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
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
———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
———reuse of realigned military installations relative to homeless assistance, H5970 [14JN], H14956
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
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
———eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), corrections in enrollment of conference report (S. Con. Res. 37), H15603
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
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
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
Guarinello, William, E2084