WYDEN, RON (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Agriculture: reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9959 [28SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3474, Community Development, Credit Enhancement, and Regulatory Improvement Act, H2614 [21AP]

———S. 2060, amend Small Business Act, H9383 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Employment: promote performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs (see H.R. 5204), H11199 [6OC]

Foreign trade: negotiating objectives for future trade agreements (see H.R. 4737), H5655 [13JY]

Health: quality safeguards for consumers of health care insurance, products and services (see H.R. 4960), H8052 [12AU]

Health care professionals: consumer access to information contained in the National Practitioner Data Bank (see H.R. 4274), H2638 [21AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H1996 [24MR]

NIH: establish a center for rare disease research (see H.R. 5173), H10727 [4OC]

Oregon: restrictions on timber activities and human access in the Bull Run and Little Sandy watersheds relative to protection as a drinking water source (see H.R. 4063), H1439 [16MR]

Public housing: referendum among residents on banning or restricting gun ownership (see H.R. 4062), H1439 [16MR]

Securities: unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (see H.R. 4535), H4165 [26MY]

Small business: improve export assistance (see H.R. 5203), H11199 [6OC]

Taxation: determination of capital assets based on an index of gains and losses (see H.R. 5202), H11199 [6OC]

———treatment of nonrecognition of gain on the sale of small businesses where the proceeds are reinvested in small business stock (see H.R. 5201), H11199 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

Agriculture: price supports for honey (see H.R. 814), H2838 [26AP]

Airlines: circulation of fresh air in commercial aircraft (see H.R. 2985), H83 [26JA]

Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H11202 [6OC]

Bankruptcy: debtor obligations under unexpired leases of personal property (see H.R. 4474), H9351 [20SE]

Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H4166 [26MY]

Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 4847), H6453 [28JY]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H1781 [21MR]

California: establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (see H.R. 518), H2913 [28AP]

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

Courts: admissibility of certain testimony relative to domestic violence cases (see H. Con. Res. 20), H3056 [4MY]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]

Dept. of Defense: DDG-51 destroyer rate of procurement (see H.R. 2037), H2994 [3MY]

———F/A-18 aircraft upgrade program (see H.R. 2036), H2994 [3MY]

———terminate production of the Trident II missile (see H.R. 790), H1996 [24MR]

Dept. of Energy: terminate the gas turbine-modular helium reactor program (see H.R. 3513), H1997 [24MR]

———terminate use of liquid metal reactors in disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 2365), H205 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior: sale of certain real and personal property (see H.R. 1552), H2218 [12AP]

Diseases: prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 3324), H2218 [12AP]

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

Employment: mandatory use of binding arbitration in job discrimination cases (see H.R. 4981), H11429 [7OC]

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

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend regarding statute of limitations and protection of employees who assist investigations (see H.R. 2710), H2398 [18AP]

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

Federal employees: allow for garnishment of pay (see H.R. 214), H1996 [24MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H11200 [6OC]

Foreign trade: control of computers and related equipment (see H.R. 3627), H1898 [22MR]

———monitor effect of trade actions on the environment (see H.R. 4734), H5655 [13JY]

———policy on Saudi Arabia and GATT (see H. Con. Res. 138), H559 [22FE]

Forest Service: timber sale receipts sharing with the BLM (see H.R. 5161), H10726 [4OC]

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

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 276), H9161 [16SE]

Health: designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H11565 [29NO]

———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6381 [27JY]

———licensing of home infusion therapy services (see H.R. 4128), H3156 [5MY]

———research funding (see H.R. 4260), H2994 [3MY]

Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10445 [30SE]

House Rules: limit availability of appropriations for salaries and expenses of the House (see H.R. 885), H865 [24FE]

Housing: energy conservation standards in public housing (see H.R. 122), H6549 [1AU]

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]

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

Medicaid: allow State payments for osteopathic services to children and pregnant women by physicians certified by the American Osteopathic Association medical specialty board (see H.R. 3906), H2937 [2MY]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H157 [1FE]

Middle East: support for peace process and condemnation of terrorist acts (see H. Con. Res. 219), H1157 [9MR]

Military assistance: prohibit to Governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 3538), H1058 [3MR]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1254 [10MR]

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

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H2253 [13AP]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H2219 [12AP]

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

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]

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

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3682 [18MY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5951 [20JY]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

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

National Trails Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 327), H3156 [5MY]

NATO: increased contributions by European nations relative to U.S. military installations (see H.R. 1621), H1996 [24MR]

Nuclear weapons: payment by foreign countries of costs resulting from tests conducted in the U.S. (see H.R. 1146), H2913 [28AP]

———strategic defense initiative (see H.R. 1673), H1996 [24MR]

Nutrition: study effects of and establish standards for calcium intake (see H.R. 4284), H2638 [21AP]

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs: appeals process and judicial review (see H.R. 4977), H8595 [17AU]

———procedures for the selection of second-opinion physicians (see H.R. 4978), H8595 [17AU]

———selection of board-certified second-opinion physicians (see H.R. 4979), H8595 [17AU]

Opal Creek Forest Preserve: establish (see H.R. 3905), H996 [2MR]

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), H4654 [16JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H2507 [19AP]

Radioactive substances: terminate production of tritium, plutonium, and uranium for weapons (see H.R. 1607), H2913 [28AP]

Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H2937 [2MY]

Refuse disposal: incinerator regulation (see H.R. 2488), H10446 [30SE]

Research: superconducting supercollider funding (see H.R. 70), H2994 [3MY]

Russia: pursuit of negotiations to reduce the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads (see H. Con. Res. 306), H11430 [7OC]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H5547 [12JY]

Ships and vessels: recreational boating safety programs (see H.R. 4477), H5463 [30JN]

Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 4801), H5950 [20JY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits (see H.R. 2538), H1540 [17MR]

———treatment of benefits of spouses who are receiving certain Government pensions (see H.R. 1897), H2252 [13AP]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1997 [24MR]

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

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4654 [16JN]

U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H5871 [19JY]

U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business (see H. Con. Res. 184), H1059 [3MR]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H3280 [11MY]

Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see H.R. 4289), H2639 [21AP]

Weapons: prohibit arms sales to countries that are participating in the boycott of Israel (see H.R. 3656), H680 [23FE]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5350 [29JN]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H8696 [18AU]

Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2219 [12AP]

Court documents

House records: Superior Court for the District of Columbia, H3486 [17MY]

Letters

Rare disease research: Abbey S. Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., E2055 [4OC]

Remarks by, on

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8578, H8579, H8580 [17AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9958, H9959 [28SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report, E1831 [12SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6244-H6246 [26JY]

Employment: promote performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs (H.R. 5204), E2137-E2139 [6OC]

Executive departments: protection of employees who provide information to Congress or to inspectors general, H9958, H9959 [28SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H4769, H4772, H4773, H4774 [21JN], H6826 [4AU], H7274 [9AU], H8580 [17AU]

———quality safeguards for consumers of health care insurance, products and services (H.R. 4960), E1730 [12AU]

Health care professionals: consumer access to information contained in the National Practitioner Data Bank (H.R. 4274), E757 [21AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 349), E565 [24MR]

NIH: establish a center for rare disease research (H.R. 5173), E2055 [4OC]

Oregon: restrictions on timber activities and human access in the Bull Run and Little Sandy watersheds relative to protection as a drinking water source (H.R. 4063), E452 [16MR]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (H.R. 1520), H10576 [3OC], E2274 [8OC]

Public housing: referendum among residents on banning or restricting gun ownership (H.R. 4062), E457 [16MR]

Securities: unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (H.R. 4535), H6508, H6509 [1AU]

Small business: improve export assistance (H.R. 5203), E2137-E2139 [6OC]

States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), consideration (H. Res. 551), H9921 [28SE]

Taxation: determination of capital assets based on an index of gains and losses (H.R. 5202), E2137-E2139 [6OC]

———treatment of nonrecognition of gain on the sale of small businesses where the proceeds are reinvested in small business stock (H.R. 5201), E2137-E2139 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1436 [16MR], H2637 [21AP], H8051 [12AU], H9084 [12SE]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Speciality Crops and Natural Resources: Bull Run, OR, and Little Sandy, OR, watersheds, D727 [23JN]

Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations: domestic violence as a public health issue, D1217 [5OC]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations, D668 [14JN]