MATSUI, ROBERT T. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H11422 [30OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Medicare: limit penalty for late enrollment and establish special enrollment for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2729), H14172 [6DE]

Taxation: modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 1918), H6269 [22JN]

———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 1569), H4545 [3MY]

———treatment of governmental plans under the rules governing retirement plans (see H.R. 1504), H4431 [7AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see H.R. 1952), H6481 [28JN]

Agriculture: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 263), H6481 [28JN]

———kiwifruit research and marketing (see H.R. 1486), H4430 [7AP]

———poultry labeling regulations (see H.R. 2672), H13658 [20NO]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H1967 [21FE]

Angeles National Forest: prohibit transfer of lands for use as a solid waste landfill (see H.R. 924), H1689 [13FE]

Animals: encourage Federal agencies utilizing rabbit eye irritancy tests to validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures (see H. Con. Res. 7), H8684 [7SE]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H7067 [17JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 118, 120), H12506 [15NO]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4512 [2MY]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8536 [4AU]

California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center: continuation of operations (see H.R. 1781), H5691 [7JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 1230), H3156 [14MR]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (see H.R. 2053), H7179 [18JY]

Citizenship: demonstration projects to celebrate process of becoming and being U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1980), H6913 [12JY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]

Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H592 [24JA]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H9132 [18SE]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H5609 [25MY]

———mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6270 [22JN]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8597 [6SE]

Computers: encourage and protect private sector initiatives that improve user control over information services (see H.R. 1978), H7699 [25JY]

———permit lawful possessors of a copy of a computer program to authorize additional copies under certain circumstances (see H.R. 533), H7990 [28JY]

Courts: equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 96), H166 [9JA]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H6083 [16JN]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H4958 [15MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H13870 [30NO]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (see H.J. Res. 101), H7011 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: provide for continued retirement and leave benefits for certain former employees (see H.R. 2222), H8534 [4AU]

Dept. of State: publication of names of U.S. citizens who renounce their citizenship (see H.R. 1378), H4415 [6AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H6481 [28JN]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H6045 [15JN]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H8904 [13SE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H8537 [4AU]

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: designate (see H.R. 1253), H4336 [5AP]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see H.R. 1715), H7068 [17JY]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 801), H2989 [9MR]

———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]

FDA: increase the voting consumer representation of the Blood Products Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1021), H10994 [26OC]

Federal employees: treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations relative to defense base closures (see H.R. 2375), H9898 [11OC]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H3417 [21MR]

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: earthquake insurance requirements (see H.R. 2309), H15238 [20DE]

Firearms: regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H325 [18JA]

Foreign trade: develop criteria for market access in foreign countries (see H.R. 1560), H4545 [3MY]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14238 [7DE]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 80; H. Res. 174), H7179 [18JY], H8806 [12SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2071), H11587 [31OC]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950, 1955), H6655 [29JN], H12085 [9NO]

Housing: homeownership opportunities and extension of the rural rental housing program (see H.R. 1691), H7801 [26JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H6083 [16JN]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H8904 [13SE]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H10726 [24OC]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H15639 [27DE]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1610), H5623 [6JN]

Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 102), H12506 [15NO]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see H.R. 2337), H8994 [14SE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H11830 [7NO]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H9245 [19SE]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H14311 [12DE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H14311 [12DE]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H10726 [24OC]

———reduce part A enrollment premium for individuals 80 years of age or older (see H.R. 2805), H15087 [18DE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 958), H11587 [31OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

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. 772), H5367 [18MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H4619 [9MY]

Mississippi: transfer lands for Jamie L. Whitten Wilderness Area (see H.R. 2552), H10994 [26OC]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13731 [28NO]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H6656 [29JN]

Public welfare programs: prohibit transfer of legal custody of children for the sole purpose of obtaining public service benefits (see H.R. 446), H179 [9JA]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2310), H13341 [18NO]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H6083 [16JN]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580), H6200 [21JN]

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H5905 [13JN]

States: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H6158 [20JN]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H5905 [13JN]

———credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1566), H4545 [3MY]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H4795 [10MY]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H7699 [25JY]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (see H.R. 747), H890 [30JA]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1061), H2306 [27FE]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2193), H9592 [27SE]

———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H7012 [13JY]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H5609 [25MY]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (see H.R. 831), H1281 [6FE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H1156 [2FE]

———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (see H.R. 2356), H9245 [19SE]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 757), H3733 [23MR]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]

———repeal special limitations on tax-exempt bond issues (see H.R. 677), H6735 [10JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1985), H6698 [30JN]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 1690), H11587 [31OC]

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5692 [7JN]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (see H.R. 957), H1849 [15FE]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H6083 [16JN]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2333), H8994 [14SE]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099), H4105 [3AP]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8597 [6SE]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H592 [24JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see H.R. 1535), H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (H.R. 1535), consideration (see H. Res. 160), H5608 [25MY]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 2121), H7801 [26JY]

———treatment of small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1515), H5905 [13JN]

Transportation: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H6699 [30JN]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H3572 [22MR]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H9784 [10OC]

U.N. World Conference on Women: support U.S. commitments (see H. Con. Res. 119), H14764 [13DE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H8537 [4AU]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H4619 [9MY]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H4546 [3MY]

Water pollution: standards for constructed water conveyances (see H.R. 2567), H11686 [1NO]

Remarks by, on

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10787 [25OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13164 [17NO]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (H.R. 2058), H7276 [20JY]

Consumnes River College: anniversary, E562 [9MR]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8687, H8688 [8SE]

Florin, CA: anniversary of Japanese-American Citizens League chapter, E2007 [24OC]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10458 [19OC], E1995 [20OC]

Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, H10787 [25OC]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3357 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15511 [21DE]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, E1851 [28SE]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H3846, H3848, H3849 [28MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H3998, H4002 [30MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 121), H3988, H3990 [30MR]

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (H.R. 1918), E1318 [22JN]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4214 [5AP]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, D441 [29MR]

———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Tributes

Blose, Todd E., E990 [10MY]

Breding, Vincent R., E752 [31MR]

Dreyfuss, Albert M., E1187 [8JN]

Meehan, William, E564 [9MR], E589 [14MR]

Mineta, Representative, H9572 [27SE]

Perez, Louise, E2120 [7NO]

Shanks, Anthony W., E752 [31MR]