TOWNS, EDOLPHUS (a Representative from New York)

Amendments offered by, to

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H406 [19JA], H436 [20JA]

Government regulations: moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2178 [23FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H12157 [13NO]

———S. 1, Unfunded Mandate Reform Act, H1012 [1FE]

Articles and editorials

Holmes v. Atlanta, Ken Liebeskind, E2155 [9NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 382), H174 [9JA]

CPSC: ban realistic toy handguns (see H.R. 1622), H4873 [11MY]

Crime: prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1850), H5983 [14JN]

Elections: provide for election day registration for Federal elections (see H.R. 1782), H5691 [7JN]

Health: establish community-based managed care programs in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 381), H174 [9JA]

Medicare: reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1750), H5622 [6JN]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1751), H5622 [6JN]

Patents: quotation monitoring unit (see H.R. 901), H1611 [10FE]

Real estate: protect home ownership and equity through disclosure of risks associated with certain mortgages (see H.R. 380), H174 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 2143), H8063 [31JY]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H7067 [17JY]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H14003 [5DE]

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

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H3808 [24MR]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8174 [1AU]

Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare: establish (see H.R. 1739), H5905 [13JN]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H4619 [9MY]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H2651 [3MR]

Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 2704), H15136 [19DE]

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]

Coins: 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), H6082 [16JN]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H593 [24JA]

Courts: prevent jury tampering (see H.R. 1145), H2892 [8MR]

———prevent witness retaliation (see H.R. 1143), H6736 [10JY]

———prevent witness tampering (see H.R. 1144), H6736 [10JY]

Credit: define payment postmark date as payment date for purposes of grace periods (see H.R. 1963), H6655 [29JN]

Crime: include peonage and slavery offenses as RICO predicates (see H.R. 305), H593 [24JA]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H5623 [6JN]

Cuba: grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 2311), H13341 [18NO]

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), H2892 [8MR]

———prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1140), H12190 [13NO]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H4414 [6AP]

Ecology and environment: funding to States to implement national estuary conservation and management plans (see H.R. 1438, 1917), H4414 [6AP], H6269 [22JN]

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), H8360 [3AU]

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 83), H7011 [13JY]

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

Firearms: prohibit possession near school zones on the basis of interstate commerce control (see H.R. 1608), H5753 [8JN]

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

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]

Foreign trade: expand authority for the export of drugs or medical devices (see H.R. 1300), H3572 [22MR]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14765 [13DE]

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

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

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H2175 [23FE]

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), H177 [9JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H2063 [22FE]

———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H2306 [27FE]

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

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 2691), H15633 [22DE]

Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1521), H5983 [14JN]

Health care programs: combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2326), H8903 [13SE]

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

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 264), H12127 [10NO]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H5471 [23MY]

Immigration: treatment of certain aliens entering the U.S. without inspection (see H.R. 2716), H15633 [22DE]

India: self-determination for the independence of the Sikh nation homeland, Punjab, Khalistan (see H. Con. Res. 32), H3327 [16MR]

———suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1425), H4413 [6AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H6830 [11JY]

Iran: economic sanctions (see H.R. 1033), H2393 [28FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H2393 [28FE]

Long Island Sound: improve water quality (see H.R. 2279), H8684 [7SE]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2344), H9592 [27SE]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 1175), H6656 [29JN]

Medicaid: require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (see H.R. 2420), H11587 [31OC]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H5905 [13JN]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7916 [27JY]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H5690 [7JN]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H7916 [27JY]

———mental health and substance abuse treatment services (see H.R. 1456), H4512 [2MY]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H5757 [9JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: payment integrity (see H.R. 2280), H10485 [19OC]

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

Miller, Doris: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1677), H5366 [18MY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H5471 [23MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H10848 [25OC]

———regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H7067 [17JY]

NAFTA: effect on Caribbean Basin Initiative (see H.R. 553), H1372 [7FE]

National Association of Radio Talk Show Hosts: honoring of G. Gordon Liddy relative to characterization of Federal law enforcement officials (see H. Res. 153), H5692 [7JN]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H3808 [24MR]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 1175), H6656 [29JN]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H12128 [10NO]

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

Native Americans: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Michigan (see H.R. 377), H1611 [10FE]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H14173 [6DE]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H15238 [20DE]

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H8994 [14SE]

Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 885), H9363 [20SE]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 852), H4916 [12MY]

Public utilities: deregulation of the electric power industry (see H.R. 2562), H11586 [31OC]

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

Recycling: phase out the use of mercury in batteries and remove Federal barriers to the recycling of rechargeable batteries (see H.R. 2024), H7550 [24JY]

Refuse disposal: solid and hazardous waste incinerator requirements (see H.R. 2211), H8534 [4AU]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 2443), H9738 [29SE]

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

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal laws (see H.R. 681), H691 [25JA]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields: establish (see H.R. 763), H3049 [10MR]

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

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

Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H2651 [3MR]

Taxation: allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 1493), H5905 [13JN]

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

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8725 [8SE]

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H4335 [5AP]

———provide assistance to first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 726), H1611 [10FE]

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

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H1908 [16FE]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H6698 [30JN]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (see H.R. 1555), H4545 [3MY]

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

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H5071 [16MY]

Urban areas: provide grants to nonprofit organizations to develop open spaces (see H.R. 936), H1751 [14FE]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H4431 [7AP]

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

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

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H6656 [29JN]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H5691 [7JN]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H12350 [14NO]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1400), H13274 [17NO]

———enforcement and compliance with regulations (see H.R. 1262), H3326 [16MR]

———Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 363), H970 [31JA]

Yellowstone Headwaters National Recreation Area: establish within the Gallatin and Custer National Forests (see H.R. 1846), H7801 [26JY]

Remarks by, on

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H11218 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13194 [17NO]

Civil rights: anniversary of case that desegregated public golf courses, E2155 [9NO]

Costa Rica: installation of cellular telephone system, E1354 [28JN]

CPSC: ban realistic toy handguns (H.R. 1622), E1017 [11MY]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish the Economic Development Administration, H7747 [26JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7534 [24JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), H7747 [26JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), E1675 [5AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7835 [27JY]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H2378 [28FE]

Drugs: treatment of sentences relative to powdered cocaine (H.R. 2598), E2134 [8NO]

Ecology and environment: standards for environmental cleanup activities, H2367 [28FE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H366 [19JA], H436, H437 [20JA], H574, H575 [24JA], H999 [1FE]

———reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (S. 1), conference report, H3304, H3310 [16MR]

———regulations that significantly impact the health or safety of residents of other States or locales, H436, H437 [20JA]

———treatment of children's health relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H574, H575 [24JA]

Government: reform disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the Federal Government (H.R. 2564), H13109 [16NO]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2367 [28FE]

Housing: funding for low-income housing, H7835 [27JY]

Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, H13109 [16NO]

Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10352 [19OC]

New York, NY: toll collection on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, H7534 [24JY]

Public utilities: deregulation of the electric power industry (H.R. 2562), E2047 [26OC]

Russell, Edna, E543 [7MR]

Telecommunications: promote competition and reduce regulation (H.R. 1555), H8489 [4AU]

Television: establish violent program ratings system, require new televisions to allow blocking of certain programming, and limit exposure of children to violent programming, H8489 [4AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H15086 [18DE]

Special order: granted, H2391 [28FE], H2485 [1MR], H2582 [2MR], H6654 [29JN], H7255 [19JY], H7698 [25JY], H7799 [26JY], H10483 [19OC]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Communications Act, D956 [31JY]

Tributes

Arroyo, Manuel N.O., E910 [2MY]

Bampfield, Ella, E1298 [20JN]

Bramwell, Richard C., E2083 [1NO]

Cave, Natalie H. Jacobs, E2102 [2NO]

Coleman-Lewis, Bernice, E2148 [9NO]

Dingell, Representative, H15198 [19DE]

Gandy, Gwyn, E2090 [1NO]

Gonzalez, Maria E., E527 [6MR]

Greene, Viola D., E2100 [2NO]

Hansley, Avellar, E526 [6MR]

Henry, Val A., E904 [2MY]

Jardine, Denis, E1402 [10JY]

Kostie-Lieberman, Andrea, E527 [6MR]

Lawson, Ann, E542 [7MR]

Lilly, Levander, E2247 [28NO]

Maldonado, Vidal R., E908 [2MY]

Mandell, Elinore, E540 [7MR]

Marzieh, E1974 [18OC]

Meany, Rita M., E2322 [8DE]

Monteiro, Thomas, E1420 [12JY], E1969 [18OC]

Moore, Teresa A., E536 [7MR]

Mosley, Marilyn D., E901 [2MY]

Olmeda, Michael, E2104 [2NO]

Pacheco, Carmen A., E2084 [1NO]

Pelman, Simon, E2109 [2NO]

Pinto, Susan, E540 [7MR]

Ratcliff, Wesley D., E1401 [10JY]

Rizvi, Saleem S., E1401 [10JY]

Rosario, Stella P., E2105, E2106 [2NO]

Rubenstein, Sanford, E1308 [22JN], E1887 [29SE]

Rubenstein, Sanford A., E1649 [5AU]

Sampson, John, E2089 [1NO]

Small, Marietta, E536 [7MR]

Smith, Leroy F., E911 [2MY]

Stovall, Sylvia, E541 [7MR]

Suarez, Arlene, E537 [7MR]

Talmage, John B., Jr., E2098 [2NO]

Turner, V. Simpson, E1875 [28SE]

Twitty, Beverly, E538 [7MR]

Ward, Richard O., E899 [2MY]

Weston, Ruby, E543 [7MR]

Williams, Betty J., E527 [6MR]

Williams, Casey H., E184 [26JA]

Williams, Enoch H., E1306 [22JN]

Williams, Venola, E524 [6MR]

Wooten, Queenie M., E906 [2MY]

Younger, Hazel A., E915 [2MY]

Ziff, Jeffrey, E2086 [1NO]