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
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations (H.J. Res. 102), H8687, H8688 [8SE]
Florin, CA: anniversary of Japanese-American Citizens League chapter, E2007
Medicare: reform (H.R. 2425), H10458 [19OC], E1995
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
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
———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
Breding, Vincent R., E752 [31MR]
Dreyfuss, Albert M., E1187
Meehan, William, E564
Mineta, Representative, H9572 [27SE]
Perez, Louise, E2120
Shanks, Anthony W., E752