Project Vote Smart

Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - Nov. 3, 1999

Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) - Nov. 2, 1999 (Key vote)

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.

Highlight: -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

Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) - Oct. 28, 1999 (Key vote)

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.

Highlight: -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

Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - Oct. 15, 1999

Note:

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.

Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Oct. 14, 1999 (Key vote)

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.

Highlight: -$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

Legislation - Introduced (House) - Oct. 13, 1999

Title: District of Columbia Appropriations Act, FY 2000