MOLINARI, SUSAN (a Representative from New York)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5970 [14JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4649 [9MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2539, Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act, H13841 [30NO]

Articles and editorials

Gingrich Inquisition, New York (NY) Post, E2431 [20DE]

Is AmeriCorps Worth Keeping?, E1890 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (see H.R. 1788), H5752 [8JN]

Courts: protect elected and appointed judges against discrimination based on age (see H.R. 1571), H4545 [3MY]

Houghton, Representative: election to the Committee on International Relations (House) (see H. Res. 48), H839 [27JA]

Housing: expedite evictions from public housing (see H.R. 1773, 1988, 2340), H5690 [7JN], H6698 [30JN], H8994 [14SE]

———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H4873 [11MY]

Insurance: prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 1920), H6269 [22JN]

Law enforcement officers: death benefits for retired public safety officers (see H.R. 1572), H4545 [3MY]

Medicaid: provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (see H.R. 1334), H3879 [28MR]

Railroads: administration of the Railroad Retirement System and railroad unemployment insurance (see H.R. 2233), H8535 [4AU]

Rutman, Irwin: relief of estate (see H.R. 1577), H4546 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

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

———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H8994 [14SE]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H3733 [23MR]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 4, 6), H162 [9JA], H468 [20JA]

———line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]

———reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 945), H1849 [15FE]

———prohibit accrual of pay and allowances to members confined pending dishonorable dismissal charges (see H.R. 585), H1281 [6FE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H2892 [8MR]

Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H2177 [23FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H161, H175 [9JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 17), H537 [23JA]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H7257 [19JY]

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H15087 [18DE]

———provide child care through public-private partnerships (see H.R. 986), H1907 [16FE]

———treatment of abandoned infants relative to foster care (see H.R. 1044), H3808 [24MR]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies (see H.R. 2128), H7916 [27JY]

Committees of the House: require legislation to transfer certain functions of the GPO (see H. Res. 24), H1612 [10FE]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]

———restrict the authority of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia over certain cases involving child custody and visitation rights (see H.R. 1855), H6656 [29JN]

Crime: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 404), H1968 [21FE]

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

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]

———penalties for taking a firearm from a Federal law enforcement officer (see H.R. 1573), H4545 [3MY]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 2416), H11587 [31OC]

———require release of relevant information on violent sex offenders (see H.R. 2137), H8597 [6SE]

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

Dept. of Defense: reform acquisition procedures (see H.R. 1368), H4031 [30MR]

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H13341 [18NO]

———verification of employee Social Security information (see H.R. 502), H242 [13JA]

Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 656), H4441 [1MY]

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), H8725 [8SE]

———establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H2177 [23FE]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H9363 [20SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1120), H2989 [9MR]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H229 [11JA]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785, 801), H1051 [1FE], H3808 [24MR]

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

———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]

Federal employees: allow furloughed employees to work voluntarily during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 2769), H15633 [22DE]

Federal Power Marketing Administration: privatization (see H.R. 310), H839 [27JA]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H325 [18JA]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 94), H296 [17JA]

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), H3880 [28MR]

Government: improve information dissemination and printing procedures (see H.R. 1024), H2176 [23FE]

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

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H3049 [10MR]

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

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1968), H10147 [17OC]

———require the removal of silicone gel and saline breast implants and conduct chemical and industrial safety research (see H.R. 2796), H14963 [15DE]

Health care programs: combat waste, fraud and abuse (see H.R. 2326), H9452 [21SE]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1554 [9FE]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26, 77), H231 [11JA]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H6831 [11JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H8806 [12SE]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportaion regulations (see H.R. 2539), H10993 [26OC]

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 1915, 2202), H8309 [2AU], H8533 [4AU]

Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H4618 [9MY]

Kosovo: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians (see H.R. 1360), H4030 [30MR]

Law enforcement officers: establish a bill of rights (see H.R. 878), H3879 [28MR]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H179 [9JA]

Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]

Lower East Side Tenement Museum National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 2344), H8994 [14SE]

Medicaid: screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H2651 [3MR]

Medicare: clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H8597 [6SE]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H3975 [29MR]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483), H1968 [21FE]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H8684 [7SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778), H2651 [3MR]

Motor vehicles: delay implementation of enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 46), H2224 [24FE]

National Park Service: reform concessions policies (see H.R. 773), H1050 [1FE]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]

Native Americans: status of Indian children (see H.R. 1448), H7699 [25JY]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H6656 [29JN]

———restore term (see H.R. 359), H3733 [23MR]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]

PLO: enforce compliance with standards of international conduct relative to U.S. foreign aid (see H.R. 1930, 1960), H6736 [10JY], H9364 [20SE]

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

Power resources: privatize certain Federal power generation and transmission assets (see H.R. 1801), H6083 [16JN]

POW/MIA: granting of asylum to certain foreign nationals assisting in the return of living POW/MIA (see H.R. 460), H3156 [14MR]

Public debt: establish a deficit reduction trust fund (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see H.R. 1747), H9671 [28SE]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H2892 [8MR]

———reform (see H.R. 4, 759), H159 [9JA], H2892 [8MR]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: reduce waiting period for benefits (see H.R. 2594), H11938 [8NO]

Recycling: improve the collection and dissemination of information that will promote the recycling of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 1153), H3808 [24MR]

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

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

Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668), H13658 [20NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

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

Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (see H.R. 2740), H14238 [7DE]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H243 [13JA]

Surplus Government property: authorize donation of surplus Federal law enforcement canines to their handlers (see H.R. 704), H1611 [10FE]

Taxation: capital gains rate on stock of certain domestic corporations (see H.R. 512), H970 [31JA]

———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 199), H1281 [6FE]

———deductibility of certain home office expenses (see H.R. 40), H296 [17JA]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H8537 [4AU]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H4916 [12MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62), H468 [20JA]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H8361 [3AU]

———nonrecognition of gain on sale of a principal residence by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1149), H2811 [7MR]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1148), H2811 [7MR]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H400 [19JA]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 662), H2177 [23FE]

———treatment of businesses with employees working in their home or in telecommuting centers (see H.R. 1316), H4415 [6AP]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H400 [19JA]

———treatment of charitable contributions to private organizations providing assistance to the poor (see H.R. 1768, 2225), H5690 [7JN], H8534 [4AU]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H15574 [21DE]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H4873 [11MY]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708), H802 [26JA]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see H.R. 328), H1461 [8FE]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see H.R. 1893), H11767 [2NO]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H8994 [14SE]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H14964 [15DE]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs (see H.R. 1328), H4619 [9MY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H2177 [23FE]

TVA: transfer property, facilities, and equipment to public and private entities (see H.R. 313), H840 [27JA]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H1752 [14FE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1688 [13FE]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H15136 [19DE]

Water pollution: Federal facilities pollution control (see H.R. 364), H3733 [23MR]

Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (see H.R. 941), H7801 [26JY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H6003 [15JN]

———use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1730 [14FE]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13818, H13831, H13832, H13840 [30NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (S. 21), H8107 [1AU]

———require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (H.R. 2606), consideration (H. Res. 273), H13219 [17NO]

———U.S. military enforcement of peace agreement between Serbian, Croatian, and Muslim forces (H. Res. 302), H14851 [13DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1467 [9FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, E2431 [20DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10784 [25OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13157 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5124 [17MY], H5290 [18MY]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (H.R. 1670), H8861 [13SE]

Courts: liability of drugs or medical devices approved by the FDA, H2943 [9MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), H2943 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5970 [14JN], H6003 [15JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), conference report, H14956 [15DE]

———reuse of realigned military installations relative to homeless assistance, H5970 [14JN], H14956 [15DE]

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8261 [2AU]

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), conference report, H14104 [6DE]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2076), veto, H15242 [20DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8211, H8261 [2AU]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H5000 [16MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6758 [11JY]

Golden, Martin: Bay Ridge Community Council Civic Award recipient, E1176 [8JN]

Houghton, Representative: election to the Committee on International Relations (House) (H. Res. 48), H833 [27JA]

House of Representatives: legislative tactics, H307 [18JA]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12254, H12299 [14NO]

———eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), conference report, H15603 [22DE]

———eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), corrections in enrollment of conference report (S. Con. Res. 37), H15603 [22DE]

Journal: question of approval, H10116 [17OC]

Kosovo: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians, H6758 [11JY]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1634 [13FE], H1730 [14FE]

Medicaid: provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (H.R. 1334), E722 [29MR]

National Highway System: designate (H.R. 2274), H9296, H9297, H9298, H9302 [20SE]

New York: extend the deadline for repayment to the Highway Trust Fund, H9298 [20SE]

New York, NY: funding for redevelopment of Pennsylvania Station, H13840 [30NO]

———Gowanus Expressway rehabilitation project, H9296 [20SE]

———toll collection on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, H7534 [24JY], H9297 [20SE]

Public welfare programs: funding for nutrition programs, H3425 [22MR]

Railroads: increase labor protections afforded to employees of small and midsize railroads during acquisitions or mergers, H12299 [14NO]

———limitation on noneconomic damages that a railroad accident victim may recover, H13831, H13832 [30NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H307 [18JA]

Roads and highways: treatment of Federal highway funds relative to drunken driving by minors, H9302 [20SE]

Teta, Marianne: Bay Ridge Community Council Civic Award recipients, E1176 [8JN]

Violence Against Women Act: funding, H15242 [20DE]

———funding for programs, H8211 [2AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H15086 [18DE]

Schedules

Committee on Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials: solid waste disposal and transportation, D405 [23MR]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): Subcommittee on the District of Columbia: authority of the Superior Court over certain cases involving child custody and visitation rights, D994 [4AU]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): domestic violence relative to health insurance, D945 [28JY]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense appropriations, D696 [7JN]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims: immigration issues, D661 [24MY]

Tributes

Belkov, M. Ann, E2087 [1NO]

Guarinello, William, E2084 [1NO]