HR 3064 - DC/Labor/HHS/Education FY 2000 Appropriations bill - National Key Vote
Rob Portman voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
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Timeline
- Executive Vetoed
- Nov. 3, 1999
- Senate Conference Report Adopted
- Nov. 2, 1999
- House Conference Report Adopted
- Oct. 28, 1999
- Senate Bill Passed
- Oct. 15, 1999
- House Bill Passed
- Oct. 14, 1999
- Introduced
- Oct. 13, 1999
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Title: DC/Labor/HHS/Education FY 2000 Appropriations bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that would appropriate $429.1 million in federal funds to the District of Columbia, authorize the District's $6.8 billion budget, and provide $313.6 billion to the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services.
Highlights:
- Institutes a 0.97 percent government wide discretionary spending cut.
- $39.8 billion for Department of Health and Human Services, $17.9 billion for the National Institutes of Health, $2.5 billion for substance and mental health abuse treatment, $4.4 billion for AIDS prevention and treatment activities.
- $35 billion for the Education Department, $6.04 billion for special education, $773.8 million for the identification, treatment and prevention of school violence, and $180 million for GEAR UP, a program to assist low-income children prepare for college.
- $11.2 billion for the Labor Department, including $1.3 billion for the Job Corps program.
- $176 million for the administration and operation of the District's correctional facilities.
- $99.71 million for the District's courts.
- Allows private organizations that receive federal funds to run needle exchange programs, provided that none of the federal funds are used for these programs.
- Bars the use of public funds to give health insurance benefits to domestic partners of city employees.
- Bars the use of funds to offer abortion services, except in cases of rape or incest or if the woman's life is in danger.
- Bars the District from proposing a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for medical uses.
- Bars the District from using its own funds to lobby for direct voting representation in Congress.
Title: DC/Labor/HHS/Education FY 2000 Appropriations bill
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that would appropriate $429.1 million in federal funds to the District of Columbia, authorize the District's $6.8 billion budget, and provide $313.6 billion to the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services.
Highlights:
- Institutes a 0.97 percent government wide discretionary spending cut.
- $39.8 billion for Department of Health and Human Services, $17.9 billion for the National Institutes of Health, $2.5 billion for substance and mental health abuse treatment, $4.4 billion for AIDS prevention and treatment activities.
- $35 billion for the Education Department, $6.04 billion for special education, $773.8 million for the identification, treatment and prevention of school violence, and $180 million for GEAR UP, a program to assist low-income children prepare for college.
- $11.2 billion for the Labor Department, including $1.3 billion for the Job Corps program.
- $176 million for the administration and operation of the District's correctional facilities.
- $99.71 million for the District's courts.
- Allows private organizations that receive federal funds to run needle exchange programs, provided that none of the federal funds are used for these programs.
- Bars the use of public funds to give health insurance benefits to domestic partners of city employees.
- Bars the use of funds to offer abortion services, except in cases of rape or incest or if the woman's life is in danger.
- Bars the District from proposing a ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for medical uses.
- Bars the District from using its own funds to lobby for direct voting representation in Congress.
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NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Title: District of Columbia Appropriations Act, FY 2000
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to appropriate $429.1 million in federal funds to the District of Columbia and to authorize the District's $6.8 billion budget.
Highlights:
- $176 million for the administration and operation of the District's correctional facilities.
- $99.71 million for the District's courts.
- Prevents the District from using city or federal funds for a needle exchange programs.
- Bars the use of public funds to give health insurance benefits to domestic partners of city employees.
- Bars the use of funds to offer abortion services, except in cases of rape or incest or if the woman's life is in danger.
- Bars the District from legalizing marijuana for medical uses.
- Bars the District from using its own funds to lobby for obtaining voting rights in Congress.
Title: District of Columbia Appropriations Act, FY 2000