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IV
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 288
Recognizing the importance of families and children in the United States
and expressing support for the goals and ideas of National FamilyDay.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 2000
Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. ROEMER) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the importance of families and children in the
United States and expressing support for the goals and
ideas of National FamilyDay.
Whereas national evidence indicates that America’s kids are
faced with oppressive issues such as violence, drugs,
abuse, and even family stress, causing the future of the
children of the United States, and therefore the future of
the Nation, to be at risk;
Whereas families in the United States, regardless of their
economic status, ethnic or cultural heritage, or geo-
graphic location, are experiencing the pressures caused by
contemporary society while trying to raise and nurture
emotionally healthy and physically safe children;
•HCON 288 IH
Whereas Americans realize the challenges of spending quality
family time together amidst today’s busy lifestyles and
balancing work schedules and kids’ activities to regularly
share a family meal;
Whereas it is imperative that the people of the United States
act willfully and purposely to secure a positive future for
the Nation by devoting time to family bonding, sharing
traditions, and communicating values to children in an
effort to sustain the importance of family;
Whereas KidsPeace, one of the Nation’s oldest, most com-
prehensive not-for-profit organizations dedicated to help-
ing children attain the confidence and courage needed to
face and overcome crises, has established National
FamilyDay to focus unified attention on nurturing family
relationships and improving family communications
thereby helping to build strong families which give kids
peace;
Whereas National FamilyDay will be celebrated annually on
a Sunday in March; and
Whereas National FamilyDay will provide opportunities for
families to reclaim the family mealtime which fosters
trust and builds better communication, and will encour-
age parents, grandparents, and caregivers to recognize
the importance of being involved in the physical and emo-
tional lives of their children: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) recognizes the importance of children and
families to the future of the United States;
•HCON 288 IH
(2) expresses support for the goals and ideas of
National FamilyDay as established by KidsPeace;
(3) encourages the people of the United States
to participate in local and national activities hon-
oring National FamilyDay; and
(4) believes that families who communicate and
spend time together create stronger families which
give kids peace.
Æ
HCON 288 RFS
children of the United States, and therefore the future of
the Nation, to be at risk;
Whereas families in the United States, regardless of their
economic status, ethnic or cultural heritage, or geo-
graphic location, are experiencing the pressures caused by
contemporary society while trying to raise and nurture
emotionally healthy and physically safe children;
Whereas Americans realize the challenges of spending quality
family time together amidst today’s busy lifestyles and
balancing work schedules and kids’ activities to regularly
share a family meal;
Whereas it is imperative that the people of the United States
act willfully and purposely to secure a positive future for
the Nation by devoting time to family bonding, sharing
traditions, and communicating values to children in an
effort to sustain the importance of family;
Whereas KidsPeace, one of the Nation’s oldest, most com-
prehensive not-for-profit organizations dedicated to help-
ing children attain the confidence and courage needed to
face and overcome crises, has established National
FamilyDay to focus unified attention on nurturing family
relationships and improving family communications
thereby helping to build strong families which give kids
peace;
Whereas National FamilyDay will be celebrated annually on
a Sunday in March; and
Whereas National FamilyDay will provide opportunities for
families to reclaim the family mealtime which fosters
trust and builds better communication, and will encour-
age parents, grandparents, and caregivers to recognize
HCON 288 RFS
the importance of being involved in the physical and emo-
tional lives of their children: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) recognizes the importance of children and
families to the future of the United States;
(2) expresses support for the goals and ideas of
National FamilyDay as established by KidsPeace;
(3) encourages the people of the United States
to participate in local and national activities hon-
oring National FamilyDay; and
(4) believes that families who communicate and
spend time together create stronger families which
give kids peace.
Passed the House of Representatives March 21,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
IV
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 289
Condemning the racist and anti-Semitic views of the Reverend Al Sharpton.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 2000
Mr. SCARBOROUGH submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Condemning the racist and anti-Semitic views of the
Reverend Al Sharpton.
Whereas the Congress strongly rejects the racist and incen-
diary actions of the Reverend Al Sharpton;
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton has condoned anti-Se-
mitic views in that protesters from the Reverend
Sharpton’s National Action Network have referred to
members of the Jewish faith as ‘‘bloodsucking [J]ews’’,
and ‘‘Jew bastards’’;
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton has referred to members
of the Jewish faith as ‘‘white interlopers’’ and ‘‘diamond
merchants’’;
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton was found guilty of defa-
mation by a jury in a New York court arising from the
false accusation that former Assistant District Attorney
HCON 289 IH
Steven Pagones, who is white, raped and assaulted a fif-
teen year-old black girl;
Whereas, to this day, the Reverend Al Sharpton has refused
to accept responsibility and expresses no regret for de-
faming Mr. Pagones;
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton’s vicious verbal anti-Se-
mitic attacks directed at members of the Jewish faith,
and in particular, a Jewish landlord, arising from a sim-
ple landlord-tenant dispute with a black tenant, incited
widespread violence, riots, and the murder of five inno-
cent people;
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton’s fierce demagoguery in-
cited violence, riots, and murder in the Crown Heights
section of Brooklyn, New York, following the accidental
death of a black pedestrian child hit by the motorcade of
Orthodox Rabbi Menachem Schneerson;
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton led a protest in the
Crown Heights neighborhood and marched next to a pro-
tester with a sign that read, ‘‘The White Man is the
Devil’’;
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton has insulted members of
the Jewish faith by challenging Jews to violence and stat-
ing to Jews to ‘‘pin down’’ their yarmulkes; and
Whereas the Reverend Al Sharpton has practiced the politics
of racial division and made inflammatory remarks against
whites by characterizing the death of Amadou Diallo as
a ‘‘racially motivated police ‘assassination’ ’’: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
HCON 289 IH
(1) condemns the practices of the Reverend Al
Sharpton, which seek to divide Americans on the
basis of race, ethnicity, and religion;
(2) expresses its outrage over the violence that
has resulted due to the Reverend Al Sharpton’s in-
cendiary words and actions; and
(3) fervently urges elected officials and public
servants, who have condoned and legitimized the
Reverend Al Sharpton’s incendiary words and ac-
tions, to publicly denounce and condemn such racist
and anti-Semitic views.
Æ
IV
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 28
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should introduce
and make all efforts necessary to pass a resolution criticizing the People’s
Republic of China for its human rights abuses in China and Tibet
at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 10, 1999
Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. COX, Mr.
SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. LANTOS,
Mr. PORTER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SALMON, Mr. CHABOT, and
Mr. TANCREDO) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on International Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States
should introduce and make all efforts necessary to pass
a resolution criticizing the People’s Republic of China
for its human rights abuses in China and Tibet at the
annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on
Human Rights.
Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China
has signed two important United Nations human rights
treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, So-
cial, and Cultural Rights;
112
HCON 290 EAS
amendment number 2547, the Domenici and others amend-
ment to S. 625, the Bankruptcy Reform legislation.
SEC. 346. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING THE MIN-
IMUM WAGE.
It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this reso-
lution assume that Congress should enact legislation to
amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
201 et seq.) to increase the Federal minimum wage by $1.00
over 1 year with a $0.50 increase effective May 2, 2000
and another $0.50 increase effective on May 2, 2001.
SEC. 347. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING FOR
THE PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE
UNIFORMED SERVICES IN THE THRIFT SAV-
INGS PLAN.
It is the sense of Congress that the levels of funding
for the defense category in this resolution—
(1) assume that members of the Armed Forces
are to be authorized to participate in the Thrift Sav-
ings Plan; and
(2) provide the $980,000,000 necessary to offset
the reduced tax revenue resulting from that participa-
tion through fiscal year 2009.
III
Calendar No. 40
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 28
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 16, 1999
Received and placed on the calendar
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States
should introduce and make all efforts necessary to pass
a resolution criticizing the People’s Republic of China
for its human rights abuses in China and Tibet at the
annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on
Human Rights.
Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China
has signed two important United Nations human rights
treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, So-
cial, and Cultural Rights;
Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China
recognizes the United Nations Universal Declaration of
HCON 28 PCS
Human Rights, which calls for the protection of the
rights of freedom of association, press, assembly, religion,
and other fundamental rights and freedoms;
Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China
demonstrates a pattern of continuous, serious, and wide-
spread violations of internationally recognized human
rights standards, including violations of the rights de-
scribed in the preceding clause and the following:
(1) restricting nongovernmental political and social
organizations;
(2) cracking down on film directors, computer soft-
ware developers, artists, and the press, including threats
of life prison terms;
(3) sentencing poet and writer, Ma Zhe, to seven
years in prison on charges of subversion for publishing
an independent literary journal;
(4) sentencing three pro-democracy activists, Xu
Wenli, Wang Youcai, and Qing Yongmin, to long prison
sentences in December 1998 for the announced effort to
organize an alternative political party committed to de-
mocracy and respect for human rights;
(5) sentencing Zhang Shanguang to prison for ten
years for giving Radio Free Asia information about
farmer protests in Hunan province;
(6) putting on trial businessman Lin Hai for pro-
viding e-mail addresses to a pro-democracy Internet
magazine based in the United States;
•HCON 290 EH
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $13,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$14,900,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$16,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $17,400,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2000:
HCON 28 PCS
(7) arresting, harassing, and torturing members of
the religious community who worship outside of official
Chinese churches;
(8) refusing the United Nations High Commissioner
on Human Rights access to the Panchen Lama, Gendun
Choekyı´ Nyima;
(9) continuing to engage in coercive family planning
practices, including forced abortion and forced steriliza-
tion; and
(10) operating a system of prisons and other deten-
tion centers in which gross human rights violations, in-
cluding torture, slave labor, and the commercial harvest-
ing of human organs from executed prisoners, continue
to occur;
Whereas repression in Tibet has increased steadily, resulting
in heightened control on religious activity, a denunciation
campaign against the Dalai Lama unprecedented since
the Cultural Revolution, an increase in political arrests,
the secret trial and sentencing of former Middlebury Col-
lege Fulbright Scholar and Tibetan ethnomusicologist
Ngawang Choephel to 18 years in prison on espionage
charges, and suppression of peaceful protests, and the
Government of the People’s Republic of China refuses di-
rect dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives
on a negotiated solution for Tibet;
Whereas the annual meeting of the United Nations Commis-
sion on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, provides
a forum for discussing human rights and expressing
HCON 28 PCS
international support for improved human rights per-
formance;
Whereas during his July 1998 visit to the People’s Republic
of China, President Clinton correctly affirmed the neces-
sity of addressing human rights in United States-China
relations; and
Whereas the United States did not sponsor a resolution on
China’s human rights record at the 1998 session of the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the
United States—
(1) should introduce and make all efforts nec-
essary to pass a resolution criticizing the People’s
Republic of China for its human rights abuses in
China and Tibet at the annual meeting of the
United Nations Commission on Human Rights; and
(2) should immediately contact other govern-
ments to urge them to cosponsor and support such
a resolution.
Passed the House of Representatives March 11,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 40
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 28
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the
United States should introduce and make all ef-
forts necessary to pass a resolution criticizing the
People’s Republic of China for its human rights
abuses in China and Tibet at the annual meeting
of the United Nations Commission on Human
Rights.
MARCH 16, 1999
Received and placed on the calendar
HCON 290 RFS
shall increase the levels by which Federal revenues should
be reduced by the reduction in revenue caused by such
measure for each applicable year or period, but not to ex-
ceed, after taking into account any other bill or joint reso-
lution enacted during this session of the One Hundred
Sixth Congress that causes a reduction in revenues for
such year or period, $10,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2001
and $150,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2005 (and make all other appropriate conforming
adjustments).
SEC. 8. RESERVE FUND PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL $50
BILLION FOR ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND
DEBT REDUCTION.
(a) ADDITIONAL TAX RELIEF AND DEBT REDUC-
TION.—Whenever the Committee on Ways and Means re-
ports any reconciliation bill pursuant to section 4(a) (or
an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted), or an amendment to H.R. 3081,
H.R. 2990, or to H.R. 6 is offered or a conference report
thereon is submitted after the date of adoption of this res-
olution (after taking into account any other bill or joint
resolution enacted during this session of the One Hundred
Sixth Congress that would cause a reduction in revenues
for fiscal year 2001 or the period of fiscal years 2001
through 2005) that would cause the level by which Federal
Calendar No. 479
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 292
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Congratulating the people of Taiwan for the suc-
cessful conclusion of presidential elections on
March 18, 2000, and reaffirming United States
policy toward Taiwan and the People’s Republic
of China.
MARCH 29, 2000
Received and placed on the calendar
•HCON 294 IH
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress urges the Government of
the United Kingdom to seek to enter into negotiations
with the Government of Greece as soon as possible to fa-
cilitate the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece be-
fore the Olympics in 2004.
Æ
HCON 290 RFS
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,200,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$25,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,100,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$35,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,300,000,000.
H. Con. Res. 290
Agreed to April 13, 2000
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
Concurrent Resolution
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring),
SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2001.
(a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2000 is hereby revised and
replaced and that this is the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2001 and that the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2002 through 2005 are hereby set forth.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2001.
TITLE I—LEVELS AND AMOUNTS
Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 102. Major functional categories.
Sec. 103. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 104. Reconciliation of revenue reductions in the Senate.
TITLE II—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT AND RULEMAKING
Subtitle A—Budget Enforcement
Sec. 201. Lock-box for Social Security surpluses.
Sec. 202. Debt reduction lock-box.
Sec. 203. Enhanced enforcement of budgetary limits.
Sec. 204. Mechanisms for strengthening budgetary integrity.
Sec. 205. Emergency designation point of order in the Senate.
Sec. 206. Mechanism for implementing increase of fiscal year 2001 discretionary
spending limits.
Sec. 207. Senate firewall for defense and nondefense spending.
Subtitle B—Reserve Funds
Sec. 211. Mechanism for additional debt reduction.
Sec. 212. Reserve fund for additional tax relief and debt reduction.
Sec. 213. Reserve fund for additional surpluses.
Sec. 214. Reserve fund for Medicare in the House.
Sec. 215. Reserve fund for Medicare in the Senate.
Sec. 216. Reserve fund for agriculture.
Sec. 217. Reserve fund to foster the health of children with disabilities and the
employment and independence of their families.
Sec. 218. Reserve fund for military retiree health care.
Sec. 219. Reserve fund for cancer screening and enrollment in SCHIP.
Sec. 220. Reserve fund for stabilization of payments to counties in support of
education.
Sec. 221. Tax reduction reserve fund in the Senate.
Sec. 222. Application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Rulemaking Provisions
Sec. 231. Compliance with section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
Sec. 232. Prohibition on use of Federal reserve surpluses.
Sec. 233. Reaffirming the prohibition on the use of tax increases for discretionary
spending.
HCON 290 RFS
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$19,100,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$18,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $16,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,900,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$17,000,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $15,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$15,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $14,200,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$7,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,100,000,000.
HCON 304 RS
1996 and 1997 alone, enabling the Lukashenka regime
to maintain a large police force and state control of the
economy;
Whereas the Union Treaty, signed on December 8, 1999, by
Belarus and the Russian Federation, undermines Belarus
sovereignty and the prospect of democracy;
Whereas the Consultative Council of Belarusian opposition
parties appealed to the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration, the State Duma, and the Federation Council
calling for a cessation of support for the Lukashenka re-
gime;
Whereas the former Chairmen of the Belarusian Supreme So-
viet, Stanislav Shushkevich and Semyon Sharetsky, have
stated that economic support from the Russian Federa-
tion has been crucial to the survival of the Lukashenka
regime;
Whereas a Union Treaty between the Russian Federation and
Belarus was ratified by the Russian Parliament and the
illegitimate parliament of Belarus;
Whereas the Union Treaty between the Russian Federation
and the Lukashenka regime violates Russian Federation
Government respect for the sovereignty of Belarus per
the memorandum on security guarantees signed by Rus-
sian Federation President Boris Yeltsin at the December
1994 Summit of Organization for Security and Coopera-
tion in Europe Heads of State in Budapest, Hungary;
and
Whereas the introduction of any nuclear weapons on the ter-
ritory of Belarus, a declared non-nuclear state under the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
HCON 290 RFS
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$6,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$8,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$9,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $8,700,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$13,500,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $9,600,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$54,300,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,600,000,000.
HCON 290 RFS
Fiscal year 2001:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$59,200,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,300,000,000.
Fiscal year 2002:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$57,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $52,500,000,000.
Fiscal year 2003:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $54,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2004:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,100,000,000.
Fiscal year 2005:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$58,800,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,100,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development
(450):
Fiscal year 2000:
(A) 
New 
budget 
authority,
$11,200,000,000.