5. H.R. 1838, to increase U.S.-Taiwan military relations and require the secretary of defense to establish direct military communication with forces in Taiwan, increase the number of Taiwanese military officials trained at U.S. military academies and require the Pentagon to issue annual reports detailing threats to Taiwan’s security. Yes. Passed 341-70. 2/1/00.

111. H.Con.Res. 282, to declare the American GI — collectively referring to all members of the U.S. armed services — as the “person of the century” for their service in world wars and conflicts during the 20th century. Yes. Passed 397-0, under suspension of rules. 4/10/00.

112. H.Con.Res. 228, to recognize members of the armed forces and federal civilian employees who served the U.S. during the Vietnam era. Yes. Passed 399-0, under suspension of rules. 4/10/00.

136. H.R. 1509, to authorize the Disabled Veterans’ LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 5/3/00.

150. H.R. 3293, to authorize a plaque at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorating Vietnam veterans who died after the conflict ended but as a direct result of their service. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 5/9/00.

181. H.R. 4251, to require Congress to concur before a nuclear cooperation agreement with North Korea can take effect, and provide expedited procedures for consideration of a joint resolution concurring in the president’s certification. Yes. Passed 374-6, under suspension of rules. 5/15/00.

184. H.R. 4425, on passage of the bill to provide $8.6 billion in FY 2001 appropriations for military construction programs. Yes. Passed 386-22. 5/16/00.

193. H.R. 4205, FY 2001 defense authorization. Amendment to withhold the bill’s funding authorization for Kosovo operations, unless extenuating circumstances arise, until the president certifies that European nations are meeting specific burden-sharing targets by April 1, 2001, and provide that Kosovo funds could be used only for withdrawing U.S. ground forces from Kosovo if the president failed to provide such certification. No. Passed 264-153. 5/17/00.

194. H.R. 4205. Amendment to reduce the bill’s total authorization by 1 percent, and provide that no cuts could be made in the operations and maintenance accounts or from personnel accounts. No. Failed 88-331. 5/18/00.

195. H.R. 4205. Amendment to shorten the waiting period from 180 days to 60 days for Congress to review a proposed adjustment in the performance level that defines high-speed computers for export purposes and exclude any days in which the House or Senate is in sine die adjournment. Yes. Passed 415-8. 5/18/00.

196. H.R. 4205. Amendment to end Trident II (D-5) submarine-launched ballistic missile production and terminate the program after FY 2002. No. Failed 112-313. 5/18/00.

197. H.R. 4205. Amendment to allow the Defense Department to assign military patrols to the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs Service for the purpose of monitoring U.S. borders, and provide that the attorney general could request the assistance to prevent terrorists and drug traffickers from entering the U.S., and that the Treasury Department could request assistance for inspecting cargo, vehicles and aircraft. Yes. Passed 243-183. 5/18/00.

198. H.R. 4205. Amendment to require the Defense Department to conduct a study comparing its health care program’s physical, speech and occupational therapy coverage and reimbursement with that available in the plan for federal civilian employees. Yes. Passed 426-0. 5/18/00.

199. H.R. 4205. Amendment to prohibit the Defense Department from offering military property to local governments at prices below fair market price. No. Failed 56-368. 5/18/00.

202. H.R. 4205. Amendment to allow the Navy to transfer land on the western end of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques in accordance with the president’s agreement negotiated with the government of Puerto Rico. No. Passed 218-201. 5/18/00.

203. H.R. 4205. Amendment to permit abortions at military hospitals overseas. No. Failed 195-221. 5/18/00.

204. H.R. 4205. Amendment to close the Army’s School of the Americas in Georgia and prohibit the establishment of a successor school for at least 10 months, and establish a congressional task force to assess training of Latin American soldiers by the U.S. government and report its findings to Congress within six months. No. Failed 204-214. 5/18/00.

205. H.R. 4205. Amendment to prohibit the government from providing guarantees or insurance for potential liability claims if nuclear reactors provided to North Korea are involved in accidents. Yes. Passed 334-85. 5/18/00.

206. H.R. 4205. Amendment as a substitute to expand the Defense Department’s Medicare subvention (or TRICARE Senior Prime) demonstration program to seven additional sites comprising up to 24 military treatment facilities, rather than making the program permanent. No. Failed 95-323. 5/18/00.

207. H.R. 4205. Amendment to expand the Defense Department Medicare subvention (or TRICARE Senior Prime) demonstration program and make it permanent, making it available to all Medicare-eligible military retirees and their dependents by Jan. 1, 2006. Yes. Passed 406-10. 5/18/00.

208. H.R. 4205. On passage of the bill to authorize $309.9 billion in FY 2001 for defense programs, providing $62.3 billion for weapons procurement, $39.3 billion for research and development, $109.4 billion for operations and maintenance, $8.4 billion for military construction, and $12.8 billion for the Energy Department. Yes. Passed 353-63. 5/18/00.

213. H.Con.Res. 302, to express the sense of Congress calling for a national moment of remembrance, for those who died in the pursuit of freedom and peace, at 3 p.m. local time on each Memorial Day. Yes. Passed 362-0, under suspension of rules. 5/22/00.

214. H.R. 4392, FY 2001 intelligence authorization act. Amendment to require the director of central intelligence to submit a report to Congress by Feb. 1 each year containing an unclassified statement of the aggregate appropriations for U.S. intelligence activities the previous fiscal year. No. Failed 175-225. 5/23/00.

215. H.R. 4392. Amendment to require the director of central intelligence to report to Congress on the effects of foreign espionage on U.S. trade secrets, patents and technology development. Yes. Passed 407-1. 5/23/00.

216. H.R. 4392. Amendment to require the director of central intelligence to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment whether or not China’s goals and policies constitute a threat to U.S. national security. Yes. Passed 404-8. 5/23/00.

218. H.Res. 443, to recognize the historical significance of the centennial of the U.S. flag flying over American Samoa. Yes. Passed 417-0, under suspension of rules. 5/23/00.

220. S. 1402, to increase the amount of educational reimbursement that veterans receive under the Montgomery GI Bill. Yes. Passed 417-0, under suspension of rules. 5/23/00.

241. H.R. 4576, to provide $288.5 billion in FY 2001 appropriations for defense program spending. Yes. Passed 367-58. 6/7/00.

362. H.R. 4425, to adopt the conference report on the bill to provide $8.8 billion in FY 2001 appropriations for military construction and $11.2 billion in FY 2000 emergency supplemental appropriations. Yes. Passed 306-110. 6/29/00.

395. H.R. 4576, FY 2001 defense appropriations. Motion to close portions of the conference to the public during consideration of national security issues. Yes. Passed 407-7. 7/12/00.

401. H.Res. 534, to express the sense of the House that security failures at Los Alamos National Laboratory show that the National Nuclear Security Administration’s policies and procedures remain inadequate, and that individuals responsible must be held accountable and immediate action taken to correct security deficiencies. Yes. Passed 391-5, under suspension of rules. 7/17/00.

413. H.R. 4576, FY 2001 defense appropriations. To adopt the conference report on the bill to provide $287.8 billion in FY 2001 appropriations for defense spending. Yes. Passed 367-58. 7/19/00.

432. H.R. 4864, to authorize the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) to assist claimants in obtaining evidence to establish entitlement to a benefit and require the VA to make reasonable efforts to obtain relevant records that claimants identify and authorize the VA to obtain. Yes. Passed 414-0, under suspension of rules. 7/25/00.

469. H.Con.Res. 327, to honor the U.S. merchant marine for its contributions and sacrifices during times of war. Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 9/13/00.

470. H.R. 4205, FY 2001 defense authorization. Motion to instruct conferees not to agree to provisions which: fail to recognize that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees all persons equal protection under the law; deny equal protection under the law by conditioning prosecution of certain offenses on the race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of the victim, and preclude a person convicted of murder from being sentenced to death. Yes. Failed 196-227. 9/13/00.

471. H.R. 4205. Motion to instruct conferees to agree to the provisions contained in title XV of the Senate amendment to the bill which deals with federal hate crime law. No. Passed 232-192. 9/13/00.

485. H.R. 4919, to adopt the conference report to the Defense and Security Assistance Act to authorize $3.8 billion in FY 2001 and $3.9 billion in FY 2002 for foreign military financing, international military education and training, and anti-terrorism, non-proliferation, and export control assistance. Yes. Passed 396-17. 9/21/00.

486. H.R. 5109, to establish a pilot program to allow veterans who meet certain criteria to receive care at non-Veterans Administration hospitals; guarantee VA nurses the same annual pay raise as other federal workers and prevent the VA from lowering nurses’ salaries, and increase the pay for dentists who specialize or take on additional responsibilities, and extend their retirement benefits. Yes. Passed 411-0. 9/21/00.

511. H.R. 5212, to direct the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center to establish a program to collect and catalog video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of American war veterans and authorize $250,000 for FY 2001 and such sums as necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. Yes. Passed 407-0, under suspension of rules. 10/4/00.

522. H.R. 4205, to adopt the conference report to the bill to authorize $309.9 billion in FY 2001 for the Defense Department, and entitle military retirees to lifetime health care benefits and restore prescription coverage to most Medicare-eligible retirees. Yes. Passed 382-31. 10/11/00.

528. H.R. 5174, to allow the Defense Department to use buildings at military or reserve facilities as polling places in federal, state and local elections, and provide that once designated as a polling place, the particular site would have to continue to be used as a site. Yes. Passed 297-113, under suspension of rules. 10/12/00.

531. H.Res. 631, to express the sense of the House to honor the crew members of the USS Cole who were killed or wounded in the terrorist bombing attack in Aden, Yemen. Yes. Passed 386-0. 10/18/00.