KOPETSKI, MICHAEL J. (a Representative from Oregon)
Amendments offered by, to
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2326 [14AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H4193 [8JN]
Articles and editorials
Black Pioneers—Oregon Roots, Hank Arends, Salem (OR) Statesman Journal, H668 [23FE]
Don't Forget the Efforts of Black Pioneers in Oregon, Rick Harmon, Salem (OR) Statesman Journal, H668 [23FE]
50 New Death Penalties! Do I Hear 60? David Sarasohn, Portland (OR) Oregonian, H2329 [14AP]
56 Cubans Reach Puerto Rico, H476 [10FE]
For Navratilova, It's Time to ``Just Be'', Johnette Howard, Washington (DC) Post, E2358
Forgotten by World, Afghans Plunge Into Misery, John Darnton, New York (NY) Times, E2182
If We Could Call One Final Witness, Steve Duin, Portland (OR) Oregonian, H14
Keep Clinton From Selling Arms, Susan Gordon, Salem (OR) Statesman Journal, E2330
Sailing Buff Murray McLendon, Everyone's Boat Consultant, Florangela Davila, Seattle (WA) Times, E2334
Bills and resolutions introduced by
FTC: termination of orders in effect for more than 10 years (see H.R. 4518), H4164 [26MY]
Immigration: eliminate the accelerated permanent-residency status process for Cuban nationals (see H.R. 3854), H500 [10FE]
Native Americans: declare public domain lands to be held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (see H.R. 4119), H1956 [23MR]
Nevada Test Site, NV: environmental restoration study (see H.R. 4359), H3155 [5MY]
Opal Creek Forest Preserve: establish (see H.R. 3905, 5236), H865 [24FE], H11200 [6OC]
Oregon State University: authorizing appropriations for a forest ecosystem research laboratory (see H.R. 4705), H5462 [30JN]
Rwanda: grant temporary protected status to student nationals (see H.R. 4317), H2913 [28AP]
Ships and vessels: amend the licensing of a vessel owned by Ronnie C. Fisheries, Inc. for coastwise trade and fisheries of the U.S. (see H.R. 5239), H11200 [6OC]
Taxation: treatment of cash payments of legal fees relative to the reporting requirements of a trade or business (see H.R. 4321), H2937 [2MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H6550 [1AU]
Arms control: moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of anti-personnel landmines (see H.R. 4699), H5461 [30JN]
Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9601 [23SE]
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: exclude the unemployment trust fund (see H.R. 3409), H288 [3FE]
Bureau of Justice Assistance: programs to create safe corridors for senior citizens (see H.R. 4116), H2914 [28AP]
California: protect integrity of the Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (see H.R. 3079), H1253 [10MR]
Child support: improve collection system (see H.R. 4570), H7075 [5AU]
Children and youth: improve child support system (see H.R. 4051), H5872 [19JY]
———placement of foster children in permanent kinship care arrangements (see H.R. 3463), H680 [23FE]
———report child support obligations to consumer reporting agencies (see H.R. 4677), H10727 [4OC]
———support for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse (see H. Con. Res. 200), H5548 [12JY]
Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H44 [25JA]
Classified information: establish a uniform system for classifying and declassifying information (see H.R. 3927), H4447 [14JN]
Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (see H.R. 467), H501 [10FE]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Consumers: rental-purchase transaction regulation (see H.R. 2803), H2639 [21AP]
Contracts: simplification of Federal construction procurement and prevailing wage protection for construction workers (see H.R. 1231), H2218 [12AP]
Copyrights: fee exemptions for performance or broadcast of certain musical works and establishment of court-annexed arbitration process for fee disputes (see H.R. 4936), H10373 [29SE]
Crime: inclusion of peonage and slavery offenses as Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organization predicates (see H.R. 2720), H866 [24FE]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H3055 [4MY]
D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H681 [23FE]
Dept. of Defense: terminate production of the Trident II missile (see H.R. 790), H2582 [20AP]
Dept. of Energy: terminate use of liquid metal reactors in disposal of high-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 2365), H1996 [24MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish an America Cares Program (see H.R. 2930), H680 [23FE]
Disasters: provide for disaster avoidance and response plans and development of relief and reinsurance plans (see H.R. 2873), H889 [28FE]
Education: reauthorize We the People—the Citizen and the Constitution Program (see H.R. 1705), H11200 [6OC]
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]
Employment: child labor laws relative to operation of motor vehicles (see H.R. 4303), H5761 [14JY]
———establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4040, 4050), H1439 [16MR], H2252 [13AP]
———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
———require employers to post and to provide information on sexual harassment (see H.R. 2829), H912 [1MR]
Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H559 [22FE]
Export Administration Act: action for damages against those violating antiboycott provisions relative to discrimination or loss of business (see H.R. 2544), H889 [28FE]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 3309), H1254 [10MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: amend regarding statute of limitations and protection of employees who assist investigations (see H.R. 2710), H501 [10FE]
Families and domestic relations: improve the interstate enforcement of child support and parentage court orders (see H.R. 4188), H4995 [24JN]
Federal employees: garnishment of retirement annuities to satisfy a judgment against an annuitant for child abuse (see H.R. 3694), H3279 [11MY]
———provide additional points on the competitive service entrance examination for certain veterans (see H.R. 3830), H2368 [14AP]
———restore 3-year basis recovery annuity rule relative to Federal income tax purposes (see H.R. 1155), H9223 [19SE]
Foreign trade: export controls on computers (see H.R. 3534), H1997 [24MR]
———promote U.S. industry and technology in competition with Japan (see H.R. 4458), H3754 [19MY]
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]
Germany: treatment of Hugo Princz (see H. Res. 323), H84 [26JA]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H411 [9FE]
Guatemala: U.S. policy relative to peace process and human rights protection (see H. Con. Res. 212), H2398 [18AP]
Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H2507 [19AP]
Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]
Health: establish a national program of trained community health advisors to assist in certain State objectives (see H.R. 4024), H2640 [21AP]
———inclusion of osteopathic services under national health care benefits package (see H. Con. Res. 173), H11430 [7OC]
———research funding (see H.R. 4260), H4390 [13JN]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10538 [3OC]
Homeless Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4578), H9030 [26AU]
Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 254), H9441 [21SE]
India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 430), H9351 [20SE]
International Conference on Population and Development: U.S. role (see H. Con. Res. 234), H3056 [4MY]
International Women's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), H204 [2FE]
Ireland, Northern: peace efforts (see H. Con. Res. 303), H10445 [30SE]
Israel: anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 239), H3345 [12MY]
———relocation of U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 281), H9351 [20SE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to markets (see H.R. 3900), H4220 [8JN]
Laos: naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units (see H.R. 4048), H1439 [16MR]
LIHEAP: full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H411 [9FE]
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), H9762 [26SE]
Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4291), H11429 [7OC]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 349), H1996 [24MR]
Middle East: support for peace process and condemnation of terrorist acts (see H. Con. Res. 219), H4780 [21JN]
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]
Monuments and memorials: provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (see H.R. 2135), H43 [25JA]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1088 [8MR]
National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H2367 [14AP]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H4166 [26MY]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9903 [27SE]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2937 [2MY]
National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), H2839 [26AP]
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 Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H8053 [12AU]
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H5350 [29JN]
National Neighbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 354), H3522 [17MY]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5951 [20JY]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]
National Savings Month: designate (see H. Res. 403), H2640 [21AP]
National U.S. Seafood Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 387), H7075 [5AU]
Native Americans: provide social services block grants directly to Indian tribes (see H.R. 4162), H1996 [24MR]
NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H9158 [13SE]
Nuclear weapons: negotiations of testing limitations (see H. Con. Res. 235), H1996 [24MR]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), H866 [24FE]
O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: designate a year to honor the memory and leadership qualities (see H. Res. 329), H2220 [12AP]
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), H8755 [19AU]
Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4540), H4219 [8JN]
Petroleum: export of certain domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 2670), H411 [9FE]
Pipelines: mandatory one-call system to protect underground facilities from damage by any excavation (see H.R. 4394), H6550 [1AU]
Plants: assist producers in replanting commercially grown trees and plants that are destroyed by damaging weather (see H.R. 4133), H2914 [28AP]
Postal Service: reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H912 [1MR]
Power resources: establish safety, development, and education programs for the propane gas industry (see H.R. 3546), H680 [23FE]
———funding for energy research, development, demonstration, and commercialization relative to the economy and environmental protection (see H. Con. Res. 188), H1088 [8MR]
Powers, Francis Gary: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.J. Res. 293), H44 [25JA]
Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]
Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4722 [17JN]
———reform (see H.R. 4767), H5760 [14JY]
Radioactive substances: compensation of individuals who were subjects in Government radiation experiments (see H.R. 4292), H3279 [11MY]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H544 [11FE]
Refugees: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (see H.R. 3663), H44 [25JA]
Rivers: establish a national registry of rivers and watersheds to be protected and restored (see H.R. 4213), H2366 [14AP]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H2914 [28AP]
Rushdie, Salman: condemn death sentence imposed by Iran (see H. Con. Res. 249), H10728 [4OC]
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), H8505 [16AU]
Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H411 [9FE]
Ships and vessels: promote the construction and operation of passenger vessels (see H.R. 3821), H2583 [20AP]
———recreational boating safety programs (see H.R. 4477), H5463 [30JN]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H44 [25JA]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H679 [23FE]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H2218 [12AP]
———transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 4643), H6984 [4AU]
Taxation: allow corporations to issue performance stock options to employees (see H.R. 2759), H357 [8FE]
———estate tax treatment of family-owned business interests (see H.R. 5032), H10007 [28SE]
———promote the construction and operation of passenger vessels (see H.R. 3822), H2583 [20AP]
———reform rules relative to subchapter S corporations (see H.R. 4056), H1439 [16MR]
———rehabilitation credit for historic neighborhoods (see H.R. 1406), H287 [3FE]
———tax credits for businesses with telecommuting centers or employees working in home offices (see H.R. 3923), H1898 [22MR]
———treatment of predeceased parent exclusion to the generation-skipping transfer tax (see H.R. 4326), H2994 [3MY]
Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H8505 [16AU]
U.S. Military Academy: mint commemorative coins recognizing the bicentennial (see H.R. 3492), H1541 [17MR]
Veterans: cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H157 [1FE]
Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H157 [1FE]
Waterways: establish a national waterways restoration program (see H.R. 4289), H6156 [22JY]
Weapons: prohibit flight testing of missiles where debris would not be contained within a test range area (see H.R. 4349), H3055 [4MY]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H9224 [19SE]
———illegalize practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 3247), H5547 [12JY]
World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H43 [25JA]
Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2219 [12AP]
Factsheets
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ACDA, H11556 [29NO]
Letters
Afghanistan conflict: by, E2183
Remarks by, on
Afghanistan: facilitation of peace and reconstruction, E2181
Black History Month: observance, H667 [23FE]
Butteville General Store (Butteville, OR): tribute, E248
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, H4145 [26MY], H7179 [8AU]
———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), H7240 [9AU]
Crime: capital punishment for certain offenses, H2326, H2329, H2330 [14AP]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8985 [21AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2326, H2329, H2330 [14AP]
Defense industries: assistance to workers affected by reduced arms sales abroad, H4188 [8JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3774 [20MY], H4188, H4192, H4193, H4200 [8JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), H4818 [22JN]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4584 [16JN]
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1030, H1031 [3MR]
———require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1030, H1031 [3MR]
Epping, Larry: Salem, OR, First Citizen of the Year honoree, E97
Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), H11246, H11260 [7OC]
Fish and Wildlife Service: resource management appropriations, H4818 [22JN]
Foreign policy: use of trade policy to affect human rights, H5938, H5939, H5941, H5942, H5945, H5946, H5948 [20JY]
Fort Benning, GA: operational funding for School for the Americas, H3774 [20MY]
GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11460 [29NO]
Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11083
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H210 [3FE]
House of Representatives: Oxford-style floor debates, E1555
Immigration: eliminate the accelerated permanent-residency status process for Cuban nationals (H.R. 3854), H476 [10FE], H8600 [18AU]
Independent counsel: reauthorize (H.R. 811), H380 [9FE]
Journal: question of approval, H324 [8FE]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: U.S. policy relative to nuclear facility inspection, H4192 [8JN]
Miller, Phyllis: Salem, OR, Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award recipient, E306
National Mental Health Counseling Week: observance, E633
Native Americans: declare public domain lands to be held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon (H.R. 4119), E531
———technical amendments to legislation relative to land and water claims (S. 1654), H2412
Nuclear weapons: moratorium on testing, H4193, H4200 [8JN], H11556
O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 328), H14
Opal Creek Forest Preserve: establish (H.R. 3905), H7153 [8AU], E252
Rwanda: grant temporary protected status to student nationals (H.R. 4317), E795
Ships and vessels: recreational boating safety programs, H4584 [16JN]
Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), consideration (H. Res. 536), H9392 [21SE]
St. Paul, OR: tribute to St. Paul Catholic Church, E173
Votes: position on missed, H4689 [17JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H34 [25JA], H285 [3FE], H491 [10FE], H862 [24FE], H994 [2MR], H1954 [23MR], H2249 [13AP], H2912 [28AP], H6199 [25JY]
Leave of absence: granted, H1252 [10MR]
Special order: granted, H107 [1FE], H4163 [26MY], H7190 [8AU]
Schedules
Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on Speciality Crops and Natural Resources: Opal Creek Forest Preserve, D569 [18MY]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests: Opal Creek Forest Preserve, D1212 [5OC]
Committee on Natural Resources (House): Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands: Opal Creek Forest Preserve, D923 [2AU]
———Subcommittee on Native American Affairs: Federal recognition of certain Indian groups and land and water claims, D864 [22JY]
Committee on Rules (House): national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Trade: U.S.-China trade relations, D154 [24FE]
Statements
Afghanistan Conflict: Robin Raphel, Dept. of State, E2181
China, Hewlett-Packard and Human Rights, H4146 [26MY]
Tributes
Brooks, Representative, H11555 [29NO]
Gallier, Reed Adelbert, E8
Gordon, Susan, E2329
Mata, David J., E527
McLendon, Murray A., E2334
Navratilova, Martina, E2358