1999–2001 U.S. Congress
The 106th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1999, to January 3, 2001, during the last two years of Bill Clinton's presidency . The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census . Both chambers maintained a Republican majority.
This is the most recent Congress with Republican senators from the states of Delaware (William Roth ), Michigan (Spencer Abraham ) and Washington (Slade Gorton ), all of whom lost re-election in 2000.
Major events January 7, 1999 – February 12, 1999: Impeachment trial of Bill Clinton March 24, 1999 – June 10, 1999: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia March 29, 1999: Dow Jones Industrial Average ended above 10,000 for the first time. April 20, 1999: Columbine High School massacre April 3, 2000: United States v. Microsoft : Federal court held Microsoft liable for anti-trust violations November 7, 2000: Presidential election , Senate election , House election November 7, 2000 – December 13, 2000: Presidential election , Florida recount , and Bush v. Gore litigation
Major legislation May 21, 1999: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–31 (text) (PDF) (Kosovo operations) August 17, 1999: Water Resources Development Act of 1999 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–53 (text) (PDF) October 26, 1999: Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 , Pub.L. 106-81 November 12, 1999: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–102 (text) (PDF) November 29, 1999: American Inventors Protection Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–113 (text) (PDF) (including Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ) December 9, 1999: Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 , Pub.L. 106-160 December 14, 1999: Foster Care Independence Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–169 (text) (PDF) March 14, 2000: Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–178 (text) (PDF) April 5, 2000: Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–181 (text) (PDF) May 18, 2000: African Growth and Opportunity Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–200 (text) (PDF) May 26, 2000: Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 , Pub.L. 106-207 May 26, 2000: Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act , Pub.L. 106-210 June 22, 2000: Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 , Pub.L. 106-224 June 30, 2000: Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–229 (text) (PDF) August 7, 2000: Oceans Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–256 (text) (PDF) August 19, 2000: Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 , Pub.L. 106-264 September 22, 2000: Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–274 (text) (PDF) October 10, 2000: U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 , Pub.L. 106-286 October 17, 2000: Children's Health Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–310 (text) (PDF) October 28, 2000: Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–386 (text) (PDF) October 30, 2000: Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–390 (text) (PDF) October 30, 2000: Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 , Pub.L. 106-393 October 30, 2000: Child Citizenship Act of 2000 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–395 (text) (PDF) November 1, 2000: Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act , Pub.L. 106-414 November 22, 2000: Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000 , Pub.L. 106-523 December 11, 2000: Water Resources Development Act of 2000 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–541 (text) (PDF) December 19, 2000: DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 , Pub.L. 106-546 December 21, 2000: Legal Immigration Family Equity Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–553 (text) (PDF) December 21, 2000: Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 106–554 (text) (PDF) (as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 ) December 21, 2000: Shark Finning Prohibition Act , Pub.L. 106-557
Treaties considered
Party summary
Senate Party standings on the opening day of the 106th Congress Membership changed with two deaths.
House of Representatives There were two resignations and three deaths.
Leadership
Senate
Majority (Republican) leadership
Minority (Democratic) leadership
House of Representatives
Majority (Republican) leadership
Minority (Democratic) leadership
Members Skip to House of Representatives, below
Senate In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 2000; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 2002; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 2004.
House of Representatives
Changes in membership
Senate
House of Representatives
Committees For members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
Senate Aging (Special) (Chair: Chuck Grassley , Ranking Member: John Breaux )Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair: Richard Lugar , Ranking Member: Tom Harkin )Appropriations (Chair: Ted Stevens , Ranking Member: Robert Byrd )Armed Services (Chair: John Warner , Ranking Member: Carl Levin )Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Phil Gramm , Ranking Member: Paul Sarbanes )Budget (Chair: Pete Domenici , Ranking Member: Frank Lautenberg )Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: John McCain , Ranking Member: Fritz Hollings )Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Frank Murkowski , Ranking Member: Jeff Bingaman )Environment and Public Works (Chair: Bob Smith , Ranking Member: Max Baucus )Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety (Chair: Jim Inhofe ) Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water (Chair: Mike Crapo ) Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment (Chair: Bob Smith ) Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: George Voinovich ) Ethics (Select) (Chair: Pat Roberts , Ranking Member: Harry Reid )Finance (Chair: William V. Roth Jr. , Ranking Member: Daniel Patrick Moynihan )Foreign Relations (Chair: Jesse Helms , Ranking Member: Joe Biden )Governmental Affairs (Chair: Fred Thompson , Ranking Member: Joe Lieberman )International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: Thad Cochran ) Oversight of Government Management, Restructing and the District of Columbia (Chair: George Voinovich ) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: Susan Collins ) Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: Ben Nighthorse Campbell , Ranking Member: Daniel Inouye )Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Richard Shelby , Ranking Member: Richard Bryan )Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Chair: Jim Jeffords , Ranking Member: Ted Kennedy )Judiciary (Chair: Orrin Hatch , Ranking Member: Patrick Leahy )Rules and Administration (Chair: Mitch McConnell , Ranking Member: Chris Dodd )Small Business (Chair: Kit Bond , Ranking Member: John Kerry )Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Arlen Specter , Ranking Member: Jay Rockefeller )
House of Representatives Agriculture (Chair: Larry Combest , Vice Chair: Bill Barrett , Ranking Member: Charles Stenholm )Appropriations (Chair: Bill Young , Ranking Member: Dave Obey )Armed Services (Chair: Floyd Spence , Vice Chair: Bob Stump , Ranking Member: Ike Skelton )Banking and Financial Services (Chair: Jim Leach , Vice Chair: Steven T. Kuykendall , Ranking Member: John LaFalce )Budget (Chair: John Kasich , Ranking Member: John Spratt )Commerce (Chair: Thomas J. Bliley Jr. , Vice Chair: Paul E. Gillmor , Ranking Member: John Dingell )Education and the Workforce (Chair: William F. Goodling , Vice Chair: William F. Goodling , Ranking Member: Bill Clay )Government Reform (Chair: Dan Burton , Vice Chair: Steve LaTourette , Ranking Member: Henry Waxman )Census (Chair: Dan Miller , Vice Chair: John T. Doolittle ) Civil Service (Chair: Joe Scarborough , Vice Chair: Asa Hutchinson ) Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources (Chair: John Mica , Vice Chair: Bob Barr ) District of Columbia (Chair: Richard Baker , Vice Chair: Connie Morella ) Government Management, Information and Technology (Chair: Stephen Horn , Vice Chair: Judy Biggert ) National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs (Chair: David M. McIntosh , Vice Chair: Paul Ryan ) National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations (Chair: Christopher Shays , Vice Chair: Mark E. Souder ) Postal Service (Chair: John M. McHugh , Vice Chair: Mark Souder ) House Administration (Chair: Bill Thomas , Ranking Member: Steny Hoyer )International Relations (Chair: Benjamin A. Gilman , Ranking Member: Sam Gejdenson )Judiciary (Chair: Henry J. Hyde , Ranking Member: John Conyers )Resources (Chair: Don Young , Ranking Member: George Miller )Rules (Chair: David Dreier , Vice Chair: Porter Goss , Ranking Member: Joe Moakley )Science (Chair: Jim Sensenbrenner , Vice Chair: Vern Ehlers , Ranking Member: George Brown Jr. , then Ralph Hall )Small Business (Chair: Jim Talent , Ranking Member: Nydia Velázquez )Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Lamar S. Smith , Ranking Member: Howard Berman )Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: Bud Shuster , Vice Chair: Tom Petri , Ranking Member: Jim Oberstar )Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Bob Stump , Vice Chair: Chris Smith , Ranking Member: Lane Evans )Ways and Means (Chair: William Reynolds Archer Jr. , Ranking Member: Charles Rangel )Whole
Joint committees
Caucuses
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
Senate
House of Representatives
Exoneration of Charles Butler McVay III In October 2000, the United States Congress passed a Sense of Congress resolution that McVay's record should reflect that "he is exonerated for the loss of the USS Indianapolis." President Clinton also signed the resolution. which rightented the miscarriage of justice on Charles B. McVay III for the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 30 July 1945 by Japanese submarine I-58 (1943)
See also
Notes ^ a b In Rhode Island , John Chafee (R) died October 24, 1999, and his son, Lincoln Chafee (R), was appointed November 2, 1999, to finish the term. ^ a b In Georgia , Paul Coverdell (R) died July 18, 2000, and Zell Miller (D) was appointed July 25, to continue the term. ^ a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
References ^ Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, via THOMAS
External links Biographical Directory of the United States Congress History, Art and Archives from the U.S. House of Representatives Statistics & Lists from the U.S. Senate Legislative information Archived August 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine from THOMAS at the Library of Congress "Videos of House of Representatives Sessions for the 106th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org". "Videos of Senate Sessions for the 106th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org". "Videos of Committees from the House and Senate for the 106th Congress from www.C-SPAN.org". House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 106th Congress (PDF) . Senate Session Calendar for the 106th Congress (PDF) . Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 106th Congress. Official Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress. Official Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1st Revision) (PDF) . Official Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (2nd Revision) (PDF) .