[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 147 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

    (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, page D1180)
  H.R. 1235, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
contracts with the Solano County Water Agency, California, to use 
Solano Project facilities for impounding, storage, and carriage of 
nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other 
beneficial purposes. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-467)
  H.R. 2780, to authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for 
organizations to find missing adults. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 
106-468)
  H.R. 2884, to extend energy conservation programs under the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act through fiscal year 2003. Signed November 
9, 2000. (P.L. 106-469)
  H.R. 4312, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of the suitability and feasibility of establishing an Upper Housatonic 
Valley National Heritage Area in the State of Connecticut and the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-470)
  H.R. 4646, to designate certain National Forest System lands within 
the boundaries of the State of Virginia as wilderness areas. Signed 
November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-471)
  H.R. 4788, to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to extend 
the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees to cover 
the cost of services performed under the Act, to extend the 
authorization of appropriations for the Act, and to improve the 
administration of the Act. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-472)
  H.R. 4794, to require the Secretary of the Interior to complete a 
resource study of the 600 mile route through Connecticut, Delaware, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, and Virginia, used by George Washington and General Rochambeau 
during the American Revolutionary War. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 
106-473)
  H.R. 4846, to establish the National Recording Registry in the 
Library of Congress to maintain and preserve sound recordings and 
collections of sound recordings that are culturally, historically, or 
aesthetically significant. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-474)
  H.R. 4864, to amend title 38, United States Code, to reaffirm and 
clarify the duty of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assist 
claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary. Signed 
November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-475)
  H.R. 4868, to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, to make other 
technical amendments to the trade laws. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 
106-476)
  H.R. 5110, to designate the United States courthouse located at 3470 
12th Street in Riverside, California, as the ``George E. Brown, Jr. 
United States Courthouse''. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-477)
  H.R. 5302, to designate the United States courthouse located at 1010 
Fifth Avenue in Seattle, Washington, as the ``William Kenzo Nakamura 
United States Courthouse''. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-478)
  H.R. 5331, to authorize the Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc., to 
establish a memorial and gardens on Department of the Interior lands in 
the District

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of Columbia or its environs in honor and commemoration of Frederick 
Douglass. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-479)
  H.R. 5388, to designate a building proposed to be located within the 
boundaries of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, as the 
``Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center''. Signed 
November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-480)
  H.R. 5410, to establish revolving funds for the operation of certain 
programs and activities of the Library of Congress. Signed November 9, 
2000. (P.L. 106-481)
  H.R. 5478, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by 
donation suitable land to serve as the new location for the home of 
Alexander Hamilton, commonly known as the Hamilton Grange, and to 
authorize the relocation of the Hamilton Grange to the acquired land. 
Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-482)
  H.J. Res. 102, recognizing that the Birmingham Pledge has made a 
significant contribution in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation 
in the United States and around the world. Signed November 9, 2000. 
(P.L. 106-483)
  S. 484, to provide for the granting of refugee status in the United 
States to nationals of certain foreign countries in which American 
Vietnam War POW/MIAs or American Korean War POW/MIAs may be present, if 
those nationals assist in the return to the United States of those POW/
MIAs alive. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-484)
  S. 610, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in 
Washakie County and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside 
Irrigation District, Wyoming. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-485)
  S. 698, to review the suitability and feasibility of recovering costs 
of high altitude rescues at Denali National Park and Preserve in the 
State of Alaska. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-486)
  S. 710, to authorize the feasibility study on the preservation of 
certain Civil War battlefields along the Vicksburg Campaign Trail. 
Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-487)
  S. 748, to improve Native hiring and contracting by the Federal 
Government within the State of Alaska. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 
106-488)
  S. 893, to amend title 46, United States Code, to provide equitable 
treatment with respect to State and local income taxes for certain 
individuals who perform duties on vessels. Signed November 9, 2000. 
(P.L. 106-489)
  S. 1030, to provide that the conveyance by the Bureau of Land 
Management of the surface estate to certain land in the State of 
Wyoming in exchange for certain private land will not result in the 
removal of the land from operation of the mining laws. Signed November 
9, 2000. (P.L. 106-490)
  S. 1367, to amend the Act which established the Saint-Gaudens 
Historic Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by modifying the 
boundary. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-491)
  S. 1438, to establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal 
land in the District of Columbia. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-
492)
  S. 1778, to provide for equal exchanges of land around the Cascade 
Reservoir. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-493)
  S. 1894, to provide for the conveyance of certain land to Park 
County, Wyoming. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-494)
  S. 2069, to permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell, Wyoming. 
Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-495)
  S. 2425, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the 
planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal Pipeline 
Project, Oregon. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-496)
  S. 2872, to improve the cause of action for misrepresentation of 
Indian arts and crafts. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-497)
  S. 2882, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain 
feasibility studies to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, 
Oregon and California. Signed November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-498)
  S. 2951, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study to investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources 
in the Salmon Creek watershed of the upper Columbia River. Signed 
November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-499)
  S. 2977, to assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and 
museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern 
California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the 
paleontology discoveries made at the lake and to develop a trail system 
for the lake for use by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles. Signed 
November 9, 2000. (P.L. 106-500)
  H.R. 782, to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2000 through 2003. Signed November 13, 
2000. (P.L. 106-501)
  H.R. 1444, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
program to plan, design, and construct facilities to mitigate impacts 
associated with irrigation system water diversions by local 
governmental entities in the Pacific Ocean drainage of the States of 
Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 
106-502)

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  H.R. 1550, to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire 
Administration, and for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction 
Act of 1977, for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003. Signed November 13, 
2000. (P.L. 106-503)
  H.R. 2462, to amend the Organic Act of Guam. Signed November 13, 
2000. (P.L. 106-504)
  H.R. 2498, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
recommendations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding 
the placement of automatic external defibrillators in Federal buildings 
in order to improve survival rates of individuals who experience 
cardiac arrest in such buildings, and to establish protections from 
civil liability arising from the emergency use of the devices. Signed 
November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-505)
  H.R. 3388, to promote environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe 
basin. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-506)
  H.R. 3621, to provide for the posthumous promotion of William Clark 
of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, co-
leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, to the grade of captain in 
the Regular Army. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-507)
  H.R. 5239, to provide for increased penalties for violations of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-
508)
  S. 700, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Ala 
Kahakai Trail as a National Historic Trail. Signed November 13, 2000. 
(P.L. 106-509)
  S. 938, to eliminate restrictions on the acquisition of certain land 
contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Signed November 13, 2000. 
(P.L. 106-510)
  S. 964, to provide for equitable compensation for the Cheyenne River 
Sioux Tribe. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-511)
  S. 1474, providing conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the 
State of Texas. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-512)
  S. 1482, to amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. Signed 
November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-513)
  S. 1752, to reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act. 
Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-514)
  S. 1865, to provide grants to establish demonstration mental health 
courts. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-515)
  S. 2345, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study concerning the preservation and public use of sites 
associated with Harriet Tubman located in Auburn, New York. Signed 
November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-516)
  S. 2413, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to clarify the procedures and conditions for the award of matching 
grants for the purchase of armor vests. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 
106-517)
  S. 2915, to make improvements in the operation and administration of 
the Federal courts. Signed November 13, 2000. (P.L. 106-518)
  H.R. 4986, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
provisions relating to foreign sales corporations (FSCs) and to exclude 
extraterritorial income from gross income. Signed November 15, 2000. 
(P.L. 106-519)
  H.J. Res. 125, making further continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year 2001. Signed November 15, 2000. (P.L. 106-520)
  H.R. 2346, to authorize the enforcement by State and local 
governments of certain Federal Communications Commission regulations 
regarding use of citizens band radio equipment. Signed November 22, 
2000. (P.L. 106-521)
  H.R. 5633, making appropriations for the government of the District 
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001. Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-522)
  S. 768, to establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians 
serving with the Armed Forces during contingency operations, and to 
establish Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the United 
States by former members of the Armed Forces and civilians accompanying 
the Armed Forces outside the United States. Signed November 22, 2000. 
(P.L. 106-523)
  S. 1670, to revise the boundary of Fort Matanzas National Monument. 
Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-524)
  S. 1880, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health 
of minority individuals. Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-525)
  S. 1936, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or 
exchange all or part of certain administrative sites and other National 
Forest System land in the State of Oregon and use the proceeds derived 
from the sale or exchange for National Forest System purposes. Signed 
November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-526)
  S. 2020, to adjust the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, 
Mississippi. Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-527)
  S. 2440, to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve airport 
security. Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-528)

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  S. 2485, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance in planning and constructing a regional heritage center in 
Calais, Maine. Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-529)
  S. 2547, to provide for the establishment of the Great Sand Dunes 
National Park and Preserve and the Baca National Wildlife Refuge in the 
State of Colorado. Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-530)
  S. 2712, to amend chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, to 
authorize the consolidation of certain financial and performance 
management reports required of Federal agencies. Signed November 22, 
2000. (P.L. 106-531)
  S. 2773, to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to enhance 
dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting. Signed 
November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-532)
  S. 2789, to amend the Congressional Award Act to establish a 
Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts Education Board. 
Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-533)
  S. 3164, to protect seniors from fraud. Signed November 22, 2000. 
(P.L. 106-534)
  S. 3194, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 431 North George Street in Millersville, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert S. Walker Post Office''. Signed November 
22, 2000. (P.L. 106-535)
  S. 3239, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
special immigrant status for certain United States international 
broadcasting employees. Signed November 22, 2000. (P.L. 106-536)