1999–2001 U.S. legislative term
The106th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of theUnited States federal government, composed of theUnited States Senate and theUnited States House of Representatives . It met inWashington, D.C. , from January 3, 1999, to January 3, 2001, during the last two years ofBill Clinton's presidency . The apportionment of seats in theHouse of Representatives was based on the1990 United States census . Both chambers maintained aRepublican 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. It was the first Congress whereBaby boomers comprised the majority of the House of Representatives.[ 1]
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 November 7, 2000: Presidentialelection ,Senate election ,House election November 7, 2000 – December 13, 2000: Presidentialelection ,Florida recount , andBush v. Gore May 21, 1999:Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act ,Pub. L. 106–31 (text) (PDF) (Kosovo operations) August 17, 1999:Water Resources Development Act of 1999 ,Pub. L. 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. 106–102 (text) (PDF) November 29, 1999:American Inventors Protection Act ,Pub. L. 106–113 (text) (PDF) (includingAnticybersquatting 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. 106–169 (text) (PDF) March 14, 2000:Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 ,Pub. L. 106–178 (text) (PDF) April 5, 2000:Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century ,Pub. L. 106–181 (text) (PDF) May 18, 2000:African Growth and Opportunity Act ,Pub. L. 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. 106–229 (text) (PDF) August 7, 2000:Oceans Act ,Pub. L. 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. 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. 106–310 (text) (PDF) October 28, 2000:Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 ,Pub. L. 106–386 (text) (PDF) October 30, 2000:Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ,Pub. L. 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. 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. 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. 106–553 (text) (PDF) December 21, 2000:Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 ,Pub. L. 106–554 (text) (PDF) (includesCommodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 ,Children's Internet Protection Act ,Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 ) December 21, 2000:Shark Finning Prohibition Act ,Pub.L. 106-557 Treaties considered [ edit ] Party standings on the opening day of the 106th Congress Membership changed with two deaths.
House of Representatives [ edit ] There were two resignations and three deaths.
Affiliation Party(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Democratic Independent Republican Vacant End ofprevious Congress 206 1 228 435 0 Begin 211 1 223 435 0 March 2, 1999 222 434 1 June 7, 1999 223 435 0 July 16, 1999 210 434 1 July 17, 1999 211 222 434 1 November 17, 1999 212 435 0 January 27, 2000 2 221 435 0 July 27, 2000 210 435 0 September 11, 2000 209 434 1 October 10, 2000 208 434 2 December 8, 2000 222 433 3 End 433 3 Final voting share 48.5% 0.3% 51.2% Beginning of thenext Congress 211 2 221 434 1
Senate President pro Tempore
[ edit ] [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] Skip to House of Representatives , belowIn 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 [ edit ] ▌ 1 Sonny Callahan (R)▌ 2 Terry Everett (R)▌ 3 Bob Riley (R)▌ 4 Robert Aderholt (R)▌ 5 Bud Cramer (D)▌ 6 Spencer Bachus (R)▌ 7 Earl Hilliard Sr. (D)▌ At-large Don Young (R)▌ 1 Matt Salmon (R)▌ 2 Ed Pastor (D)▌ 3 Bob Stump (R)▌ 4 John Shadegg (R)▌ 5 Jim Kolbe (R)▌ 6 J. D. Hayworth (R)▌ 1 Robert Marion Berry (D)▌ 2 Vic Snyder (D)▌ 3 Asa Hutchinson (R)▌ 4 Jay Dickey (R)▌ 1 Mike Thompson (D)▌ 2 Wally Herger (R)▌ 3 Doug Ose (R)▌ 4 John Doolittle (R)▌ 5 Robert Matsui (D)▌ 6 Lynn Woolsey (D)▌ 7 George Miller (D)▌ 8 Nancy Pelosi (D)▌ 9 Barbara Lee (D)▌ 10 Ellen Tauscher (D)▌ 11 Richard Pombo (R)▌ 12 Tom Lantos (D)▌ 13 Pete Stark (D)▌ 14 Anna Eshoo (D)▌ 15 Tom Campbell (R)▌ 16 Zoe Lofgren (D)▌ 17 Sam Farr (D)▌ 18 Gary Condit (D)▌ 19 George Radanovich (R)▌ 20 Cal Dooley (D)▌ 21 Bill Thomas (R)▌ 22 Lois Capps (D)▌ 23 Elton Gallegly (R)▌ 24 Brad Sherman (D)▌ 25 Buck McKeon (R)▌ 26 Howard Berman (D)▌ 27 James E. Rogan (R)▌ 28 David Dreier (R)▌ 29 Henry Waxman (D)▌ 30 Xavier Becerra (D)▌ ▌ 31 Matthew G. Martínez (D, switched to R July 27, 2000)▌ 32 Julian Dixon (D), until December 8, 2000, vacant thereafter▌ 33 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)▌ 34 Grace Napolitano (D)▌ 35 Maxine Waters (D)▌ 36 Steven Kuykendall (R)▌ 37 Juanita Millender-McDonald (D)▌ 38 Steve Horn (R)▌ 39 Ed Royce (R)▌ 40 Jerry Lewis (R)▌ 41 Gary Miller (R)▌ 42 George Brown Jr. (D), until July 15, 1999▌ Joe Baca (D), from November 16, 1999▌ 43 Ken Calvert (R)▌ 44 Mary Bono (R)▌ 45 Dana Rohrabacher (R)▌ 46 Loretta Sanchez (D)▌ 47 Christopher Cox (R)▌ 48 Ron Packard (R)▌ 49 Brian Bilbray (R)▌ 50 Bob Filner (D)▌ 51 Duke Cunningham (R)▌ 52 Duncan L. Hunter (R)▌ 1 Diana DeGette (D)▌ 2 Mark Udall (D)▌ 3 Scott McInnis (R)▌ 4 Bob Schaffer (R)▌ 5 Joel Hefley (R)▌ 6 Tom Tancredo (R)▌ 1 John B. Larson (D)▌ 2 Sam Gejdenson (D)▌ 3 Rosa DeLauro (D)▌ 4 Chris Shays (R)▌ 5 James H. Maloney (D)▌ 6 Nancy Johnson (R)▌ At-large Mike Castle (R)▌ 1 Joe Scarborough (R)▌ 2 Allen Boyd (D)▌ 3 Corrine Brown (D)▌ 4 Tillie Fowler (R)▌ 5 Karen Thurman (D)▌ 6 Cliff Stearns (R)▌ 7 John Mica (R)▌ 8 Bill McCollum (R)▌ 9 Michael Bilirakis (R)▌ 10 Bill Young (R)▌ 11 Jim Davis (D)▌ 12 Charles T. Canady (R)▌ 13 Dan Miller (R)▌ 14 Porter Goss (R)▌ 15 Dave Weldon (R)▌ 16 Mark Foley (R)▌ 17 Carrie Meek (D)▌ 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)▌ 19 Robert Wexler (D)▌ 20 Peter Deutsch (D)▌ 21 Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)▌ 22 Clay Shaw (R)▌ 23 Alcee Hastings (D)▌ 1 Jack Kingston (R)▌ 2 Sanford Bishop (D)▌ 3 Mac Collins (R)▌ 4 Cynthia McKinney (D)▌ 5 John Lewis (D)▌ 6 Johnny Isakson (R), from February 23, 1999▌ 7 Bob Barr (R)▌ 8 Saxby Chambliss (R)▌ 9 Nathan Deal (R)▌ 10 Charlie Norwood (R)▌ 11 John Linder (R)▌ 1 Neil Abercrombie (D)▌ 2 Patsy Mink (D)▌ 1 Helen Chenoweth (R)▌ 2 Mike Simpson (R)▌ 1 Bobby Rush (D)▌ 2 Jesse Jackson Jr. (D)▌ 3 William Lipinski (D)▌ 4 Luis Gutierrez (D)▌ 5 Rod Blagojevich (D)▌ 6 Henry Hyde (R)▌ 7 Danny K. Davis (D)▌ 8 Philip Crane (R)▌ 9 Jan Schakowsky (D)▌ 10 John Porter (R)▌ 11 Jerry Weller (R)▌ 12 Jerry Costello (D)▌ 13 Judy Biggert (R)▌ 14 Dennis Hastert (R)▌ 15 Thomas W. Ewing (R)▌ 16 Don Manzullo (R)▌ 17 Lane Evans (D)▌ 18 Ray LaHood (R)▌ 19 David D. Phelps (D)▌ 20 John Shimkus (R)▌ 1 Pete Visclosky (D)▌ 2 David M. McIntosh (R)▌ 3 Tim Roemer (D)▌ 4 Mark Souder (R)▌ 5 Steve Buyer (R)▌ 6 Dan Burton (R)▌ 7 Edward A. Pease (R)▌ 8 John Hostettler (R)▌ 9 Baron Hill (D)▌ 10 Julia Carson (D)▌ 1 Jim Leach (R)▌ 2 Jim Nussle (R)▌ 3 Leonard Boswell (D)▌ 4 Greg Ganske (R)▌ 5 Tom Latham (R)▌ 1 Jerry Moran (R)▌ 2 Jim Ryun (R)▌ 3 Dennis Moore (D)▌ 4 Todd Tiahrt (R)▌ 1 Ed Whitfield (R)▌ 2 Ron Lewis (R)▌ 3 Anne Northup (R)▌ 4 Ken Lucas (D)▌ 5 Hal Rogers (R)▌ 6 Ernie Fletcher (R)▌ 1 Bob Livingston (R), until March 1, 1999▌ David Vitter (R), from May 29, 1999▌ 2 William J. Jefferson (D)▌ 3 Billy Tauzin (R)▌ 4 Jim McCrery (R)▌ 5 John Cooksey (R)▌ 6 Richard H. Baker (R)▌ 7 Chris John (D)▌ 1 Tom Allen (D)▌ 2 John Baldacci (D)▌ 1 Wayne Gilchrest (R)▌ 2 Bob Ehrlich (R)▌ 3 Ben Cardin (D)▌ 4 Albert Wynn (D)▌ 5 Steny Hoyer (D)▌ 6 Roscoe Bartlett (R)▌ 7 Elijah Cummings (D)▌ 8 Connie Morella (R)▌ 1 John Olver (D)▌ 2 Richard Neal (D)▌ 3 Jim McGovern (D)▌ 4 Barney Frank (D)▌ 5 Marty Meehan (D)▌ 6 John F. Tierney (D)▌ 7 Ed Markey (D)▌ 8 Mike Capuano (D)▌ 9 Joe Moakley (D)▌ 10 Bill Delahunt (D)▌ 1 Bart Stupak (D)▌ 2 Peter Hoekstra (R)▌ 3 Vern Ehlers (R)▌ 4 David Lee Camp (R)▌ 5 James A. Barcia (D)▌ 6 Fred Upton (R)▌ 7 Nick Smith (R)▌ 8 Debbie Stabenow (D)▌ 9 Dale Kildee (D)▌ 10 David Bonior (D)▌ 11 Joe Knollenberg (R)▌ 12 Sander Levin (D)▌ 13 Lynn N. Rivers (D)▌ 14 John Conyers (D)▌ 15 Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D)▌ 16 John Dingell (D)▌ 1 Gil Gutknecht (R)▌ 2 David Minge (DFL)▌ 3 Jim Ramstad (R)▌ 4 Bruce Vento (DFL), until October 10, 2000, vacant thereafter▌ 5 Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)▌ 6 Bill Luther (DFL)▌ 7 Collin Peterson (DFL)▌ 8 Jim Oberstar (DFL)▌ 1 Roger Wicker (R)▌ 2 Bennie Thompson (D)▌ 3 Chip Pickering (R)▌ 4 Ronnie Shows (D)▌ 5 Gene Taylor (D)▌ 1 Bill Clay (D)▌ 2 Jim Talent (R)▌ 3 Dick Gephardt (D)▌ 4 Ike Skelton (D)▌ 5 Karen McCarthy (D)▌ 6 Pat Danner (D)▌ 7 Roy Blunt (R)▌ 8 Jo Ann Emerson (R)▌ 9 Kenny Hulshof (R)▌ At-large Rick Hill (R)▌ 1 Doug Bereuter (R)▌ 2 Lee Terry (R)▌ 3 Bill Barrett (R)▌ 1 Shelley Berkley (D)▌ 2 Jim Gibbons (R)▌ 1 John E. Sununu (R)▌ 2 Charles Bass (R)▌ 1 Rob Andrews (D)▌ 2 Frank LoBiondo (R)▌ 3 H. James Saxton (R)▌ 4 Chris Smith (R)▌ 5 Marge Roukema (R)▌ 6 Frank Pallone (D)▌ 7 Bob Franks (R)▌ 8 Bill Pascrell (D)▌ 9 Steve Rothman (D)▌ 10 Donald M. Payne (D)▌ 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)▌ 12 Rush Holt Jr. (D)▌ 13 Bob Menendez (D)▌ 1 Heather Wilson (R)▌ 2 Joe Skeen (R)▌ 3 Tom Udall (D)▌ ▌ 1 Michael Forbes (R), switched to (D) July 17, 1999▌ 2 Rick Lazio (R)▌ 3 Peter T. King (R)▌ 4 Carolyn McCarthy (D)▌ 5 Gary Ackerman (D)▌ 6 Gregory Meeks (D)▌ 7 Joe Crowley (D)▌ 8 Jerry Nadler (D)▌ 9 Anthony Weiner (D)▌ 10 Edolphus Towns (D)▌ 11 Major Owens (D)▌ 12 Nydia Velázquez (D)▌ 13 Vito Fossella (R)▌ 14 Carolyn Maloney (D)▌ 15 Charles Rangel (D)▌ 16 José E. Serrano (D)▌ 17 Eliot Engel (D)▌ 18 Nita Lowey (D)▌ 19 Sue W. Kelly (R)▌ 20 Benjamin Gilman (R)▌ 21 Michael R. McNulty (D)▌ 22 John E. Sweeney (R)▌ 23 Sherwood Boehlert (R)▌ 24 John M. McHugh (R)▌ 25 James T. Walsh (R)▌ 26 Maurice Hinchey (D)▌ 27 Thomas M. Reynolds (R)▌ 28 Louise Slaughter (D)▌ 29 John J. LaFalce (D)▌ 30 Jack Quinn (R)▌ 31 Amo Houghton (R)▌ 1 Eva Clayton (D)▌ 2 Bob Etheridge (D)▌ 3 Walter B. Jones Jr. (R)▌ 4 David Price (D)▌ 5 Richard Burr (R)▌ 6 Howard Coble (R)▌ 7 Mike McIntyre (D)▌ 8 Robin Hayes (R)▌ 9 Sue Myrick (R)▌ 10 Cass Ballenger (R)▌ 11 Charles H. Taylor (R)▌ 12 Mel Watt (D)▌ At-large Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL)▌ 1 Steve Chabot (R)▌ 2 Rob Portman (R)▌ 3 Tony P. Hall (D)▌ 4 Mike Oxley (R)▌ 5 Paul Gillmor (R)▌ 6 Ted Strickland (D)▌ 7 Dave Hobson (R)▌ 8 John Boehner (R)▌ 9 Marcy Kaptur (D)▌ 10 Dennis Kucinich (D)▌ 11 Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D)▌ 12 John Kasich (R)▌ 13 Sherrod Brown (D)▌ 14 Thomas C. Sawyer (D)▌ 15 Deborah Pryce (R)▌ 16 Ralph Regula (R)▌ 17 James Traficant (D)▌ 18 Bob Ney (R)▌ 19 Steve LaTourette (R)▌ 1 Steve Largent (R)▌ 2 Tom Coburn (R)▌ 3 Wes Watkins (R)▌ 4 J. C. Watts (R)▌ 5 Ernest Istook (R)▌ 6 Frank Lucas (R)▌ 1 David Wu (D)▌ 2 Greg Walden (R)▌ 3 Earl Blumenauer (D)▌ 4 Peter DeFazio (D)▌ 5 Darlene Hooley (D)▌ 1 Bob Brady (D)▌ 2 Chaka Fattah (D)▌ 3 Robert A. Borski Jr. (D)▌ 4 Ron Klink (D)▌ 5 John E. Peterson (R)▌ 6 Tim Holden (D)▌ 7 Curt Weldon (R)▌ 8 James C. Greenwood (R)▌ 9 Bud Shuster (R)▌ 10 Don Sherwood (R)▌ 11 Paul Kanjorski (D)▌ 12 John Murtha (D)▌ 13 Joe Hoeffel (D)▌ 14 William J. Coyne (D)▌ 15 Pat Toomey (R)▌ 16 Joe Pitts (R)▌ 17 George Gekas (R)▌ 18 Mike Doyle (D)▌ 19 William F. Goodling (R)▌ 20 Frank Mascara (D)▌ 21 Phil English (R)▌ 1 Patrick J. Kennedy (D)▌ 2 Robert Weygand (D)▌ 1 Mark Sanford (R)▌ 2 Floyd Spence (R)▌ 3 Lindsey Graham (R)▌ 4 Jim DeMint (R)▌ 5 John Spratt (D)▌ 6 Jim Clyburn (D)▌ At-large John Thune (R)▌ 1 Bill Jenkins (R)▌ 2 Jimmy Duncan (R)▌ 3 Zach Wamp (R)▌ 4 Van Hilleary (R)▌ 5 Bob Clement (D)▌ 6 Bart Gordon (D)▌ 7 Ed Bryant (R)▌ 8 John S. Tanner (D)▌ 9 Harold Ford Jr. (D)▌ 1 Max Sandlin (D)▌ 2 Jim Turner (D)▌ 3 Sam Johnson (R)▌ 4 Ralph Hall (D)▌ 5 Pete Sessions (R)▌ 6 Joe Barton (R)▌ 7 Bill Archer (R)▌ 8 Kevin Brady (R)▌ 9 Nick Lampson (D)▌ 10 Lloyd Doggett (D)▌ 11 Chet Edwards (D)▌ 12 Kay Granger (R)▌ 13 Mac Thornberry (R)▌ 14 Ron Paul (R)▌ 15 Rubén Hinojosa (D)▌ 16 Silvestre Reyes (D)▌ 17 Charles Stenholm (D)▌ 18 Sheila Jackson-Lee (D)▌ 19 Larry Combest (R)▌ 20 Charlie Gonzalez (D)▌ 21 Lamar Smith (R)▌ 22 Tom DeLay (R)▌ 23 Henry Bonilla (R)▌ 24 Martin Frost (D)▌ 25 Ken Bentsen (D)▌ 26 Dick Armey (R)▌ 27 Solomon P. Ortiz (D)▌ 28 Ciro Rodriguez (D)▌ 29 Gene Green (D)▌ 30 Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)▌ 1 James V. Hansen (R)▌ 2 Merrill Cook (R)▌ 3 Chris Cannon (R)▌ At-large Bernie Sanders (I)▌ 1 Herbert H. Bateman (R), until September 11, 2000, vacant thereafter▌ 2 Owen B. Pickett (D)▌ 3 Bobby Scott (D)▌ 4 Norman Sisisky (D)▌ ▌ 5 Virgil Goode (D, switched to I January 27, 2000)▌ 6 Bob Goodlatte (R)▌ 7 Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R)▌ 8 Jim Moran (D)▌ 9 Rick Boucher (D)▌ 10 Frank Wolf (R)▌ 11 Tom Davis (R)▌ 1 Jay Inslee (D)▌ 2 Jack Metcalf (R)▌ 3 Brian Baird (D)▌ 4 Doc Hastings (R)▌ 5 George Nethercutt (R)▌ 6 Norm Dicks (D)▌ 7 Jim McDermott (D)▌ 8 Jennifer Dunn (R)▌ 9 Adam Smith (D)▌ 1 Alan Mollohan (D)▌ 2 Bob Wise (D)▌ 3 Nick Rahall (D)▌ 1 Paul Ryan (R)▌ 2 Tammy Baldwin (D)▌ 3 Ron Kind (D)▌ 4 Jerry Kleczka (D)▌ 5 Tom Barrett (D)▌ 6 Tom Petri (R)▌ 7 Dave Obey (D)▌ 8 Mark Andrew Green (R)▌ 9 Jim Sensenbrenner (R)▌ At-large Barbara Cubin (R)▌ American Samoa Eni Faleomavaega (D)▌ District of Columbia Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)▌ Guam Robert A. Underwood (D)▌ Puerto Rico Carlos Romero Barceló (Resident Commissioner) (D/PNP )▌ Virgin Islands Donna Christian-Christensen (D)House seats by party holding majority from state 80+% Democratic
80+% Republican
60+ to 80% Democratic
60+ to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic
Up to 60% Republican
Striped: Even Democratic/Republican split 100% independent
House majority leadership
House minority leadership
Changes in membership [ edit ] Senate changes State Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ c] Rhode Island John Chafee (R)Died October 24, 1999.elected for a full six-year term. Lincoln Chafee (R)November 2, 1999 Georgia Paul Coverdell (R)Died July 18, 2000.elected to finish the term ending January 3, 2005. Zell Miller (D)July 24, 2000
House of Representatives [ edit ] House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor's formal installation[ c] Georgia 6th Vacant Newt Gingrich (R) resigned January 3, 1999.elected February 23, 1999.Johnny Isakson (R)February 23, 1999 Louisiana 1st Bob Livingston (R)Resigned March 1, 1999.elected May 29, 1999. David Vitter (R)May 29, 1999 California 42nd George Brown Jr. (D)Died July 15, 1999.elected November 16, 1999. Joe Baca (D)November 16, 1999 New York 1st Michael Forbes (R)Changed political affiliation July 17, 1999. Michael Forbes (D)July 17, 1999 Virginia 5th Virgil Goode (D)Changed party affiliation January 27, 2000. Virgil Goode (I)January 27, 2000 California 31st Matthew G. Martínez (D)Changed party affiliation July 27, 2000. Matthew G. Martínez (R)July 27, 2000 Virginia 1st Herbert H. Bateman (R)Died September 11, 2000. Seat vacant until next Congress Minnesota 4th Bruce Vento (D)Died October 10, 2000. California 32nd Julian Dixon (D)Died December 8, 2000.
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.
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:John Chafee , thenBob Smith , Ranking Member:Max Baucus )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 )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 [ edit ] 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. , thenRalph 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 House of Representatives [ edit ] Exoneration of Charles Butler McVay III [ edit ] 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 onCharles B. McVay III for the sinking of theUSS Indianapolis in 30 July 1945 byJapanese submarine I-58 (1943) .
^a b InRhode 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 InGeorgia ,Paul Coverdell (R) died July 18, 2000, andZell Miller (D) was appointed July 25, to continue the term. ^a b When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
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