OBERSTAR, JAMES L. (a Representative from Minnesota)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), H7074 [27JN]

Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (H.R. 2149), H4304 [30AP], H4346 [1MY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3536 [17AP]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H4643 [8MY]

Conferee: H.R. 3539, FAA programs reauthorization, H10951 [24SE]

———S. 640, Corps of Engineers civil works programs reauthorization, H10531 [18SE]

———S. 1004, Coast Guard appropriations, H1618 [29FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness: improve access and use (see H.R. 3297), H3730 [23AP]

Coast Guard: cost estimate for the engineering, design and retrofitting of the icebreaker Mackinaw (see H.R. 4081), H10523 [17SE]

Medicaid: reward States for collecting funds expended on tobacco-related illnesses (see H.R. 3779), H7260 [10JY]

Railroads: improve rail transportation safety (see H.R. 3578), H5934 [5JN]

Voyageurs National Park Intergovernmental Council: establish (see H.R. 3298, 3880), H3730 [23AP], H8247 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H4800 [9MY]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H3488 [16AP]

Aviation: preemployment review of prospective pilot records (see H.R. 3536), H5646 [29MY]

———requirements relative to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents (see H.R. 3923), H9566 [31JY]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see H.R. 3857), H11396 [26SE]

Canada: eliminate tolls and encourage trade along the St. Lawrence Seaway (see H. Con. Res. 127), H973 [30JA]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 4133), H11046 [24SE]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 820), H1986 [7MR]

China, People's Republic of: increased tariffs relative to intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3421), H4902 [10MY]

Civil rights: prevent law enforcement agencies from detaining individuals on highways solely because of race or color (see H.R. 4092), H10524 [17SE]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H1507 [28FE]

Commission on Concentration in the Livestock Industry: establish (see H.R. 2506), H1636 [29FE]

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (see H.R. 2724), H3731 [23AP]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see H.R. 2725), H3731 [23AP]

Corps of Engineers: authorize water conservation and river and harbor improvement projects (see H.R. 3563, 3592), H5817 [4JN], H6005 [6JN]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H6006 [6JN]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 4149), H11047 [24SE]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]

Dept. of Transportation: regulations relative to transportation of intermodal containers (see H.R. 4040), H10174 [10SE]

Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3588), H10111 [9SE]

Employment: provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 3520), H5569 [23MY]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (see H.R. 3539), H5646 [29MY]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H4303 [30AP]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H4303 [30AP]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 1057), H6915 [26JN]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see H.R. 2306), H1245 [16FE]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 3107), H4397 [1MY]

———imposition of duty on certain Canadian wood and lumber products (see H.R. 2802), H1775 [6MR]

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H2558 [20MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893, 3130), H2558 [20MR]

Indonesia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 2746), H3488 [16AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H8094 [22JY]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 3392), H4801 [9MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H2558 [20MR]

———issue postage stamp in commemoration of officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Con. Res. 210), H12175 [28SE]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H1226 [1FE]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11396 [26SE]

Marine mammals: eliminate ban on import of dolphin-safe tuna and support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 2856), H1325 [27FE]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 1046), H8557 [25JY]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 3337), H5647 [29MY]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 3753), H9706 [1AU]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H3650 [18AP]

———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2489), H3231 [29MR]

Members of Congress: stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2658), H187 [4JA]

Mother Teresa: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (see H.J. Res. 191), H10430 [16SE]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H10236 [11SE]

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 2651), H1636 [29FE]

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H3231 [29MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H3231 [29MR]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (see H.R. 3564), H5817 [4JN]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H5570 [23MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal consent of Congress (see H.R. 3177, 4035), H3231 [29MR], H10107 [5SE]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3159), H2866 [26MR]

Petroleum: transfer gasoline tax revenues to transportation trust funds (see H.R. 3372), H4396 [1MY]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 1325), H10524 [17SE]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 3443), H12271 [3OC]

Public welfare programs: reform relative to domestic violence (see H. Con. Res. 195), H7107 [27JN]

Public works: national program to create jobs and restore infrastructure (see H.R. 3469), H5287 [16MY]

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H5174 [15MY]

Ships and vessels: protect hull designs from unauthorized duplication (see H.R. 4159), H11048 [24SE]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H3171 [28MR]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a percentage of their refunds to contribute to breast and prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2875), H1508 [28FE]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H922 [26JA]

———extend certain expiring provisions (see H.R. 2994), H3387 [15AP]

———increase excise taxes on smokeless tobacco products and establish a trust fund to reduce use (see H.R. 2585), H1325 [27FE]

———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 2962), H1231 [6FE]

———treatment of organizations that conduct certain games of chance (see H.R. 4157), H11048 [24SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: implementation of Great Lakes Fishery Restoration Study Report (see H.R. 4028), H11048 [24SE]

U.S. Soccer Federation: support efforts to bring 1999 Women's World Cup tournament to the U.S. (see H. Res. 359), H1226 [1FE]

Veterans: presumption of service connection for certain diseases and disabilities relative to exposure to carbon tetrachloride (see H.R. 2891), H4397 [1MY]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H3731 [23AP]

Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (see H.R. 3217), H3230 [29MR]

World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H2665 [21MR]

Essays

I Am Me: Arlene Helderman, E1937 [21OC]

Letters

Proposed merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads: by, E1171 [26JN]

Superfund Program reform: by, H6772 [25JN]

Tribute to Dara Gideos: by, H11333 [26SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1484 [28FE]

———price supports for dairy products, H1484 [28FE]

Amtrak: funding, E1216 [8JY]

Aviation: preemployment review of prospective pilot records (H.R. 3536), H8048 [22JY]

———prohibit certain individuals from piloting aircraft relative to aeronautical records, competitions, or feats (H.R. 3267), H8045 [22JY]

———requirements relative to families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents (H.R. 3923), H10537 [18SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 153), H6047 [10JN]

———authorizing use of grounds for National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Con. Res. 147), H2848 [26MR]

———authorizing use of grounds for Special Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 146), H2847 [26MR]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Summer Olympics torch relay (H. Con. Res. 172), H6045 [10JN], H6247 [12JN]

———authorizing use of Grounds for Washington for Jesus 1996 prayer rally (H. Con. Res. 166), H3696, H3697, H3698 [23AP]

———use of Grounds for Specialty Equipment Market Association events (H. Con. Res. 150), H4443, H4444, H4446 [7MY]

Cargo transportation: application of labor laws relative to designation as express company, H11462 [27SE]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (H.R. 4133), H11569 [27SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1004), conference report, H11544 [27SE]

Corps of Engineers: authorize water conservation and river and harbor improvement projects (H.R. 3592), H8731 [30JY]

———reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), conference report, H11324, H11326 [26SE]

Deepwater Port Act: amend (H.R. 2940), H10542 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6640, H6672 [20JN]

Dept. of Transportation: regulations relative to transportation of intermodal containers (H.R. 4040), H10548 [18SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), H7074, H7075, H7076, H7092 [27JN], E1216 [8JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8212 [23JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), consideration (H. Res. 456), H6777 [25JN]

E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 3029), H6048 [10JN]

Economic Development Administration: funding, H8212 [23JY]

FAA: essential air service for rural areas, H11462 [27SE]

———establish as an independent agency (H.R. 2276), H2063, H2065 [12MR]

———funding, H7074, H7075, H7076 [27JN]

———installation of Doppler weather radar in certain areas, H10138 [10SE]

———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), H10133, H10138 [10SE]

———reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, H11456, H11462 [27SE]

Families and domestic relations: promote adoption of minority children (H.R. 3286), consideration (H. Res. 428), H4774 [9MY]

Hazardous substances: exempt transportation by certain vehicles from Government regulations (H.R. 3153), H10776, H10778 [24SE]

Helderman, Arlene: Koochiching County, MN, Right-to-Life Committee and Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life essay award recipient, E1937 [21OC]

Housing: low-income weatherization assistance program funding, H6640 [20JN]

L. Clure Morton Post Office and Courthouse, Cookeville, TN: designate (S. 1931), H11565 [27SE]

Local government: payments in lieu of taxes program funding, H6672 [20JN]

Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Portland, OR: designate (S. 1636), H10550, H10551 [18SE]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries (H.R. 3564), H8122, H8123 [23JY]

NTSB: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3159), H8051 [22JY], H11332 [26SE]

———conduct study on mandatory retirement age for pilots, H7092 [27JN]

Oceans: public disclosure of ocean transportation contracts, H4347, H4349, H4352 [1MY]

———reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (H.R. 2149), H4336, H4340, H4341, H4347, H4349, H4352 [1MY]

———reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (H.R. 2149), consideration (H. Res. 419), H4332, H4334 [1MY]

Roads and highways: exempt traffic signal synchronization projects from certain Clean Air Act provisions (H.R. 2988), H10780, H10781 [24SE]

Robert Kurtz Rodibaugh U.S. Courthouse, South Bend, IN: designate (H.R. 3576), H11336 [26SE]

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Courthouse, Omaha, NE: designate (H.R. 3400), H6050 [10JN]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 3560), H9900 [2AU]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (H.R. 3604), H6759 [25JN]

———amend (S. 1316), conference report, H9870 [2AU]

Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, FL: designate (H.R. 3710), H9900 [2AU]

Sammy L. Davis Federal Building, Overland, MO: designate (H.R. 3186), H6049 [10JN]

Smithsonian Institution: authorize construction of the National Air and Space Museum Dulles Center (S. 1995), H10549 [18SE]

Superfund Program: funding, H6777 [25JN]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), consideration (H. Res. 428), H4774 [9MY]

Ted Weiss U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 4042), H11565 [27SE]

Terrorism: U.S. policy (H.R. 3953), H9891, H9893, H9894 [2AU]

———U.S. policy (H.R. 3953), consideration (H. Res. 508), H9881 [2AU]

Transportation: limitation on interest payments credited to transportation trust funds, H3536 [17AP]

———prohibit financing of transportation programs from general revenue funds, H3546 [17AP]

———provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3505, H3514, H3525, H3527, H3536, H3538, H3540, H3542, H3543, H3546 [17AP]

Votes: position on missed, E1267 [12JY]

W. Edwards Deming Federal Building, Suitland, MD: designate (H.R. 3535), H11334 [26SE]

Water pollution: standards for constructed water conveyances (H.R. 2567), H755 [23JA]

Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (H.R. 3217), H10925 [24SE]

———ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (H.R. 4283), H12146 [28SE]

Weather: establish disaster and emergency assistance standards relative to snow-related events (H.R. 3348), H10545 [18SE]

William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Macon, GA: designate (H.R. 4119), H11567 [27SE]

William H. Natcher Bridge: designate (H.R. 3572), E1137 [20JN]

William J. Nealon U.S. Courthouse, Scranton, PA: designate (H.R. 3364), H6049 [10JN]

Tributes

Gideos, Dara, H11333 [26SE]

Jones, Richard W., E1865 [30SE]

Schloss, Laura, E945 [29MY]

Shuster, Representative, H3547 [17AP]

Youmans, Erla, H11326 [26SE]