24. H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2000. Amendment to change the bill’s definition of “small business” to businesses that have fewer than 25 full-time employees and that had revenues of $5 million or less in each of the previous two years, and restrict the bill’s provisions to product liability cases. No. Failed 178-237. 2/16/00.

25. H.R. 2366. On passage of the bill to cap punitive damages against small businesses, defined as those with fewer than 25 full-time employees, at $250,000 or three times the economic and non-economic award (such as pain and suffering), whichever is less; allow the cap to be broken if a court ruled that a business intentionally acted to cause harm, and curb product liability claims against retailers. Yes. Passed 221-193. 2/16/00.

49. H.R. 3843, Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 to reauthorize programs operated by the Small Business Administration through FY 2003, including loan programs. Yes. Passed 410-11. 3/15/00.

96. H.R. 1089, to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission, within 18 months, to require mutual fund companies to disclose after-tax returns to investors in their annual reports. Yes. Passed 358-2, under suspension of rules. 4/3/00.

331. H.Con.Res. 312, to express the sense of Congress that states and the federal government should oversee title loan and title pawn transactions more closely. Yes. Passed 420-6 under suspension of rules. 6/27/00.

430. H.R. 4923, to provide tax credits and economic incentives to encourage investment and job creation in economically depressed urban and rural communities. Yes. Passed 394-27, under suspension of rules. 7/25/00.

478. H.R. 5010, to create a commemorative quarters program to honor the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands, beginning in 2009. Yes. Passed 377-6, under suspension of rules. 9/18/00.

482. H.R. 4945, Small Business Competition Preservation Act to strengthen existing protections for small business participation in the federal procurement contracting process. Yes. Passed 422-0. 9/20/00.

494. H.R. 5175, to exempt small businesses from liability under the superfund hazardous waste cleanup program if the business dumped only a small amount of waste or just ordinary sludge, and establish an expedited settlement procedure. Yes. Failed 253-161, under suspension of rules (2/3 vote required). 9/26/00.

540. H.R. 4541, to reauthorize activities of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, modify regulation of the futures market, provide “legal certainty” to over-the-counter derivatives and authorize the trading of single-stock futures. Yes. Passed 377-4, under suspension of rules. 10/19/00.