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PUBLIC LAW 106-113
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BILL NO. 3194 OF 1999
AS SIGNED ON NOVEMBER 29, 1999 AS CODIFIED IN 113 UNITED STATES STATUTES 1501, H.R. 3194
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Sections 315 and 317 of Title 35 of the United States Code were added in 1999 following congressional approval of House of Representatives Bill No. 3194 [hereinafter referred to as “H.R. 3194”], which enacted appropriations acts. (See Exhibit A, #1) The language of sections 315 and 317 were part of Division B of the bill, which incorporated competing bills addressing different areas of law, and of relevance to sections 315 and 317, from Senate Bill No. 1948 [hereinafter referred to as “S. 1948”], which was in Appendix I of the final enactment. (See Exhibit A, #1, pages 1501A-569 and 1501A-570; see also Exhibit B) H.R. 3194 was introduced on November 2, 1999 by Representative Ernest James Istook, Jr. (See Exhibit A, #3a)
After it was introduced, H.R. 3194, as an appropriations bill for the Government of the District of Columbia, was reviewed and amended by the House Committee on the Judiciary. (See Exhibit A, #3a) Thereafter, the bill was amended and forwarded to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for its review. (See Exhibit A, #3d) When the House disagreed with the Senate amendments, a Conference Committee was formed. (See Exhibit A, #4b) The purpose of a Conference Committee is to bring together legislators, called “conferees,” from the Senate and the House of Representatives in an attempt to reach a compromise on a bill’s language which is acceptable to both.
The House receded from its disagreement to the Senate amendments and the Senate agreed to House amendments, which resulted in the appropriations bill including multiple appendices of competing bills. (See Exhibit A, #3e, pages 35 and 36) The House Conference Report indicated in Division B of the bill that the “the conference agreement includes a section (section 1000) that enacts several bills by reference.” (See Exhibit A, #5, page 69) Thereafter, the bill was presented to President William J. Clinton, who signed it on November 29, 1999, enacting Public Law 106-113. (See Exhibit A, #1)