REYNOLDS, MEL (a Representative from Illinois)
Articles and editorials
Fearless Jack's War on ``Non-Crimes'', E1260 [15JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: labeling of milk products relative to bovine growth hormones, and development of residue test (see H.R. 2084, 2085), H7378 [20JY]
Animals: reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H6046 [15JN]
Business and industry: volunteer guidelines for socially responsible practices for U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 910), H5753 [8JN]
China, Republic of: permit U.S. visits by elected leaders and representatives (see H.R. 1460), H6699 [30JN]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]
Coins: redesign $1 coin to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. (see H.R. 616), H7379 [20JY]
Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H6083 [16JN]
Contracts: simplify labor laws applicable to Federal contracts (see H.R. 967), H1850 [15FE]
Courts: equalize remedies available to victims of intentional employment discrimination (see H.R. 96), H166 [9JA]
———grant a private right of action to individuals injured by reason of violation of antiboycott regulations (see H.R. 1192), H6159 [20JN]
———sentencing for crimes against child or elderly victims (see H.R. 1794), H6159 [20JN]
Crime: protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 713), H5905 [13JN]
Dept. of Defense: outline congressional response to the possibility of reduction or elimination of the commissary and exchange networks (see H. Con. Res. 45), H6083 [16JN]
———terminate C-17 Airlifter program and use nondevelopmental aircrafts to meet strategic airlift requirements (see H.R. 703), H6270 [22JN]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H3276 [15MR]
———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 62), H6083 [16JN]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H7257 [19JY]
Drugs: revise drug approval process (see H.R. 1742), H8684 [7SE]
Edward Madigan Post Office Building, Lincoln, IL: designate (see H.R. 1880), H6082 [16JN]
ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 2140), H7990 [28JY]
Explosives: require materials to contain taggants (see H.R. 1568), H6083 [16JN]
Families and domestic relations: adoption services (see H.R. 1066), H5691 [7JN]
———require States to disclose the AIDS status of infants to legal guardians (see H.R. 1289), H3571 [22MR]
Firearms: permit Federal licensees to conduct business at out-of-State gun shows (see H.R. 659), H4873 [11MY]
———prohibit possession near school zones on the basis of interstate commerce control (see H.R. 1608), H6083 [16JN]
———prohibit possession of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 250), H7699 [25JY]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H6046 [15JN]
Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H5691 [7JN]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1200), H3417 [21MR]
Health care professionals: training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1521), H8684 [7SE]
Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H6481 [28JN]
House of Representatives: enclosure of the galleries with a transparent and substantial material (see H. Res. 19), H6083 [16JN]
House Rules: allow proxy voting in committee in limited circumstances (see H. Res. 142), H6736 [10JY]
———ban on the acceptance of gifts and lobbyist-sponsored perks (see H. Res. 40), H890 [30JA]
———require that committee reports on legislation contain analysis of impact on children (see H. Res. 184), H6735 [10JY]
Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]
Immigration: naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units in Laos (see H.R. 1490), H6656 [29JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend by substituting ``children born out of wedlock'' for ``illegitimate children'' references (see H.R. 1204), H5753 [8JN]
India: self-determination for the independence of the Sikh nation homeland, Punjab, Khalistan (see H. Con. Res. 32), H4415 [6AP]
———suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (see H.R. 1425), H4413 [6AP]
Information services: prevent unfair billing and charging practices for services provided over 800 line phone numbers (see H.R. 1559), H6736 [10JY]
Insurance: prohibit health insurance premium rate increases based on age (see H.R. 1614), H6270 [22JN]
Israel: secondary boycott by Arab countries (see H.R. 1193), H6159 [20JN]
Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 1046), H7379 [20JY]
———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 1707), H7068 [17JY]
Miller, Doris: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1677), H6159 [20JN]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H4105 [3AP]
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), H6159 [20JN]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H6736 [10JY]
Native Americans: provide remedies for sovereign tribal governments relative to gaming compacts and gaming participation laws (see H.R. 1578), H5983 [14JN]
Oklahoma City, OK: bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see H. Res. 135), H4512 [2MY]
Paramilitary organizations: prohibit formation of private units (see H.R. 1544), H6270 [22JN]
Postal Service: acceptance of change-of-address orders from commercial mail receiving agencies (see H.R. 1464), H7550 [24JY]
Public health: establish standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1221), H7801 [26JY]
Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H3327 [16MR]
———reform (see H.R. 1250), H3276 [15MR]
Public works: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and restoration of infrastructure (see H.R. 1591), H6699 [30JN]
Research: increase supply of minority scientists and help the public and private sectors in research and development needs (see H.R. 1459), H7257 [19JY]
Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2228), H8534 [4AU]
Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 52), H164 [9JA]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 786), H1051 [1FE]
Social Security: maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H3417 [21MR]
Taxation: deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H5691 [7JN]
———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1061), H3808 [24MR]
———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 1660), H6270 [22JN]
———encourage investment in low-income housing (see H.R. 931), H1751 [14FE]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H6083 [16JN]
———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H6083 [16JN]
———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H6046 [15JN]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 1985), H7179 [18JY]
———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H6159 [20JN]
———treatment of dyed diesel fuel relative to recreational boaters (see H.R. 1821), H6159 [20JN]
———treatment of student loan interest (see H.R. 1229), H5753 [8JN]
———treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations (see H.R. 1546), H6159 [20JN]
Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 896), H6159 [20JN]
Tobacco products: require the reduction and eventual elimination of nicotine in tobacco products (see H.R. 1853), H7179 [18JY]
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]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H6270 [22JN]
Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H7257 [19JY]
World Summit for Children: implementation of plan of action (see H.R. 966), H1849 [15FE]
Letters
Resignation from the House of Representatives, H9507 [27SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Income: withholding of salary relative to absence from House of Representatives, H9597 [28SE]
Tributes
Moore, Harold V., E1379