LOWEY, NITA M. (a Representative from New York)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4426, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H6393 [28JY]

———H.R. 4606, Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9107 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Families and domestic relations: adoption procedures (see H.R. 4920), H7195 [8AU]

Monuments and memorials: approve the location of a Thomas Paine memorial within the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 420), H10445 [30SE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4126), H1994 [24MR]

Taxation: adoption expenses (see H.R. 4921), H7195 [8AU]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]

Alderson, Wayne T.: award Medal of Honor for World War II service (see H. Con. Res. 127), H2220 [12AP]

———relief (see H.R. 2745), H2218 [12AP]

American Museum of Natural History: mint coins commemorating anniversary (see H.R. 3668), H5547 [12JY]

Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H4221 [8JN]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9351 [20SE]

California: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 3433), H2252 [13AP]

Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H4390 [13JN]

Children and youth: improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H2219 [12AP]

———report child support obligations to consumer reporting agencies (see H.R. 4677), H11429 [7OC]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590), H4653 [16JN]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 166), H5872 [19JY]

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from U.S. budget (see H.R. 1056), H2367 [14AP]

Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 122), H866 [24FE]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), H5170 [27JN]

Communications: promote a national infrastructure to encourage deployment of advanced services through competition (see H.R. 3636), H1058 [3MR]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]

Courts: State truth-in-sentencing laws and funding for additional spaces in State correctional programs (see H.R. 3584), H1058 [3MR]

Crime: authorize prosecutions as adults of certain armed offenders who are juveniles (see H.R. 3685), H680 [23FE]

———ban possession or transfer of assault weapons (see H.R. 3527), H44 [25JA]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (see H. Res. 473), H11430 [7OC]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 3990), H4995 [24JN]

Cyprus: U.N. efforts (see H. Con. Res. 186), H44 [25JA]

Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 4036), H5871 [19JY]

Developing countries: credit programs and development of microenterprises (see H.R. 4511), H4164 [26MY]

Diseases: prostate cancer screening, treatment, and research programs for medicare, veterans, and the Public Health Service (see H.R. 4809), H9903 [27SE]

Education: establish incentives to improve the use of telecommunications and technology (see H.R. 5013), H11429 [7OC]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

Employment: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H1439 [16MR], H3223 [10MY]

———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]

Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H2699 [25AP]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H3055 [4MY]

———regulation (see H.R. 4828), H8053 [12AU]

———waiting period before purchase and Federal permit requirement for receipt of explosives (see H.R. 3912), H1058 [3MR]

Export Administration Act: action for damages against those violating antiboycott provisions relative to discrimination or loss of business (see H.R. 2544), H889 [28FE]

Federal employees: administrative review of employment discrimination claims (see H.R. 2721), H1440 [16MR]

———establish business accounts for Government air travel to maximize cost savings (see H.R. 4565), H6550 [1AU]

Financial institutions: regulatory capital guidelines for treatment of real estate assets sold with limited recourse (see H.R. 3642), H1058 [3MR]

Firearms: prohibit interstate transportation of weapons with the intent to commit a violent crime (see H.R. 3883), H1440 [16MR]

———prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 4296), H2698 [25AP]

———prohibitions for convicted felons and other individuals against possessing, shipping, transporting or receiving firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 3827), H889 [28FE]

———regulation of jacketed hollow point ammunition (see H.R. 3720), H44 [25JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H6156 [22JY]

Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]

FTC: issue trade regulation rule to release the prescription of contact lenses (see H.R. 5195), H11429 [7OC]

———study tobacco industry targeting of women and minorities in advertisement (see H.R. 4279), H4293 [9JN]

GATT: establish a working party on trade and worker rights and labor standards (see H.R. 4271), H2582 [20AP]

Goods for Guns Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 422), H11202 [6OC]

Grant's Tomb National Memorial: designate and restore (see H.R. 4393), H3278 [11MY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H156 [1FE]

Guatemala: U.S. policy relative to peace process and human rights protection (see H. Con. Res. 212), H5951 [20JY]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H4220 [8JN]

Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]

Health: development and operation of women's health regional centers to conduct research, training and education (see H.R. 5083), H11429 [7OC]

———establish a fund to strengthen State and local government public health programs (see H.R. 4841), H6454 [28JY]

———research funding (see H.R. 4260), H2582 [20AP]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H11201 [6OC]

House of Representatives: official travel requirements (see H. Res. 451), H6550 [1AU]

Housing: prohibit regulations in federally assisted rental housing restricting elderly residents from owning pets (see H.R. 2145), H6549 [1AU]

Hudson River Artists National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 803), H6104 [21JY]

Hudson River Valley American Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 4720), H5546 [12JY]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H5872 [19JY]

Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H6454 [28JY]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H3888 [23MY]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 124), H1957 [23MR]

Ireland, Northern: peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10445 [30SE]

Irish Brigade-Marine Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), H2914 [28AP]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9351 [20SE]

Israel: relocation of U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9351 [20SE]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H296 [7FE]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of OSHA laws (see H.R. 4739), H6483 [29JY]

Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]

LIHEAP: full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H296 [7FE]

Long Island Rail Road Co.: labor-management dispute (see H.J. Res. 379), H4721 [17JN]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4158), H3522 [17MY]

Mahatma Gandhi: commemorate anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 296), H10373 [29SE]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H680 [23FE]

Motor vehicles: length and weight limitations for vehicles on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 4496), H9903 [27SE]

National American Lacemaker Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 352), H6454 [28JY]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H1997 [24MR]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9762 [26SE]

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]

National Flag Celebration Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), H1058 [3MR]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H9030 [26AU]

National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 403), H10446 [30SE]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H5350 [29JN]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7195 [8AU]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2937 [2MY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5872 [19JY]

National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), H5951 [20JY]

NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H10538 [3OC]

New York/New Jersey Highlands Area: acquisition of Sterling Forest area lands by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission (see H.R. 2741), H5170 [27JN]

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: designate a year to honor the memory and leadership qualities (see H. Res. 329), H2220 [12AP]

Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H681 [23FE]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10373 [29SE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: display of U.S. flag on Federal buildings (see H.R. 302), H995 [2MR]

Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H3156 [5MY]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H4219 [8JN]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see H.R. 2863), H11200 [6OC]

POW: medical care for former civilian POW (see H.R. 4118), H9903 [27SE]

Power resources: funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H3191 [9MY]

Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]

Public lands: protection of wildlife from airborne hunting (see H.R. 1391), H9009 [21AU]

Radio: recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H2368 [14AP]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H1541 [17MR]

Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H2219 [12AP]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H5462 [30JN]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H4391 [13JN]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H1440 [16MR]

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (see H.R. 2866), H6984 [4AU]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1440 [16MR]

Social Security: treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H1058 [3MR]

Solid waste: prohibit international export and import (see H.R. 3706), H6156 [22JY]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H679 [23FE]

Taxation: deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H11565 [29NO]

———prevent fraudulent claims for the earned income credit (see H.R. 4225), H9903 [27SE]

———treatment of business meals and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 3227), H6253 [26JY]

Telecommunications: rates and charges for operator services (see H.R. 4969), H8505 [16AU]

Terrorism: condemn speech by PLO leader Yasser Arafat (see H. Con. Res. 287), H8754 [19AU]

Thurgood Marshall U.S Courthouse, White Plains, NY: designate (see H.R. 4910), H7074 [5AU]

Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H8505 [16AU]

Turkey: economic assistance relative to the resolution of the Cyprus problem and compliance with international law (see H.R. 3475), H6200 [25JY]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H4958 [23JN]

Utah: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H9569 [22SE]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2914 [28AP]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H5548 [12JY]

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H357 [8FE]

———disclosure of information relative to Nazi war crimes (see H.R. 4955), H8052 [12AU]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5762 [14JY]

Yugoslavia: lifting of sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro relative to improvements in Kosovo (see H.R. 4115), H1956 [23MR]

———U.S. recognition of Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 210), H996 [2MR]

Letters

Use of permanent paper for historical documents relative to recycling regulations: Fran McPoland, EPA, E2277 [8OC]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: killing of doctor and escort at abortion clinic in Pensacola, FL, H6462 [29JY]

Armed Forces: access of military recruiters to educational facilities, H3865 [23MY]

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2479 [19AP]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 518), H5691 [14JY]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (H.R. 518), H5691 [14JY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H6990 [5AU], H8701 [19AU], H8974 [21AU]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5854 [19JY]

Dept. of Commerce: refusal to allow U.S. private firms to participate in the Paris Air Show, H4933 [23JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3776 [20MY], H3865 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4851 [22JN], H4892 [23JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), motion to instruct conferees, H9235 [20SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H4933 [23JN], H5097 [27JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), H5255, H5256, H5275 [28JN], H5329 [29JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4606), conference report, H9450 [22SE]

Education: trade school revenue relative to student financial aid programs, H5329 [29JN]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (H.R. 4296), H3091 [5MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), H4036, H4072 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4426), conference report, H6809 [4AU]

Fort Benning, GA: operational funding for School for the Americas, H3776 [20MY]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11501 [29NO]

Germany: treatment of Hugo Princz (H. Res. 323), H54 [26JA]

Government regulations: use of permanent paper for historical documents relative to recycling regulations, E2277 [8OC]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11084 [6OC]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), conference report, H3132 [5MY]

———access to clinic entrances (S. 636), request conference with the Senate (H. Res. 374), H1500 [17MR]

———access to clinic entrances (S. 636), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 417), H3121 [5MY]

Indonesia: occupation of East Timor, E1671 [8AU]

Medicaid: Federal funding of abortions, E2257 [8OC]

Monuments and memorials: approve the location of a Thomas Paine memorial within the District of Columbia (S.J. Res. 227), H11135 [6OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4851 [22JN], H4892 [23JN]

NIH: funding, H5275 [28JN]

NOAA: funding, H5097 [27JN]

Population: voluntary family planning assistance, H4072 [25MY]

Public Health Service: improve health of disadvantaged individuals (S. 1569), conference report, H11289 [7OC]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), H576 [23FE]

Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, White Plains, NY: designate (H.R. 4910), H10561 [3OC]

Women: promote greater equity in delivery of health care services, H3380 [17MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H6155 [22JY], H7190 [8AU]

Special order: granted, H5869 [19JY]

Schedules

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Health and the Environment: administration's health care reform proposals relative to women's health issues, D28 [26JA]

Testimonies

Human Rights Situation in Indonesia: by, E1672 [8AU]

Tributes

Clinton, Hillary Rodham, H1903 [23MR]

Ford, Representative William D., H10846 [4OC]

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, H6617 [2AU]

O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr., E154 [9FE]

Whittaker, James F., E1543 [22JY]