ROWLAND, J. ROY (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Conferee: H.R. 3371, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H10748 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Cargo transportation: development and siting of wayports (see H.R. 1581, H2015 [21MR])

Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])

Health: reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H2810 [7MY])

———sharing of medical care resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and other Federal medical care providers (see H.R. 2824, H5267 [27JN])

Health care professionals: incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H2810 [7MY])

Insurance: long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1205, H1324 [28FE])

Ocmulgee National Monument: accept a donation of land for addition (see H.R. 749, H824 [30JA])

Real property: forfeiture of property relative to drug crimes (see H.R. 3524, H7648 [8OC])

Taxation: treatment of early distributions of retirement plans relative to active duty military reserves (see H.R. 926, H991 [6FE])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Africa: protection of human rights and economic development in the Horn of Africa (see H.R. 1454, H2087 [22MR])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H11894 [26NO])

Armed Forces: additional support for members participating in operations in the Persian Gulf (see H.R. 557, H1138 [21FE])

———establish a commemorative medal for members serving in a combat zone during the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 1107, H1475 [7MR])

———increase amounts of life insurance under certain programs (see H.R. 742, H824 [30JA])

———veterans' preference eligibility relative to Federal employment for members serving during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 3764, H11289 [25NO])

Arts and humanities: recognition of ``An Artistic Discovery,'' the congressional high school art competition (see H. Res. 201, H5744 [23JY])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])

Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 356, H11893 [26NO])

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164, H2684 [1MY])

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

Bureau of Labor Statistics: time use surveys of unremunerated work and calculate the monetary value of such work (see H.R. 3625, H11289 [25NO])

Children: collection of past-due child support from Federal tax refunds (see H.R. 124, H3624 [23MY])

Children and youth: infant mortality relative to the availability of health care services to pregnant women (see H.R. 3089, H6137 [30JY])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H2261 [16AP])

Coal: research and development of clean coal technology (see H.R. 2871, H5651 [18JY])

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11892 [26NO])

———mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

———mint in commemoration of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games (see H.R. 3654, H8661 [29OC])

———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H2261 [16AP])

Colleges and universities: promote increased access to higher education (see H.R. 1524, H6138 [30JY])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H4550 [13JN])

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H62 [3JA])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])

Crime: penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H3805 [3JN])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6195 [31JY])

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Savings Bond Program (see H. Con. Res. 140, H2962 [13MY])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])

Drug abuse: Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 730, H3370 [21MY])

Education: improve counseling services for elementary school students (see H.R. 840, H6385 [2AU])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1282 [27FE])

Elections: constitutional amendment relative to contributions and expenditures of congressional, Presidential, State, and local (see H.J. Res. 224, H11115 [23NO])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H1081 [20FE])

Executive departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2811 [7MY])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])

Family and domestic relations: admissible testimony in domestic violence court cases (see H. Con. Res. 89, H1672 [12MR])

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require States receiving large share of thrift resolution costs to pay thrift deposit insurance premium (see H.R. 1171, H1279 [27FE])

Federal employees: credit for service of air traffic second-level supervisors relative to retirement (see H.R. 815, H1915 [20MR])

———restore the 3-year basis recovery rule relative to certain annuities for income tax purposes (see H.R. 576, H1417 [5MR])

———voluntary participation in the political process (see H.R. 20, H1342 [4MR])

Financial institutions: authorize civil actions for certain criminal violations (see H.R. 114, H6456 [11SE])

———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H2470 [23AP])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H892 [5FE])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6381 [2AU])

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])

Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (see H. Res. 101, H2539 [24AP])

FRS: modernize (see H.R. 1130, H7551 [7OC])

Georgia: designate National Forest System lands as wilderness (see H.R. 3245, H6382 [2AU])

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 58, H529 [16JA])

Health: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H2810 [7MY])

———air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H2810 [7MY])

———analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H2811 [7MY])

———establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H1280 [27FE])

———establish standards for certification of laboratories engaged in urine drug testing (see H.R. 33, H2016 [21MR])

———expansion of biomedical and behavioral research facilities (see H.R. 714, H823 [30JA])

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3904, H11894 [26NO])

———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H6455 [11SE])

———rural medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H2810 [7MY]; H.R. 2236, H2810 [7MY]

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])

Health care professionals: increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3806 [3JN])

———protections from legal liability in Public Health Service (see H.R. 2239, H2811 [7MY])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H2810 [7MY])

Immigration: health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (see H.R. 2309, H7314 [2OC])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H1849 [19MR])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5342 [10JY])

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H1914 [20MR])

Medicaid: cervical and breast cancer programs (see H.R. 1393, H1669 [12MR])

———coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860, H988 [6FE])

———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see H.R. 1457, H1786 [18MR])

Medicare: due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H2811 [7MY])

———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H5299 [9JY])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H1850 [19MR])

Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see H. Con. Res. 161, H7726 [9OC])

Motor vehicles: liability and insurance policies of rental car companies (see H.R. 1293, H1759 [13MR])

———national safety belt and motorcycle helmet use requirements (see H.R. 1782, H5818 [24JY])

National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H6799 [24SE])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H2565 [25AP])

National Convenience Store Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 294, H5819 [24JY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2110 [9AP])

National DARE Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217, H5451 [15JY])

National dividend plan: establish (see H.R. 430, H6317 [1AU])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H10842 [21NO])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1476 [7MR])

National Guard: make civilian technicians part of the competitive service (see H.R. 723, H5514 [16JY])

———protections for technicians relative to reductions in pay and furloughs (see H.R. 722, H5514 [16JY])

———retention rights of certain civilian technicians involuntarily separated from membership (see H.R. 1188, H6385 [2AU])

National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2770 [2MY])

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102, H1139 [21FE])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2376 [17AP])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H6690 [19SE])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 1882, H2373 [17AP])

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 57, H826 [30JA]; H.J. Res. 72, H1456 [6MR])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H7726 [9OC])

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284, H7726 [9OC])

National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188, H3150 [15MY])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 219, H3150 [15MY])

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 103, H2470 [23AP])

National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2087 [22MR])

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 242, H6799 [24SE])

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, H2399 [22AP])

Pensions: civil service retirement credit relative to work performed under certain Federal-State cooperative programs (see H.R. 1653, H2085 [22MR])

Petroleum: anticompetitive pricing practices by refiners (see H.R. 2966, H11289 [25NO])

Pharmaceuticals: penalties for illegal activities relative to the approval of abbreviated drug applications (see H.R. 2454, H3622 [23MY])

Powell, Colin L.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1417 [5MR])

Public Health Service: establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H2810 [7MY])

Public Health Service Act: family planning counseling (see H.R. 392, H2261 [16AP])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

Recycling: degradable plastics (see H.R. 1318, H1471 [7MR])

———State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H1139 [21FE])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H10931 [22NO])

Roads and highways: funding for construction and safety programs (see H.R. 2566, H4438 [12JN])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1052, H1417 [5MR])

———award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1475 [7MR])

Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (see H.R. 1392, H1669 [12MR])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H6720 [23SE])

Social Security Notch Fairness Investigatory Commission: establish (see H.R. 3825, H11894 [26NO])

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])

Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5979 [29JY])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H2180 [11AP])

Taxation: credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H2769 [2MY])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H5818 [24JY])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 784, H1417 [5MR])

———improve U.S. competitiveness, employment, and investment, and reduce the budget deficit (see H.R. 3170, H6316 [1AU])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H4437 [12JN])

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413, H6879 [25SE])

———modify the application of the passive loss limitations to farming activities (see H.R. 835, H891 [5FE])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H2262 [16AP])

———relief to utilities installing acid rain reduction equipment (see H.R. 1054, H1135 [21FE])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 1186, H4867 [20JN])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H1080 [20FE])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H5211 [26JN])

Toys: hazardous warning labeling of certain (see H.R. 3809, H10543 [19NO])

Veterans: amend regulations relative to education and employment programs (see H.R. 180, H854 [4FE])

———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H7199 [1OC])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])

———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H5910 [25JY])

———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H3037 [14MY])

———housing and memorial affairs programs (see H.R. 232, H854 [4FE]), H891 [5FE]

———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H1326 [28FE])

———improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 598, H683 [23JA])

Volunteer workers: immunity from civil liability for certain individuals working for nonprofit organizations and governmental entities (see H.R. 911, H6138 [30JY])

Wetlands: designation of stewardship trusts (see H.R. 2594, H4186 [7JN])

———stewardship (see H.R. 2400, H3279 [20MY])

World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10843 [21NO])

World War I: transfer existing American Legion, Inc. memorial to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 154, H854 [4FE])

World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see H.J. Res. 368, H11893 [26NO])

———contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11115 [23NO])

———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])

Remarks by, on

Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10496 [19NO]

———pro choice versus right to life, H9429 [6NO]

America's Kids Outreach Program: tribute, E3426 [17OC]

Armed Forces: designation of Operation Desert Shield benefits as emergency spending, H1713 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing supplemental appropriations for operational expenditures relative to Operation Desert Shield (H.R. 1175), H1713 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: national survey on sexual behavior, H5872 [25JY]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 2942), H5765 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), conference report, H9429 [6NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2707), veto, H10496 [19NO]

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), H734 [29JA]

Health: infant mortality rate, E2387 [27JN]

Health care facilities: Federal recovery requirements relative to construction or remodeling of certain mental health facilities (S. 1891), H11065 [23NO]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 194), H2728 [2MY]

———observance, E1094 [22MR]

Insurance: long-term care coverage (H.R. 1205), E743 [1MR]

Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), consideration (H. Res. 283), H10513 [19NO]

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, E197 [16JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H253 [11JA]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H478 [12JA]

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (H. Res. 95), E819 [7MR]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H567 [18JA]

NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5866, H5872 [25JY]

Ocmulgee National Monument: accept a donation of land for addition (H.R. 749), H789 [30JA], H2486 [24AP]

POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 48), H648 [23JA]

Real property: forfeiture of property relative to drug crimes (H.R. 3524), E3339 [9OC]

Research: adolescent sex survey, H5866 [25JY]

Veterans: improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 598), H801, H802 [30JA], H2438 [23AP]

———improvements in compensation and pension programs (H.R. 1047), H2120 [10AP]

Votes: personal explanation, H9045 [4NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1322 [28FE], H1453 [6MR], H2013 [21MR], H5208 [26JN], H7724 [9OC], H7979 [16OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Public Land Issues, D255 [7MR]

Tributes

Dent, Joel, H5668 [23JY]

Miller, Joseph B., E2283 [19JN]