McKINNEY, CYNTHIA A. (a Representative from Georgia)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5376 [22MY], H5502 [24MY]

Articles and editorials

Congressional Perks, Atlanta (GA) Journal-Constitution, H1142 [2FE]

Drowning in a Sea of Misinformation, Laughlin McDonald, H9588 [27SE]

Exploding Redistricting Myths, Laughlin McDonald, H9589 [27SE]

It's Time the U.S. Stopped ``Boomerang'' Arms Sales—An Amendment to Foreign Aid Bill Would Ban Weapons for Dictators, by and Caleb Rossiter, Christian Science Monitor, H5516 [24MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Elections: provide for multimember congressional districts by limited, cumulative, or preference voting systems (see H.R. 2545), H10993 [26OC]

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 Voter Registration Act: affirmation (see H. Con. Res. 96), H8536 [4AU]

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: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2189), H8360 [3AU]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H14927 [14DE]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H9363 [20SE]

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H10484 [19OC]

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

Barnard, Doug, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration of 1996 Atlanta Olympic games (see H.R. 2336), H8994 [14SE]

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

Children and youth: establish comprehensive early childhood education and staff development programs (see H.R. 968), H1850 [15FE]

———health research (see H.R. 1735), H6736 [10JY]

China, People's Republic of: encourage liberty (see H.R. 1147), H3879 [28MR]

———most-favored-nation status (see H.J. Res. 96), H6699 [30JN]

———prohibit entry of items produced, grown, or manufactured with forced labor (see H.R. 139), H1157 [2FE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H4431 [7AP]

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

Coins: redesign $1 coin to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. (see H.R. 616), H4415 [6AP]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 1872), H8806 [12SE]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H2224 [24FE]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H4335 [5AP]

Courts: allow suits against foreign countries for damages caused by torture, extrajudicial killing, and other terrorist acts (see H.R. 1877), H6082 [16JN]

Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H1556 [9FE]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H10520 [20OC]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1700), H5571 [24MY]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 367), H400 [19JA]

Cyprus: dispute resolution (see H. Con. Res. 42), H7068 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Physical Therapy Advisory Council (see H.R. 1746), H13274 [17NO]

Dept. of HUD: grants for economic development loan assistance in certain Federal enterprise communities (see H.R. 494), H3049 [10MR]

———improve the Housing Counseling Program (see H.R. 493), H2584 [2MR]

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

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1050), H2224 [24FE]

———promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2178), H10994 [26OC]

Employment: job creation programs (see H.R. 805), H3276 [15MR]

———require employers to notify workers before health care or retirement benefits are terminated (see H.R. 1305), H13804 [29NO]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785, 801), H1157 [2FE], H2989 [9MR]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates and encouragement of parental responsibility (see H.R. 1115), H2584 [2MR]

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

Farm credit banks: reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens (see H.R. 2029), H8994 [14SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H8725 [8SE]

Firearms: prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H7699 [25JY]

Flag—U.S.: express respect and affection (see H. Con. Res. 76), H6270 [22JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 942), H2651 [3MR]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreement (see H.R. 2714), H14002 [5DE]

Fort Ord, CA: convey certain real property to the city of Seaside, CA (see H.R. 731), H3975 [29MR]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons (see H. Res. 174), H6913 [12JY]

FRS: defer additional increases in interest rates (see H. Res. 54), H969 [31JA]

———impact of interest rates on the housing industry (see H. Res. 98), H4336 [5AP]

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]

Government: ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2671), H13804 [29NO]

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

Harry S Truman (U.S.S.): designate the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier known as CVN-76 (see H.R. 445), H1052 [1FE]

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H4958 [15MY]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisers (see H.R. 2245), H14963 [15DE]

———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. 2071), H9592 [27SE]

———prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome (see H.R. 1649), H7801 [26JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1950, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), H7179 [18JY], H7461 [21JY], H7801 [26JY]

Health care facilities: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (see H.R. 2411), H10147 [17OC]

Health care professionals: determine necessary medical coverage and require insurers to notify enrollees (see H.R. 2608), H12084 [9NO]

———training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1521), H8684 [7SE]

House of Representatives: ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H8684 [7SE]

House Rules: ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H1208 [3FE]

———disclosure of source of amendments, measures, and committee reports (see H. Res. 132), H6699 [30JN]

———require that committee reports on legislation contain analysis of impact on children (see H. Res. 184), H6735 [10JY]

———treat copyright royalties as honoraria (see H. Res. 20), H970 [31JA]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1752 [14FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1986), H7917 [27JY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H7068 [17JY]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1201, 2654), H9784 [10OC], H14003 [5DE]

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 244), H1689 [13FE]

Iran: human rights violations of Bahais (see H. Con. Res. 102), H10307 [18OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H3417 [21MR]

Medicaid: require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (see H.R. 2420), H12128 [10NO]

Medicare: bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2185), H8360 [3AU]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7550 [24JY]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H7550 [24JY]

———reform (see H.R. 2422), H9670 [28SE]

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

Members of Congress: stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2281, 2658), H8994 [14SE], H13658 [20NO]

———treatment of financial assets and strengthening of financial disclosure requirements (see H.R. 1356), H3974 [29MR]

Mexico: economic assistance relative to instability of economy and currency (see H. Con. Res. 18), H2393 [28FE]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 619, 764, 940), H4336 [5AP], H8063 [31JY], H11939 [8NO]

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

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Res. 285), H14927 [14DE]

NAFTA: effect on Caribbean Basin Initiative (see H.R. 553), H3733 [23MR]

———withdrawal (see H.R. 2651), H13142 [16NO]

NASA: selection of abandoned and underutilized facilities relative to agency needs (see H.R. 388), H2224 [24FE]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H9505 [25SE]

Nigeria: efforts towards democracy (see H. Con. Res. 40), H4795 [10MY]

———impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H13869 [30NO]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H8537 [4AU]

———funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H8537 [4AU]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H8174 [1AU]

Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 163), H5691 [7JN]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 324), H1908 [16FE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]

———support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H8684 [7SE]

Radioactive substances: provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H10077 [13OC]

Research: increase supply of minority scientists and help the public and private sectors in research and development needs (see H.R. 1459), H6481 [28JN]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]

SBA: increase the guarantee fee on general business loans (see H.R. 1258), H3975 [29MR]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 2627), H13930 [4DE]

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H3808 [24MR]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H7801 [26JY]

———permit coverage of outpatient physical therapy services under medicare and medicaid without a physician's referral (see H.R. 1746), H13274 [17NO]

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H2224 [24FE]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 2571), H12350 [14NO]

Tariff: French beaujolais wine (see H.R. 2529), H12190 [13NO]

Taxation: allow income tax credit to individuals active in neighborhood crime watch organizations (see H.R. 2132), H8537 [4AU]

———benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 1278), H4512 [2MY]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H10484 [19OC]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H13870 [30NO]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H1751 [14FE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H1052 [1FE]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390, 2450), H468 [20JA], H13930 [4DE]

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

———treatment of corporations (see H.R. 1629), H6656 [29JN]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see H.R. 1535), H5367 [18MY]

———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 student loan interest (see H.R. 1229), H5753 [8JN]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 2461), H9897 [11OC]

Tobacco products: require the reduction and eventual elimination of nicotine in tobacco products (see H.R. 1853), H7179 [18JY]

———require the reduction and eventual elimination of nicotine in tobacco products, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1853), H8537 [4AU]

Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (see H.R. 1129), H2651 [3MR]

Turkey: invasion of Northern Iraq (see H. Res. 124), H4620 [9MY]

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H11830 [7NO]

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

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

Urban areas: economic redevelopment (see H.R. 1381), H6736 [10JY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H6270 [22JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H9738 [29SE]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H4334 [5AP]

———Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H1689 [13FE]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see H.R. 1331), H3878 [28MR]

Weapons: deployment policy for ballistic missile systems (see H.R. 983), H5609 [25MY]

———eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H7068 [17JY]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1736), H5608 [25MY]

———prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H7179 [18JY]

Women's Rights National Historical Park: improve and expand (see H.R. 970), H1850 [15FE]

World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H1849 [15FE]

Letters

Military assistance relative to conduct of foreign countries: Bronwyn Brady and Susannah Dyer, British American Security Information Council, H5519 [24MY]

———by, H5516, H5519 [24MY]

———Caleb Rossiter, Project on Demilitarization and Democracy, H5518 [24MY]

———Center for Defense Information, H5519 [24MY]

———Drew Christiansen, Dept. of Social Development and World Peace, H5517 [24MY]

———James O'Dea, Amnesty International, H5517 [24MY]

———Jerry Genesio, Veterans for Peace (organization), H5518 [24MY]

———Joe Volk, Friends Committee on National Legislation, H5519 [24MY]

———Representative Berman, Committee on International Relations (House), H5517 [24MY]

———Representative Donald M. Payne, H5518 [24MY]

———Representative Engel, H5517 [24MY]

———Robert Z. Alpern, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, H5520 [24MY]

———several organizations, H5518 [24MY]

Poems

``If We Must Die,'' Claude McKay, H12076 [9NO]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H6005 [15JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8112 [1AU]

———peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces, H13796 [29NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H716 [26JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H14181 [7DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13039 [16NO], H13168 [17NO], H13359 [20NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5292 [18MY]

Butler, GA: political discrimination in town council elections, H1379 [8FE]

Congress: ethical responsibilities of Members, H3162 [15MR]

Congressional districts: apportionment, H8946, H8947, H8948, H8949, H8950 [14SE], H12072-H12076 [9NO], H13796, H13797, H13798, H13799, H13800, H13801, H13802 [29NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H6005 [15JN]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5400 [23MY], H5504, H5526 [24MY]

Education: Earning By Learning Program financial structure, H7184 [19JY]

———student loan programs, H5547 [24MY]

———student loan reform, H3887 [29MR]

Elections: provide for multimember congressional districts by limited, cumulative, or preference voting systems (H.R. 2545), H13802 [29NO]

———race-based voting districts, H8800-H8804 [12SE]

Foreign aid: military assistance relative to conduct of foreign countries, H5504, H5526 [24MY]

Georgia: reapportionment of congressional districts, H9415-H9418 [21SE], H9585-H9589 [27SE], E1875 [28SE]

Gingrich, Representative: appoint independent counsel relative to GOPAC and book contract, H550 [24JA], H2073 [23FE]

———evaluation of leadership, H3422 [22MR]

———use of first class on airline flights, H1142 [2FE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H12356 [15NO], H15557 [21DE]

House of Representatives: discourage the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks, H699 [26JA]

———fairness in voting procedures, H6209 [22JN]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H39 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H39, H68 [4JA]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue, H68 [4JA]

Jeffrey, Christina F.: firing of House Historian, H185 [11JA]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (H.R. 1), H99 [4JA]

Minimum wage: level, H1298 [7FE]

Murdoch, Rupert: targeted business tax benefits, H4119, H4150 [4AP]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1746 [14FE], H1788, H1829 [15FE]

———revitalize (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 83), H1774 [15FE]

Nuclear weapons: inclusion of space based interceptors in national missile defense system, H1829 [15FE]

O'Leary, Sec. of Energy: investigation of funds used to analyze media coverage of Dept. of Energy, H12328 [14NO]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3741 [24MR]

Republican Party: mailing of ``wanted'' poster with fundraising letter, H7156 [18JY]

———national agenda, H1746 [14FE], H1978 [22FE], H11978 [9NO], H13736 [29NO]

Supreme Court: decision on congressional district apportionment, H6651, H6652, H6653, H6654 [29JN]

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), return enrolled bill (H. Con. Res. 55), H4119, H4150 [4AP]

———rates, H14375 [13DE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4150 [4AP], H4226 [5AP]

Trails: designate the voting rights march route from Selma, AL, to Montgomery, AL, as a National Historic Trail (H.R. 1129), E510 [3MR]

Votes: position on missed, H5735 [8JN], H10284 [18OC]

Voting: implement national voter registration, H5565, H5566 [24MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2810 [7MR], H6828 [11JY], H7989 [28JY], H8682 [7SE], H8804 [12SE]

Special order: granted, H690 [25JA], H1750 [14FE], H2582 [2MR], H7178 [18JY], H9669 [28SE], H11440 [30OC], H11585 [31OC], H11766 [2NO], H12083 [9NO], H12348 [14NO], H13868 [30NO]

Reports

U.S. Weapons at War—U.S. Arms Deliveries to Regions of Conflict: William D. Hartung, World Policy Institute, H5504-H5516 [24MY]

Tributes

Rabin, Yitzhak, H12072 [9NO]

Schroeder, Representative, H13796 [29NO], H13812 [30NO]