KENNEDY, JOSEPH P., II (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7257 [19JY], H7429 [21JY]

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3049 [10MR], H3084 [13MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8175 [1AU]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6832 [11JY], H6914 [12JY], H7050 [17JY], H7125 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8176 [1AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7700, H7701 [25JY], H7802 [26JY], H7860, H7886 [27JY]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1612 [10FE]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9785 [10OC], H9950 [12OC]

Securities: reform Federal litigation procedures (H.R. 1058), H2652 [3MR], H2717 [6MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1530, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H9403 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Firearms: regulate handgun ammunition (see H.R. 1403), H4335 [5AP]

Hazardous substances: indoor air quality improvement program (see H.R. 933), H1751 [14FE]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2409), H9591 [27SE]

———ceiling (H.R. 2409), consideration (see H. Res. 292), H14172 [6DE]

Small business: install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (see H.R. 2675), H13658 [20NO]

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

Transportation: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H4511 [2MY]

U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H13142 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H5471 [23MY]

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

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

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H4874 [11MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: investigation of war crimes (see H. Res. 282), H15136 [19DE]

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: establish (see H.R. 2763), H14310 [12DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28), H175 [9JA]

Business and industry: regulation of invention development services (see H.R. 2419), H10307 [18OC]

Chavez, Cesar E.: designate birthday as Federal holiday (see H.J. Res. 84), H4031 [30MR]

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

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H6200 [21JN]

Courts: enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (see H.R. 1029), H2176 [23FE]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 561), H325 [18JA]

Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H172 [9JA]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H4620 [9MY]

———implement efforts to eliminate restrictions on the enclaved people of Cyprus (see H.R. 2223), H10485 [19OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]

———organization and administration of the Readjustment Counseling Service (see H.R. 1429), H4413 [6AP]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H9591 [27SE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H7257 [19JY]

Expo `98: U.S. participation in Lisbon, Portugal (see H. Con. Res. 91), H8309 [2AU]

Families and domestic relations: provide equal leave benefits for parents who adopt a child or provide foster care (see H.R. 2237), H8598 [6SE]

Financial institutions: provide consumer protections (see H. Res. 110), H2989 [9MR]

———reform regulatory process and paperwork requirements (see H.R. 2158), H8174 [1AU]

Firearms: permanent ban on possession of firearms by persons convicted of certain felonies (see H.R. 2101), H11686 [1NO]

———regulate sale, import, and manufacture of polymer plastic ammunition (see H.R. 221), H1908 [16FE]

Food: meat and poultry inspection programs (see H.R. 1423), H8063 [31JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H1752 [14FE]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H15136 [19DE]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 174), H6831 [11JY]

Fuhrman, Mark: investigation relative to perjury and possible criminal wrong doing committed by the former Los Angeles police detective (see H. Res. 243), H10726 [24OC]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]

Guam: establish commonwealth (see H.R. 1056), H2224 [24FE]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H5753 [8JN]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2690), H15633 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H2989 [9MR]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see H.R. 1649), H5071 [16MY]

Homeless: protection of voting rights (see H.R. 55), H164 [9JA]

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H4177 [4AP]

Investments: reform conduct of private securities litigation (see H.R. 555), H325 [18JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H3880 [28MR]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

Medicare: screening mammography (see H.R. 958), H12350 [14NO]

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), H1050 [1FE]

National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts: honoring of G. Gordon Liddy relative to characterization of Federal law enforcement officials (see H. Res. 153), H6159 [20JN]

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H10047 [12OC]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 1175), H5691 [7JN]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H14311 [12DE]

Northern Ireland: adherence with the MacBride Principles by U.S. persons doing business (see H.R. 470), H4619 [9MY]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H173 [9JA]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H3155 [14MR]

Senior citizens: affirm the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1612 [10FE]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2435), H9737 [29SE]

Social Security: reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H10485 [19OC]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H14239 [7DE]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H5753 [8JN]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H1907 [16FE]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H4795 [10MY]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]

———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]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming (see H.R. 2030), H7461 [21JY]

Trucking industry: regulation of nonconsensual tow truck operations (see H.R. 866), H6830 [11JY]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H6913 [12JY]

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), H4620 [9MY]

Veterans: ensure payment of benefits regardless of Government financial status (see H.R. 2813), H15237 [20DE]

———extend eligibility period for inpatient or outpatient care to those exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or environmental hazards (see H.R. 1329), H3878 [28MR]

White House Conference on Trade and Investment in Ireland: endorse Irish-American agenda (see H. Con. Res. 43), H3733 [23MR]

Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H5983 [14JN]

Motions offered by

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3499 [22MR]

Poems

``Two Hundred Years Ago,'' Carrie B.H. Collins, E978 [9MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: market promotion program for sale or export of alcohol or alcoholic beverages, H7429, H7431 [21JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7422, H7429, H7431 [21JY]

Air Force: research, development, test, and evaluation funding, H8621 [7SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H12497 [15NO]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (H. Con. Res. 47), H4502 [2MY]

Association Notre Dame de Cambridge: anniversary, E2116 [7NO]

Azerbaijan: allocation of foreign aid, H6503 [28JN]

Boston (MA) Bay State Banner: anniversary, E2198 [16NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H640 [25JA], H763 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3226 [15MR], H3288, H3299 [16MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3180, H3181 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), H6639 [29JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10861 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), motion to instruct conferees, H11415, H11416 [30OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5274 [18MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 175), H6568 [29JN]

CCC: funding to promote and market corporate products overseas, H7422 [21JY]

Children and youth: foster care and orphanage funding, H3501 [22MR]

———funding for the Healthy Start Program through rescissions in Dept. of HHS, H3288 [16MR]

China, People's Republic of: demand the unconditional release of Wei Jingsheng, H14373 [13DE]

Climate: long-term climate and global change research funding, H9947, H9948 [12OC]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, E1484 [20JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5939, H5940, H5941 [14JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 307), H14944 [15DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), H8621 [7SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2126), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 271), H13047, H13048 [16NO]

Dept. of HUD: reduce management and administration salaries and expenses, H7880 [27JY]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5521 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7041, H7042, H7043, H7050 [17JY], H7125, H7128, H7129 [18JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), conference report, H14810 [13DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 253), H12386 [15NO]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7731 [26JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 289), H14085, H14086 [6DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8326 [3AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2127), consideration (H. Res. 208), H8190, H8191 [2AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7825, H7844, H7854, H7860, H7862, H7865, H7868, H7869, H7873, H7875, H7878, H7880, H7886, H7888, H7889, H7896 [27JY], H7930, H7931 [28JY], H8048 [31JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H13756 [29NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), consideration (H. Res. 201), H7812, H7813, H7814, H7817, H7818 [27JY]

Drugs: transfer FEMA disaster relief funds to anti-drug activities, H7896 [27JY]

Education: vocational rehabilitation services, H9208 [19SE]

Emmanuel College: anniversary, E916 [2MY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1617), H9208 [19SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6804 [11JY], H6842, H6844, H6845 [12JY]

EPA: indoor air pollution research funding, H9950, H9952 [12OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4708 [10MY]

Foreign aid: military assistance relative to conduct of foreign countries, H5521 [24MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6489, H6503 [28JN]

Forest Service: road construction and timber sales funding, H7125, H7128, H7129 [18JY]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid, H6489 [28JN]

Homeless: funding for food and shelter program, H7886 [27JY]

Housing: drug elimination grants for low income housing, H7875 [27JY]

———exemption of the elderly and disabled from public housing rent increases, H7860, H7862, H7865 [27JY]

———funding for low-income housing, H7555 [25JY], H7825 [27JY]

———prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (H.R. 117), H10651, H10657, H10659 [24OC]

———public housing construction and revitalization, H6743 [11JY], H8048 [31JY]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12303 [14NO]

Immigration: facilitate the apprehension, detention, and deportation of criminal aliens (H.R. 668), H1590 [10FE]

Insurance: enforcement of fair pricing and approval practices for housing insurance for minorities, H7886, H7888, H7889 [27JY]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1718 [14FE]

———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1718 [14FE]

Lowell, MA: community efforts to reduce crime rate, H7731 [26JY]

National Fuel Funds Day: observance, E2340 [12DE]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), E1870 [28SE]

National security: national missile defense systems, H5939, H5940, H5941 [14JN]

———revitalize (H.R. 7), H1822, H1823 [15FE]

Nuclear energy: gas turbine nuclear reactor project funding, H6804 [11JY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3597 [23MR], H7433 [21JY], H7890 [27JY]

Petroleum: fossil energy research and development funding, H7041, H7042, H7043 [17JY]

Point of order, H7050 [17JY]

Power resources: Innovative Renewable Energy Technology Transfer Program funding, H6842, H6844, H6845 [12JY]

Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3597, H3598 [23MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3499, H3501 [22MR], H3597, H3598 [23MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3445 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15507 [21DE]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11838 [8NO]

Railroads: increase labor protections afforded to employees of small and midsize railroads during acquisitions or mergers, H12303 [14NO]

Roads and highways: treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, E1870 [28SE]

Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9947, H9948, H9950, H9952 [12OC]

Senior citizens: program funding, H8326 [3AU]

Small business: install devices to improve safety at convenience stores (H.R. 2675), E2225 [20NO]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10861 [26OC]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7854 [27JY]

Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates: anniversary, E2006 [24OC]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (H. Res. 128), H4190 [5AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses, H4190 [5AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 1985), E1383 [30JN]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, H5939, H5941 [14JN], H14944 [15DE]

Veterans: funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3226 [15MR]

Weapons: deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems and advanced theater missile defense systems, H1822, H1823 [15FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H15235 [20DE]

Schedules

Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House): Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit: Community Reinvestment Act, D312 [8MR]

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House): Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families: Older Americans Act, D802 [28JN]

Committee on International Relations (House): Northern Ireland, D357 [15MR]

Committee on Rules (House): Contract With America Tax Relief Act, D440 [29MR]

———Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, D919 [25JY]

Tributes

Anderson, Perry, Jr., E2287 [5DE]

Armstrong, William F., E2283 [5DE]

Feuerstein, Aaron, H15262 [20DE]

Joyce, William P., E373 [16FE]

Vellucci, Al, E1946 [13OC]