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
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
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6244-H6246 [26JY]
Employment: promote performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs (H.R. 5204), E2137
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
Health care professionals: consumer access to information contained in the National Practitioner Data Bank (H.R. 4274), E757
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 349), E565
NIH: establish a center for rare disease research (H.R. 5173), E2055
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
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (H.R. 1520), H10576 [3OC], E2274
Public housing: referendum among residents on banning or restricting gun ownership (H.R. 4062), E457
Securities: unlisted trading privileges for corporate securities (H.R. 4535), H6508, H6509 [1AU]
Small business: improve export assistance (H.R. 5203), E2137
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
———treatment of nonrecognition of gain on the sale of small businesses where the proceeds are reinvested in small business stock (H.R. 5201), E2137
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]