Congressional Record Congressional Record · 2000-06-09 Date2000-06-09 PublicationVolume 146, issue 71 Sections206 House · 44 Senate House sections TRIBUTE TO STEVE OSBORNE--2000 SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR HONORING FINER WOMANHOOD AWARDEES HONORING DAVID S. THOMPSON RSS BOMBS CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S PRAYER MEETING TRIBUTE TO JERRY GROSWOLD--DENVER & COLORADO TRAVEL INDUSTRY HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 1999, H.R. 1082 TRIBUTE TO DR. MONROE E. WALL AND DR. MANSUKH C. WANI TRIBUTE TO THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL HONORING REVEREND W.G. AND MARY TERRY CELEBRATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF LA PENA CULTURAL CENTER, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA FREEDOM FOR THE SIKHS OF KHALISTAN TELEPHONE EXCISE TAX REPEAL ACT TRIBUITE TO LARRY WILKINSON--EXTRAORDINARY LIBRARY ADVOCATE WELLTON-MOHAWK TRANSFER ACT TEXAS' CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HONORING GAIL NOLIN HONORING MR. MICHAEL HARVEY SALUTE TO URSULA SHERMAN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA TRIBUTE TO LOIS FERNANDEZ HATE CRIMES IN HONOR OF UPSTANDING CITIZENS PHIL VARGAS, JOE VARGAS, KEN VARGAS, LUCY VARGAS PROUSE, JOSE VARGAS, LETICIA VARGAS ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA CONGRATULATIONS TO ARMED SERVICES YMCA NATIONAL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR DR. VIRGINIA M. MAHAN CONGRESSWOMAN LOIS CAPPS HONORED AS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA HONORING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN HONOR OF THE LATE ELMER W. ROGOZINSKI SECURITY INTERESTS IN COPYRIGHTS FINANCING ACT HONORING THE FAST PITCHING GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM, THE GAINSVILLE GATORS FROM NORTH CENTRAL, FLORIDA TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM G. MOLL HONORING THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION DAY OF PORTUGAL HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF WEST POINT LAKE AND DAM IN TROUP COUNTY, GEORGIA HONORING THEODORE AND MAXINE ALBERS IN RECOGNITION OF DOUGLAS ISCOVITZ PHOTOGRAPHS OF SONAM ZOKSANG SEEK TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE AND IDENTITY TRIBUTE TO HILLTOP--50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO DUSTY BUSS IN HONOR OF THE WOOD FAMILY, THE TOWN OF HARRISON, NJ FAMILY OF THE YEAR RECOGNIZING GUAM POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AND CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: THE ALZHEIMER'S CLINICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAM PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM (BILL) H. HAMANN CELEBRATION OF LOU TREBAR ON HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT (NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT) TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TRIBUTE TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE S.P.H.E.R.E.S. PROJECT IN HONOR OF HELEN STEINEL'S RETIREMENT AFTER 30 YEARS IN EDUCATION TRIBUTE TO AKIRA INOUE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRADE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION CELEBRATING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OKEFENOKEE HERITAGE CENTER TRIBUTE TO RETIRING ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DR. TOM F. LUTHY, JR. HONORING THE LAKE ERIE NATURE AND SCIENCE CENTER TENNESSEE SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 720 CENTRAL NEW JERSEY CELEBRATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EDEN INSTITUTE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2559, AGRICULTURAL RISK PROTECTION ACT OF 2000 GARRETT A. MORGAN TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM POETRY CONTEST TRIBUTE TO CHARLES MEIER IN HONOR OF THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF BAYONNE ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY HONORING THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC (WERI) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PROTECTION ACT OF 2000 CONCERN REGARDING THIRTEEN IRANIAN JEWS ON TRIAL CENTRAL NEW JERSEY RECOGNIZES GARRETT YOUNG FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS FY2001 DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL THE NICARAGUAN "PROPERTY PROTECTION ACT OF 2000" HONORING BALL STATE PRESIDENT JOHN E. WORTHEN--A GREAT EDUCATOR PERSONAL EXPLANATION TRIBUTE TO KENZAL THOMAS IN HONOR OF MONUMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH, CELEBRATING ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY ELIMINATE THE DEATH TAX DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001 AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT (NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT) TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2001 SEEING FIRSTHAND NEW JERSEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE BUILD IT RIGHT, AND THEY WILL COME CONGRATULATING BRENDA BUTLER HAMLETT IN RECOGNITION OF THE RETIREMENT OF DAVE WILDMAN APPALACHIA TOUR 200TH BIRTHDAY OF THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD CONDEMNING LTTE TERRORISM TRIBUTE TO AN EDUCATOR: IN THANKS TO DAVID GROSS OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA HELSINKI FINAL ACT 25TH ANNIVERSARY RESOLUTION OUR LADY OF LOURDES ACADEMY WINS 1ST PLACE IN NATIONAL COMPETITION HATE CRIMES THE WISEWOMAN EXPANSI0N ACT OF 2000 SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL JUNE SCHOOL OF THE MONTH HONORING THE GREENSBORO DAY SCHOOL GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER CHAMPIONS HONORING FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOLARS PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO DOCTOR DENNIS ALAN VIDMAR ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN RECOGNITION OF MARY PETRO REPRESENTATIVE LEE: POLITICIAN WHO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN HONOR OF THE 40 JOURNALISTS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES PURSUING THE NEWS IN 1999 IN HONOR OF MRS. GILBERT T. ADAMS COMMENDING THE MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHERS GROUP FOR ADDRESSING OVER FOUR DECADES OF INJUSTICE AND EXTENDING TEMPORARY MEMBERSHIP TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL INTRODUCTION OF MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ACT OF 2000 TRIBUTE TO FATHER STEPHEN PATRICK (PAT) WISNESKE ON THE OCCASION OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF HIS ORDINATION DEBATE ON DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF THE F-22 ARTICLE BY JAMES L. HECHT ISSUES IN CYPRUS AND KOSOVO TRIBUTE TO REVEREND DR. DAVID JEFFERSON, SR. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF NEED TO CREATE INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY TO INVESTIGATE THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TRIBUTE TO WESLEY RHODES DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001 STATEMENT ON A BILL TO AMEND TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR REPRESENTATION OF CLAIMANTS MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION 20TH ANNIVERSARY HONORING ANITA HINOJOSA HONORING EDWARD WEISS HONORING JUSTIN "JAY" CAUFIELD FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 HONORING COMMANDER WILLIAM ROBERT ANDERSON HONORING ROBERT A. CHAPMAN A WAY TO SAVE MEDICARE, BENEFICIARIES AND TAXPAYERS BILLIONS BIOGRAPHY OF MR. IRVING KWASMAN OF SHERERVILLE, INDIANA TRIBUTE TO RICHARD R. LUONGO HONORING SEYMOUR NAIDICH CONGRATULATIONS TO MELVA JONES, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION AWARD RECIPIENT STAR WARS PERSONAL EXPLANATION TRIBUTE ON THE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH ROBERT P. CASEY: LIBERAL FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 HONORING STEPHEN CHEN OF THE TAIWAN ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE [TECRO] TRIBUTE TO ANGELICA MILTON RECOGNIZING THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION AND POSTAL SERVICE EFFORTS IN PROMOTING CONSUMER AWARENESS OF UNSAFE PRODUCTS NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND POLICY ACT OF 2000 HONORING AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC AND KANSAS CITY JAZZ PERSONAL EXPLANATION EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA CELEBRATING DEMOCRACY IN TAIWAN: INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI- BIEN FAREWELL TO PAGES TRIBUTE TO EVELYN BANKS NEELY ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT THE DEDICATION OF THE JOHN D. ONG LIBRARY GASTONIA, AN ALL AMERICAN CITY HONORING REVEREND RUTH SMITH OF ADDISON, MICHIGAN AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF NON-DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT (NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT) TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TRIBUTE TO LEON BRACHMAN SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE OFFICERS IMPROVING SOCIAL SECURITY'S PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR CLAIMANT REPRESENTATIVES DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001 TRUBUTE TO MR. BERT M. CONCKLIN House of Representatives THE JOURNAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ELIMINATE THE DEATH TAX AND RESTORE THE AMERICAN DREAM EVENTS SURROUNDING ELIAN GONZALEZ RESEMBLE LIFE IN COMMUNIST CHINA DEATH TAX EQUALS DOUBLE TAXATION AND SHOULD BE OUTLAWED DEATH TAX IS UNAMERICAN HUMAN INITIATIVE THWARTED BY DEATH TAX POSTAL SERVICE ISSUES ADOPTION AWARENESS STAMP SLAVERY STILL EXISTS IN NEW MILLENNIUM ALL CHILDREN HAVE STRONG POTENTIAL TO ACHIEVE ISRAEL GRANTED MEMBERSHIP IN WEOG INTERNATIONAL ABDUCTION SUDAN TRIBUTE TO LEONARD BASKIN, AN ORIGINAL AMERICAN ARTIST DEATH TAX REPEAL THE MULTI-MILLIONAIRE PROTECTION ACT TIME TO REPEAL THE DEATH TAX LAWMAKERS SHOULD CORRECT POVERTY AND LACK OF MEDICAL CARE BEFORE ENACTING RECKLESS TAX CUTS AUSTRALIAN GUN BAN RESULTS: DEADLY SUPPORTING THE ELIMINATION OF THE DEATH TAX AMERICA SHOULD INVEST MORE RESOURCES IN CURING PEDIATRIC CANCER ENDING THE DEATH TAX A FAILED REPUBLICAN EDUCATION BILL AND IRRESPONSIBLE TAX CUTS ONE PERCENT OF AMERICANS OWN 40 PERCENT OF AMERICA'S ASSETS THE JOURNAL DEATH TAX ELIMINATION ACT OF 2000 PERSONAL EXPLANATION LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM COMMEMORATING HOUSE PAGES ON THEIR GRADUATION ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2000 DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY NEXT REAPPOINTMENT AS MEMBER TO FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER FOUNDATION APPOINTMENT AS MEMBER OF FIRST FLIGHT CENTENNIAL FEDERAL ADVISORY BOARD SPECIAL ORDERS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS HOUSE BIPARTISAN VOTE ON THE ESTATE TAX IS A VICTORY FOR TAXPAYERS ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TODAY'S VOTE ON THE ESTATE TAX SWEET NEWS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) is recognized for 5 minutes. ESSENTIAL HOSPITAL PRESERVATION ACT OF 2000 THE SAFE PIPELINES ACT OF 2000 LEAVE OF ABSENCE SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED BILL PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT ADJOURNMENT EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS DISCHARGE PETITIONS--ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS AMENDMENTS Text of House Amendment 1 Text of House Amendment 2 Text of House Amendment 3 Text of House Amendment 4 Text of House Amendment 5 Text of House Amendment 6 Text of House Amendment 7 Text of House Amendment 8 Text of House Amendment 9 Senate sections Senate prayer PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE SCHEDULE LEAVE OF ABSENCE RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001 VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001--Continued MORNING BUSINESS GRADUATING PAGES MANDATING DISCLOSURE BY SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS ACCESS TO INNOVATION FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS ACT OF 2000 TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL VALMORO III IN RECOGNITION OF GEORGE ABRAHAM THAMPY MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 121--CONGRATULATING REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN S. F. CHEN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF TAIWAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES SENATE RESOLUTION 319--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE SENATE SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE DECENT HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FOR OTHER... SENATE RESOLUTION 320--TO AUTHORIZE TESTIMONY BY SENATE EMPLOYEE IN STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED--JUNE 8, 2000 PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2000 PROGRAM ORDER FOR FILING OF AMENDMENTS VITIATION OF ORDER ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT CONGRATULATING NOFAS ON 10 YEARS OF PROGRESS THE HOUSE THE SENATE BUILT PARTICIPATION IN AND SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE DECENT HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRATULATIONS TO MAGGIE MILLER SANCTIONS ON FOOD AND MEDICINE EXECUTIVE CALENDAR (Executive Session) DEPARTMENT OF STATE (Executive Session) LEGISLATIVE SESSION NOMINATION OF EDWARD GNEHM, JR. AUTHORIZATION OF TESTIMONY BY SENATE EMPLOYEE CONGRATULATING REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN S.F. CHEN 40 YEARS TOO LONG--THE CUBAN EMBARGO ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2000 CONFIRMATIONS