funds in each fiscal year for a program of collaborative projects involving remote access to high-performance computing assets or remote experimentation over network facilities, giving high priority to cross-disciplinary projects that involve more than one office within the DOE Office of Science, or that couple such Office with DOE energy technology offices. Authorizes laboratories administered by the National Nuclear Security Administration to compete for funding authorized in this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY2001through 2005.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2000
Effective National Firearms Objectives for Responsible, Common-sense Enforcement Act of 2000 (ENFORCE Act) - Title I: Criminal Gun Trafficker Apprehension - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Act) to provide that it shall be presumed that the intent underlying the sale or disposition of a firearm is predominantly one of obtaining livelihood and pecuniary gain if a person transfers more than 50 firearms during any 12-month period, or more than 30 firearms in any 30-day period, excluding any infrequent transfer of a firearm by gift, bequest, intestate succession, or other means by an individual to a parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild. (Sec. 102) Requires that a firearms licensee, as a condition of obtaining a license to deal in firearms or ammunition (license), operate from a fixed premise (other than a private residence) primarily devoted to the sale of firearms and conspicuously designated to the public as such. (Sec. 103) Prohibits a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, beginning on the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury issues final regulations, from storing any firearm on a premises in a manner other than in accordance with those regulations. Directs the Secretary, in promulgating such regulations, to consider the type and quantity of the firearms to be stored, and the standards of safety and security recognized in the firearms industry. Authorizes the Secretary, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to suspend or revoke a license, or to subject the licensee to a civil penalty of up to $10,000, or both, for knowingly violating this prohibition. Limits review of the Secretary's actions. Requires that the firearms inventory of the business be stored in compliance with the regulations not later than 30 days after the application is approved. (Sec. 104) Prohibits a common or contract carrier from failing to report the theft or loss of a firearm to the Secretary and to the appropriate authorities within 48 hours after discovery. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil fine of up to $10,000 for knowingly violating this prohibition. Title II: Criminal Gun Dealer Detection - Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary to inspect or examine the records of a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer without reasonable cause or warrant for ensuring compliance with record- keeping requirements not more than four times (currently, once) during any 12-month period, or as otherwise specified in the Act. (Sec. 202) Provides that a personal collection of firearms of a licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer shall be considered part of the business inventory of the licensee (thus making disposal of such collection subject to regulation), with an exception for the infrequent transfer of a firearm by gift, bequest, intestate succession, or other means from the personal collection of firearms of a licensee to a parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild. (Sec. 203) Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary, after notice and opportunity for hearing, to: (1) suspend or revoke a license, subject the licensee to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per violation, or both, if the holder of such license has willfully violated the Act or any rule or regulation prescribed by the Secretary thereunder; and (2) suspend or revoke the license, assess a civil penalty of not more than $10,000, or both, with respect to a dealer who willfully transfers armor piercing ammunition. Authorizes the Secretary, at any time, to compromise, mitigate, or remit the liability regarding any willful violation or any rule or regulation prescribed by the Secretary thereunder. Sets forth provisions regarding rights of applicants and licensees with respect to notice requirements and the appeals process. Title III: Violent Felon Gun Ban Enforcement - Amends the Federal criminal code (the code) to: (1) deny natural persons the opportunity to seek administrative relief from prohibitions against possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition; and (2) require publication of additional information about such administrative relief granted to any person. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the possession of, or transactions in, firearms by any natural person convicted of a serious drug offense or violent felony, regardless of expungement of the conviction or restoration of other civil rights, subject to specified limitations. Title IV: Intensive Gun Violence Reduction Strategy and Project Exile Implementation - Subtitle A: Funding Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for the improvement of the national instant criminal background check system, including improvements to criminal justice records as specified in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and to records required by the Attorney General under the Brady Act for the purpose of implementing that Act. (Sec. 402) Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA) to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State or local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of improving the organization of criminal records, including records relating to convictions for crimes of domestic violence and restraining orders relating to domestic violence, and the reporting of such records to the national instant criminal background check system. Sets forth provisions regarding permissible uses of grant funds, application and matching requirements, grant awards, and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 403) Authorizes appropriations for the hiring of 600 firearms agents and inspectors for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. (Sec. 404) Amends the VCCLEA to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to State, Indian tribal, or local prosecutors for the purpose of supporting the creation or expansion of community-based justice programs for the prosecution of firearm-related crimes. Sets forth provisions regarding permissible uses of grant funds, application and matching requirements, grant awards, and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 405) Directs the Attorney General to: (1) hire 114 additional Federal prosecutors to prosecute violations of Federal firearms laws; and (2) establish in each of the jurisdictions not more than 20 areas designated by the Attorney General as having high rates of firearm-related crime a gun enforcement team. (Sec. 406) Directs the Secretary to expand: (1) to 50 the number of city and county law enforcement agencies that through the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) submit to the Secretary identifying information relating to the types and origins of all firearms recovered during law enforcement investigations, including from individuals under 25; and (2) the resources devoted to law enforcement investigations of illegal youth possessors and users and of illegal firearms traffickers identified through YCGII. Directs the Secretary to: (1) select cities and counties for participation in the program; and (2) establish a system through which State and local law enforcement agencies, through on-line computer technology, can promptly provide firearms-related information to the Secretary and access information derived through YCGII as soon as such capability is available. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 407) Amends the VCCLEA to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to public or private nonprofit entities for the purpose of supporting the creation or expansion of local anti-gun violence media campaigns. Sets forth provisions regarding permissible uses of funds, and application and matching requirements. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 408) Directs the Attorney General to carry out a program for the research and development of smart gun technology. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Ballistics Testing - Prohibits a licensed manufacturer or importer from transferring a firearm to any person before: (1) test firing the firearm; (2) preparing forensic ballistics records of the fired bullet and cartridge casings; and (3) making the records available to the Secretary for entry in a computerized database. Authorizes the Secretary, after notice and opportunity for hearing, for each violation by a licensed manufacturer or importer, to suspend the license for up to one year or revoke the license, impose on the licensee a civil fine of not more than $10,000, or both. Limits review of the Secretary's action. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to assist licensed firearm manufacturers and importers in complying with this section through: (1) the acquisition, disposition, and upgrades of computerized forensic ballistics equipment and bullet recovery equipment to be placed at the sites of licensed manufacturers and importers or at regional firearm centers established by the Secretary; and (2) the hiring or designation of personnel necessary to develop and maintain a database of forensic ballistics records, research, and evaluation. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to establish a system through which State and local law enforcement agencies, through online computer technology, can promptly access forensic ballistics records, as soon as the capability to do so is available. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary to work cooperatively with representatives of the firearm industry to: (1) provide education about the role of forensic ballistics as part of a comprehensive firearm crime reduction strategy; and (2) provide for coordination among Federal, State, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies and the firearm industry to curb firearm-related crime and illegal firearm trafficking. Sets forth provisions regarding areas of concentrated efforts, and annual reports and evaluation. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to conduct mandatory forensic ballistics testing of all firearms that are or have been taken into the custody of, or procured or utilized by, their respective agencies. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); and (2) the Senate should act on CEDAW by July 19, 2000, the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Convention by the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2000
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000 - Title I: Amendments to HIV Health Care Program - Subtitle A: Purpose; Amendments to Part A (Emergency Relief Grants ) - Amends Public Health Service Act provisions relating to emergency relief for areas with a substantial need for services relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease to revise the duties of HIV health services planning councils. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop epidemiologic measures for establishing the number of individuals living with HIV disease (defined as infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), including any condition arising from AIDS) who are not receiving HIV-related health services; and (2) provide advice and technical assistance to planning councils regarding the process for establishing fund allocation priorities. (Sec. 102) Requires the chief elected official of an area that receives an emergency relief grant to establish a quality management program to assess the extent to which medical services provided to patients under the grant are consistent with the most recent Public Health Service guidelines for the treatment of HIV disease and related opportunistic infection and to develop strategies for improvements in the access to and quality of medical services. Allows use of emergency relief grant funds for the program. (Sec. 103) Requires, in order to receive an emergency relief grant, that: (1) the State or private service provider have a participation agreement under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) of the Social Security Act; and (2) funded entities maintain relationships with area entities that constitute key points of access to the health care system (such as emergency rooms, substance abuse treatment programs, and sexually transmitted disease clinics) for individuals with HIV disease to facilitate early intervention. (Sec. 104) Requires that emergency relief grants be used: (1) for outpatient and ambulatory health services (currently, for outpatient and ambulatory health and support services, including case management) and other specified services; and (2) if the service provider meets specified requirements, for early intervention services. Requires that State and political subdivision grant recipients use the grants to increase funding for HIV-related services specified in provisions relating to outpatient and inpatient services (currently, HIV-related services to individuals with HIV disease). (Sec. 106) Makes permanent the provisions of current law requiring disbursal of 50 percent of the amounts appropriated 60 days after an appropriation for emergency relief grants and grants under provisions relating to grants to improve the quality, availability, and organization of health care and support services for individuals and families with HIV disease becomes available. (Sec. 107) Requires that the amount of a grant to an eligible area be not less than 98 percent of the amount the area received in the preceding fiscal year. (Sec. 108) Requires emergency relief grants to be used for infants, children, and women with HIV disease in the same ratio as each of those populations bears to the general population in that area of individuals with HIV disease. Subtitle B: Amendments to Part B (Care Grant Program ) - Modifies requirements regarding the contents of applications for grants to improve the quality, availability, and organization of health care and support services for individuals and families with HIV disease (care grants), including regarding peer review and quality management. Limits the amount a State may spend on its quality management program. Changes requirements regarding the amount a State that is receiving a small allotment may use for planning, evaluation, and administration. (Sec. 123) Requires, in order to receive a care grant, that funded entities maintain relationships with area entities that constitute key points of access to the health care system (such as emergency rooms, substance abuse treatment programs, and sexually transmitted disease clinics) for individuals with HIV disease to facilitate early intervention. (Sec. 124) Applies to care grants the use conditions and limitations that apply to emergency relief grant use provisions. (Sec. 125) Allows care grants to be used for early intervention services if the service provider meets specified requirements. (Sec. 126) Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for specified services for pregnant women and newborns. (Sec. 128) Directs the Secretary to make supplemental grants to States for comprehensive services of the type described in care grant provisions to supplement services in areas that are not eligible to receive emergency relief grants. Directs the Secretary to: (1) reserve an amount for States with a metropolitan area that is not eligible for an emergency relief grant and that has 1,000 - 2,000 cases of AIDS; and (2) use 50 percent of any increase in the amount appropriated for emergency relief and care grants to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. (Sec. 129) Requires, in addition to other requirements, that States use therapeutics funds provided from care grants to encourage, support, and enhance adherence to and compliance with treatment regimens, but only if the State is able to provide to all eligible individuals appropriate HIV/AIDS therapeutic regimens as recommended in the most recent Federal treatment guidelines. Mandates supplemental grants to States with a severe need for providing access to AIDS/HIV-related medications for individuals at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty line. (Sec. 130) Doubles the minimum care grant allotments to States. Adds the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau to the definition of "territory of the United States" for determination of care grant allotments. (Sec. 131) Requires care grants to be used for infants, children, and women with HIV disease in the same ratio as each of those populations bears to the general population of that State of individuals with HIV disease. Subtitle C: Amendments to Part C (Early Intervention Services ) - Repeals provisions mandating formula grants for HIV disease early intervention services. (Sec. 142) Allows currently-authorized planning and development grants to be used to expand the capacity, preparedness, and expertise to deliver primary care services to individuals with HIV disease in underserved low-income communities. Increases the limit on the amount of a care grant. (Sec. 143) Extends the authorization of appropriations for early intervention grants. (Sec. 144) Increases the limit on spending for administration (currently, for administration including planning and evaluation) of grants under early intervention provisions. Requires grantees to establish a quality management program to assess: (1) the extent to which medical services funded under title XXVI (HIV Health Care Services Program) of the Public Health Service Act are consistent with the most recent Public Health Service guidelines for the treatment of HIV disease and related opportunistic infections; and (2) whether improvements in access to and quality of medical services are addressed. (Sec. 145) Requires that preference in making early intervention grants be given to serving areas that are not otherwise eligible to receive emergency relief grants. Subtitle D: Amendments to Part D (General Provisions ) - Eliminates requirements that a significant number of women, infants, children, and youth who are patients of the grantee (under provisions mandating grants to provide opportunities for women, infants, children, and youth to be voluntary participants in research of potential benefit to individuals with HIV disease) participate in research projects. Requires grantees to: (1) inform and educate individuals regarding opportunities to participate in HIV/AIDS-related clinical research; and (2) implement a quality management program. Directs the Secretary to examine the distribution and availability of ongoing and appropriate HIV/AIDS- related research to existing sites under provisions amended by this paragraph to enhance and expand voluntary access to HIV-related research, especially in communities that are not reasonably served by the research. Extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out the provisions amended by this paragraph. (Sec. 152) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review the administrative, program support, and direct service-related activities carried out under title XXVI general provisions to ensure that eligible individuals have access to quality, HIV-related health and support services and research opportunities; and (2) determine the relationship between the costs of those activities and the access of eligible individuals to those services and opportunities. (Sec. 153) Authorizes appropriations to carry out: (1) program evaluations; (2) emergency relief grant provisions; and (3) care grant provisions. Subtitle E: Amendments to Part F (Demonstration and Training ) - Extends the authorizations of appropriations to carry out provisions relating to AIDS Education and Training Centers (including schools, centers, and dental schools). Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a study on appropriate epidemiological measures and their relationship to the financing and delivery of primary care and health-related support services for low-income, uninsured, and under-insured individuals with HIV disease; and (2) report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding how the Institute of Medicine's conclusions and recommendations can be addressed and implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2000
Oceans Act of 2000 - Establishes the Commission on Ocean Policy and requires it to report to Congress and the President. Directs the President to submit to Congress: (1) after considering the Commission's report, proposals for a coordinated, comprehensive, and long range national policy for the responsible use and stewardship of ocean and coastal resources for the benefit of the United States; and (2) a biennial report on all existing Federal programs related to ocean and coastal activities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 2000
Project SEARCH Act of 2000 - Establishes the SEARCH Grant (grants awarded for special environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat) Program. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to transfer $1 million annually to each State Governor for use by independent citizens' councils established by this Act. Directs councils to review applications for and award SEARCH grants from such funds to small communities that: (1) are unable to secure funding or are underfunded for environmental projects; (2) have incurred unexpected expenses during construction of such a project; or (3) need funds for initial feasibility or environmental studies before applying to traditional funding sources. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2000
Family Opportunity Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) give States the option of allowing families of disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for such children; and (2) provide for treatment of inpatient psychiatric hospital services for individuals under age 21 under waivers allowing for payment for part or all of the cost of home or community-based services. Authorizes a State to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for approval of a demonstration project to provide Medicaid coverage to up to a specified maximum number of children with a potentially severe disability. Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to make appropriations to the Secretary for special projects of regional and national significance for development and support of family-to-family health information centers.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 2000
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the conferees on H.R. 1501, the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act, should complete and submit the conference report before April 20, 2000, and include in such conference report the amendments passed by the Senate seeking to limit access to firearms by juveniles, convicted felons, and other persons prohibited by law from purchasing or possessing firearms.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2000
Organ Procurement Organization Certification Act of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add to the list of requirements to be met by qualified organ procurement organizations that an organization has been certified or recertified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services within the previous four-year period as meeting performance standards. Requires certification or recertification to be made through a process that either granted certification or recertification with such certification or recertification in effect as of January 1, 2000, and remaining in effect through the earlier of January 1, 2002, or the completion of recertification under regulations promulgated by the Secretary, or that is defined through regulations promulgated by January 1, 2002, that: (1) require recertifications of such organizations no more frequently than once every four years; (2) rely on outcome and process performance measures that are based on empirical evidence of organ donor potential and other related factors in each service area of such organizations; (3) use multiple outcome measures as part of the certification process; (4) provide for filing and approval of a corrective action plan by an organization that fails to meet performance standards and a grace period of up to three years to implement the plan without risk of decertification; and (5) provide for a qualified organization to appeal a decertification to the Secretary on substantive and procedural grounds.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2000
National Museum of the American Indian Commemorative Coin Act of 2000, or American Buffalo Coin Commemorative Coin Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a maximum of 500,000 $1 dollar coins in commemoration of the opening of the Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Mint Facility in Denver, Colorado, should strike such coins unless the Secretary determines that it would be technically or cost-prohibitive. Mandates that the proceeds from sales surcharges be paid promptly to the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution to: (1) commemorate the opening of the Museum; and (2)supplement the Museum's endowment and educational outreach funds. Subjects the Museum to certain Federal audit requirements. Instructs the Secretary to take actions to ensure that coin minting and issuance will not result in any net cost to the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2000
Conservation and Stewardship Act - Title I: Land and Water Conservation Fund - Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide for a permanent annual appropriation to the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Establishes the Non-Federal Lands of Regional or National Interest Fund. Title II: Coastal Stewardship - Coastal Stewardship Act of 2000 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish the Ocean and Coast Conservation Fund and Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance Fund. Title III: Wildlife Conservation and Restoration - Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act to provide for the deposit of an additional annual amount into the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Fund. Establishes a wildlife conservation and restoration subaccount in such fund. Title IV: Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat Protection - Establishes the Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Fund for recovery agreements with landowners. Title V: Historic Preservation Fund - Amends the National Preservation Act to provide for the deposit into the Historic Preservation Fund of a specified annual amount. Allocates amounts to State, local governmental, and tribal historic preservation programs, the American Battlefield Protection Program, and matching grant programs. Title VI: Natural Resource Restoration Programs - Establishes the National Park System Resource Protection Fund and the Coral Reef Resources Restoration Fund. Title VII: Urban Park and Forestry Programs - Amends the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 to establish the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Fund. Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Fund. Title VIII: Conservation Easements - Establishes the Forest Legacy Fund, the Farmland Protection Fund, and the Ranchland Protection Fund. Title IX: Natural Resource Community Investment Programs - Amends the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 to establish the Youth Conservation Corps Fund. Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish the Forest Service Rural Development Fund. Amends the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act to establish the Forest Service Rural Community Assistance Fund. Title X: Payment in Lieu of Taxes - Establishes the Payment in Lieu of Taxes Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2004, the duty on certain fluoride compounds.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Fire Safe Dorm Act of 2000 - Title I: Obligations of Institutions of Higher Education - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require higher education institutions, in order to be eligible for Student Assistance programs, to: (1) keep records of, and disclose, incidents of fires in dormitories, as well as current fire prevention measures there; (2) disclose their plans to bring all campus residential facilities into compliance with specified fire safety standards; and (3) adopt, within ten years of enactment of this Act, plans to install fire sprinklers, smoke detectors, and open flame resistant furniture in dormitories, in compliance with such standards. Exempts from such sprinkler installation requirement any buildings or other structures listed on the National Register for Historic Places, if installation would destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize the historic nature of the property. Title II: Dormitory Fire Safety Standards - Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration to: (1) establish fire safety standards for dormitories, including mandatory fire sprinklers, smoke detectors, and open flame resistant furniture and mattresses; and (2) encourage State and local authorities to adopt such standards.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2004, the duty on certain imaging chemicals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2004, the duty on certain fluorozirconium compounds.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 2000
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2004, the duty on certain bromine-containing compounds.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2000
Holocaust Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 February 2000
Smoker's Right to Know and Truth in Tobacco Labeling Act - Requires that: (1) cigarette labeling and advertising include one of specified warnings and a statement listing cancer-causing agents inhaled in the cigarette's smoke; (2) cigarette packages include an insert on carcinogens, toxins, and other substances posing a risk to human health contained in the cigarettes; and (3) smokeless, cigar, pipe, or any similar tobacco product labeling and advertising include one of specified warnings. Requires tobacco manufacturers, packagers, and importers into the United States to annually report the identity of any added ingredient or constituent other than tobacco or water and the nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide intake from the product for average consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 2000
Handgun Safety and Registration Act of 2000 - Amends chapter 53 (Machine Guns, Destructive Devices, and Certain Other Firearms) of the Internal Revenue Code to, among other things: (1) require the registration of handguns in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record; (2) provide for the sharing of registration information with Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies; and (3) provide for the imposition of the five dollar transfer tax on handguns and a $50 tax upon the making of each handgun. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 2000
College Fire Prevention Act - Authorizes appropriations for competitive grants to help provide fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award such grants to States, private or public colleges or universities, fraternities, or sororities to assist them in providing such systems. Requires grant recipients to provide matching funds equal to at least one-half of project costs. Directs the Comptroller General to gather, and report to Congress, data on the number of college and university housing facilities and dormitories that have and do not have fire sprinkler systems and other forms of built-in fire protection mechanisms.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 2000
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a gold medal to John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, in recognition of his accomplishments as a priest, a soldier, and a humanitarian. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 2000
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2000 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to raise the $65 transportation fringe benefit limitation (applicable to commuter highway vehicles and transit passes) to an amount ($175) that equals the amount permitted for qualified parking (thus providing for a uniform dollar limitation for all types of transportation fringe benefits). Amends provisions of Federal law concerning Government organization and employees to permit a taxable cash payment to Federal employees in lieu of an agency-provided parking space.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2000
Home Heating Readiness Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy (acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Agency) to submit to Congress a Home Heating Readiness Report on the readiness of the heating oil and propane industries to supply fuel under various weather conditions, including rapid decreases in temperature. Specifies Report contents.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2000
Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of Congress, a congressional gold medal to Charles M. Schulz in recognition of his lasting artistic contributions to the Nation and the world. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 February 2000
Designates the week of February 14-18, 2000, as National Heart Failure Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 2000
Home Heating Oil Price Stability Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to immediately create a Heating Oil Reserve containing two million barrels of heating oil in leased storage facilities in the New York Harbor area and 4.7 million barrels in one of the four Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) caverns on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Permits the Secretary to fill such Heating Oil Reserve by trading SPR crude oil for heating oil. Authorizes the President to immediately draw down the Heating Oil Reserve when domestic fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, during a fuel oil shortage, or during periods of extreme winter weather. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2000
Amends Federal aviation law to declare that nothing in such law or in the Death on the High Seas Act with respect to additional remedies shall affect any remedy existing at common law or under State law with respect to any injury or death arising out of any aviation incident occurring on or after January 1, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 2000
Biomedical Revitalization Resolution of 2000 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that funding for the National Institutes of Health should be increased by $2.7 billion in FY 2001.