McDERMOTT, JIM (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments offered by, to

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), H9377 [21SE]

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), H1933 [21FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Civil Rights Act: applications (see H.R. 658), H592 [24JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H2716 [6MR]

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

L.R. Beattie (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 626), H468 [20JA]

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

Taxation: treatment of conservation expenditures by electric and gas utilities (see H.R. 959), H1849 [15FE]

Tecumseh (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 627), H468 [20JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: killings at abortion clinics in Brookline, MA (see H. Con. Res. 13), H243 [13JA]

Agriculture: humane living conditions for calves raised for the production of veal (see H.R. 263), H6481 [28JN]

———labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 2084, 2085), H7378 [20JY]

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

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H14964 [15DE]

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H969 [31JA]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1000), H2989 [9MR]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H3048 [10MR]

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

Armed Forces: allow liability claims resulting from medical malpractice (see H.R. 2524), H11767 [2NO]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H3327 [16MR]

Award, medals, prizes: establish congressional commemorative medal for organ donors (see H.R. 2551), H13804 [29NO]

Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 599), H4031 [30MR]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo (see H.R. 1172), H4032 [30MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 33), H325 [18JA]

Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2519, 2525), H11830 [7NO]

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

Children and youth: health research (see H.R. 1735), H5608 [25MY]

Civil liberties: protect the right to travel to foreign countries (see H.R. 1702), H7012 [13JY]

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

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H4031 [30MR]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6913 [12JY]

Coins: mint coins recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1753), H6699 [30JN]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 73), H1555 [9FE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 42), H537 [23JA]

Consumer Price Index: calculation (see H. Res. 45), H802 [26JA]

Corporate and Farm Independence Commission: establish (see H.R. 2755), H14253 [11DE]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H2487 [1MR]

Cuba: allow cash remittances to relatives in Cuba (see H.R. 1704), H7012 [13JY]

———allow news bureau exchanges between U.S. and Cuba (see H.R. 1703), H7012 [13JY]

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

Dept. of Defense: outline congressional response to the possibility of reduction or elimination of the commissary and exchange networks (see H. Con. Res. 45), H3417 [21MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish mammography quality standards (see H.R. 882), H2892 [8MR]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H2989 [9MR]

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), H3327 [16MR]

———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4432 [7AP]

———prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis (see H.R. 1140), H5905 [13JN]

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

Drunken driving: strengthen Federal laws to prevent (see H.R. 588), H593 [24JA]

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]

Employees: allow members of employee associations to represent their views before the Government (see H.R. 782), H5374 [22MY]

Employment: age discrimination regulations relative to hiring and retirement plans for State and local law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 849), H1371 [7FE]

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]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H9739 [29SE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 858), H4441 [1MY]

Firearms: ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of ammunition that can penetrate police body armor (see H.R. 444), H890 [30JA]

———gun control (see H. Con. Res. 65), H4618 [9MY]

———prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H890 [30JA]

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

Food: meat and poultry inspection programs (see H.R. 1423), H5367 [18MY]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H14238 [7DE]

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

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H13930 [4DE]

———establish a national program of trained community health advisers (see H.R. 2245), H14003 [5DE]

———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. 1936, 1955), H6396 [27JN], H6655 [29JN]

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

House Rules: treatment of outside earned income (see H. Res. 299), H14310 [12DE]

Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (see H.R. 1016), H2063 [22FE]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H4105 [3AP]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1404), H4335 [5AP]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H6736 [10JY]

India: commitment to religious pluralism and tolerance (see H. Con. Res. 60), H10048 [12OC]

———detention of U.S. citizen Donald Hutchings (see H. Con. Res. 97), H8536 [4AU]

———independence anniversary (see H. Res. 36), H8598 [6SE]

———U.S. policy (see H. Con. Res. 48), H4415 [6AP]

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

———establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H11830 [7NO]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H13731 [28NO]

———prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H4873 [11MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H14238 [7DE]

———provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1610), H4872 [11MY]

Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]

Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA: designate (see H.R. 2322), H8903 [13SE]

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]

Medicaid: improve Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 818), H1207 [3FE]

———osteopathic services (see H.R. 1791), H7461 [21JY]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H1850 [15FE]

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

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H1689 [13FE]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3327 [16MR]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H13870 [30NO]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H3327 [16MR]

———mental health and substance abuse treatment services (see H.R. 1456), H4414 [6AP]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H4431 [7AP]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H5571 [24MY]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778, 958), H1849, H1850 [15FE]

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), H8994 [14SE]

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]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H1751 [14FE]

Mining and mineral resources: locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 357), H4031 [30MR]

Montgomery, AL: anniversary of bus boycott (see H. Res. 285), H13870 [30NO]

Monuments and memorials: recognize opening of Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial (see H. Res. 59), H2892 [8MR]

Motor vehicles: improve traffic safety performance of high risk drivers (see H.R. 1866), H6045 [15JN]

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 Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth Suicide Prevention: establish (see H.R. 609), H467 [20JA]

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

National Rifle Association: characterization of Federal law enforcement (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5623 [6JN]

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

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

NIH: establish an Office for Rare Disease Research (see H.R. 2027), H7011 [13JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of power resources (see H.R. 2242), H8535 [4AU]

Pakistan: identification as a state sponsor of terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 35), H4105 [3AP]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13870 [30NO]

Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H7801 [26JY]

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

Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 1591), H4618 [9MY]

Recycling: management standards and requirements for spent lead-acid batteries (see H.R. 1522), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of newsprint to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1523), H4432 [7AP]

———require producers and importers of tires to recycle a certain percentage (see H.R. 1524), H4432 [7AP]

———require the EPA to establish a recycling credit system for used oil (see H.R. 1525), H4432 [7AP]

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

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), H1208 [3FE]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H7179 [18JY]

———require States to permit a chronically-ill parent to appoint a standby guardian for a minor without surrendering parental rights (see H.R. 709), H802 [26JA]

States: Federal recognition of any coastal moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 1898), H6158 [20JN]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H1461 [8FE]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H6656 [29JN]

Tariff: French beaujolais wine (see H.R. 2529), H11686 [1NO]

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

———apply rehabilitation credit to historic ships, aircrafts, and other vessels (see H.R. 2054), H7179 [18JY]

———church pension benefit plans (see H.R. 528), H5905 [13JN]

———deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H5690 [7JN]

———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H7012 [13JY]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H2891 [8MR]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H593 [24JA]

———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (see H.R. 2356), H9245 [19SE]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H166 [9JA]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099), H4105 [3AP]

———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2045), H8063 [31JY]

———treatment of fuel excise tax refunds (see H.R. 1947), H8537 [4AU]

———treatment of governmental plans under the rules governing retirement plans (see H.R. 1504), H4546 [3MY]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H4433 [7AP]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments relative to employee pension plans (see H.R. 2040), H7011 [13JY]

———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 long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 1457), H4512 [2MY]

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: funding for bicycle facilities and pedestrian walkways (see H.R. 1539), H7699 [25JY]

U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H8806 [12SE]

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]

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]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H4546 [3MY]

———establish confidential database for the collection of medical information (see H.R. 798), H4415 [6AP]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H11829 [7NO]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H13658 [20NO]

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

———enforcement and compliance with regulations (see H.R. 1262), H4105 [3AP]

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

Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 1876), H10146 [17OC]

White House Conference on Trade and Investment in Ireland: endorse Irish-American agenda (see H. Con. Res. 43), H3327 [16MR]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H4177 [4AP]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1736), H6482 [28JN]

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

Letters

Importation of spent nuclear fuel from foreign research reactors through commercial U.S. ports: by, S9475 [29JN]

Motions offered by

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

Remarks by, on

Abortion: Federal assistance to graduate education programs relative to availability of abortion training for obstetrics and gynecology accreditation, H8381 [3AU]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), H11612 [1NO]

Budget: making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3241 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), consideration (H. Res. 115), H3179 [15MR]

———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1944), H6641 [29JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H15073 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10786 [25OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5272, H5279 [18MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), motion to instruct conferees, H5704 [8JN]

Children and youth: expand child care block grant programs, H3582, H3585, H3586 [23MR]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), H9386, H9387, H9388, H9389, H9390, H9392 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5972 [14JN]

———reuse of realigned military installations relative to homeless assistance, H5972 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H6941, H6943 [13JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8381 [3AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), H6782 [11JY]

Forests: endangered species protection, H6941, H6943 [13JY]

———mandate specified level of timber salvage sales on Federal lands, H3241 [15MR]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (H.R. 1138), E519 [6MR]

House Rules: treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), H15595, H15598 [22DE]

———treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), consideration (H. Res. 322), H15585 [22DE]

India: terrorist assassination of Beant Singh in Punjab, E1774 [13SE]

Japan: access of U.S. business to markets, E1081 [19MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), consideration (H. Res. 169), H6098 [20JN]

Medicaid: reform, H15073 [18DE]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, H6672 [30JN]

———reform, H4554 [9MY], H6900, H6902, H6903 [12JY], H10124, H10128 [17OC], H15073 [18DE]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10340 [19OC], H10786 [25OC]

———reporting requirement of trust fund trustees on projected financial imbalances (H.R. 1590), H4971 [16MY]

Nomura, Kenjiro: artisitc exhibit on the World War II internment of Japanese Americans, E1293 [20JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3351 [21MR], H3522 [22MR], H3591, H3592 [23MR], H10318 [19OC]

Public welfare programs: conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3518, H3520, H3521 [22MR]

———funding for nutrition programs, H3339 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), H3360 [21MR], H3518, H3520, H3521, H3522 [22MR], H3582, H3585, H3586, H3593, H3622 [23MR]

Seattle, WA: tribute to firefighters, E107 [17JA]

Taxation: earned income tax credit, H5704 [8JN]

———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), H1938, H1948 [21FE]

———rates, H5704 [8JN], H10786 [25OC]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4218, H4316 [5AP]

———treatment of conservation expenditures by electric and gas utilities (H.R. 959), E362 [16FE]

Votes: position on missed, H286 [17JA], E2228 [20NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H13345 [19NO]

Schedules

Committee on Economics (Joint): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D64 [20JA]

Committee on Rules (House): deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, D208 [16FE]

———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): legislative priorities, D28 [10JA]

———public welfare programs reform, D132 [2FE]

———Subcommittee on Health: saving medicare and budget reconciliations, D895 [20JY]

———Subcommittee on Trade: economic relationship between the U.S. and Cuba, D819 [30JN]

Tributes

Easterling, Michael B., H2658 [6MR]