TOWNS, EDOLPHUS (a Representative from New York)

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3101), H2315 [14MR]

Insurance: protect personal privacy rights of customers and claimants (see H.R. 3930), H9566 [31JY]

Medicaid: waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 3866, 3871), H8094 [22JY], H8247 [23JY]

Medicare: contract reform (see H.R. 3132), H2558 [20MR]

Refuse disposal: prohibit international export and import of certain solid waste (see H.R. 3893), H8374 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H2558 [20MR]

———reporting requirements for research facilities conducting experimentation and testing (see H.R. 1547), H1232 [6FE]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1252 [23FE]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (see H.R. 3521), H5818 [4JN]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H3231 [29MR]

Aviation: prohibit transportation of chemical oxygen generators on certain aircraft (see H.R. 3618), H6285 [12JN]

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

Business and industry: discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 3252), H6532 [19JN]

———ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6915 [26JN]

———establish requirements relative to rent-to-own transactions (see H.R. 3003), H2224 [13MR]

———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H4646 [8MY]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 3558), H5753 [30MY]

Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H5173 [15MY]

———guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 2066), H4110 [25AP]

China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3650 [18AP]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 3830), H7779 [17JY]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 518), H12175 [28SE]

Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 4117), H10720 [19SE]

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

Courts: authorize additional Federal district judge for eastern district of Wisconsin (see H. Res. 362), H1775 [6MR]

Crime: condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183), H6509 [18JN]

———development and implementation of national financial crimes strategy (see H.R. 3931), H9566 [31JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H7533 [12JY]

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: prohibit sale in commissary or exchange stores of imported items not produced under minimum labor standards (see H.R. 3843), H7780 [17JY]

Dept. of Labor: issuance of guidelines relative to ERISA and insurance company general accounts (see H.R. 3114), H5288 [16MY]

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3867), H8247 [23JY]

Diseases: pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6285 [12JN]

———research programs for lymphangioleimyomatosis disease (see H.R. 3715), H6764 [25JN]

District of Columbia: permit council to authorize the issuance of revenue bonds relative to water and sewer facilities (see H.R. 3663), H6508 [18JN]

Drugs: defer effective dates for approving certain drug applications (see H.R. 4277), H12172 [28SE]

Edison, Thomas Alva: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 893), H9925 [2AU]

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

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

Explosives: require materials to contain taggants (see H.R. 1568), H9925 [2AU]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 3362), H7475 [11JY]

FBI: appeal rights of employees concerning adverse personnel actions (see H.R. 2683), H1234 [9FE]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H3229 [29MR]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H5380 [21MY]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: authorization of loans and participation requirements relative to community development (see H.R. 3349), H4302 [30AP]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H3229 [29MR]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 2458, 3107), H1636 [29FE], H4397 [1MY]

Forests: designate and protect certain Federal lands (see H.R. 4145), H11396 [26SE]

Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see H.R. 1281), H7658 [16JY]

Hazardous substances: exempt transportation by certain vehicles from Government regulations (see H.R. 3153), H2713 [22MR]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture and small businesses (see H.R. 4102), H10601 [18SE]

Health: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 3477), H7475 [11JY]

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

House of Representatives: transition for new Members (see H.R. 3544), H5646 [29MY]

INS: standards for naturalization (see H.R. 4056), H11527 [27SE]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 26), H5380 [21MY]

Kosovo: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5299 [20MY]

Law enforcement officers: reduce crime control assistance to States that do not provide health benefits to officers retired by on-duty injuries (see H.R. 2912), H1252 [23FE]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H914 [25JA]

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), H330 [5JA]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H2665 [21MR]

———extend community nursing organization demonstration projects (see H.R. 3337), H5380 [21MY]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H4902 [10MY]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see H.R. 4058), H12175 [28SE]

Mexico: make extension of loan guarantee agreement conditional to drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 2945), H1775 [6MR]

———safety standards and drug enforcement efforts relative to trucks seeking to cross U.S. border (see H.R. 2946), H1775 [6MR]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H10040 [4SE]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit desecration of Veterans' memorials (see H.R. 2607), H1636 [29FE]

Motor vehicles: establish national requirements for the titling and registration of salvage of certain rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 2900), H2665 [21MR]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2123 [12MR]

National Environmental Education Act: extend programs (see H.R. 3645), H6509 [18JN]

National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see H.R. 2209), H7474 [11JY]

National Park Service: coordinate programs and enter into cooperative agreements with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (see H.R. 4073), H10386 [12SE]

NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H5380 [21MY]

———expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 3331), H4109 [25AP]

———funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H1325 [27FE]

Public buildings: make certain Federal facilities available to organizations for use as temporary homeless shelters (see H.R. 3496), H7154 [9JY]

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see H.R. 3601), H6005 [6JN]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 3024), H3581 [17AP]

———self-determination, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3024), H4110 [25AP]

Radio: utilization of volunteer workers relative to amateur radio service (see H.R. 3207), H3230 [29MR]

Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Foundation: extend authority to establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 183), H7474 [11JY]

Religion: persecution of Christians (see H. Res. 515), H9925 [2AU]

Robeson, Paul: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 511), H9925 [2AU]

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H4647 [8MY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3560), H8982 [30JY]

Rose Y. Caracappa U.S. Post Office Building, Centereach, NY: designate (see H.R. 3139), H3658 [22AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see H.R. 3604), H6117 [10JN]

Safety: implement nonanimal acute toxicity testing for evaluation of consumer products (see H.R. 3173), H7658 [16JY]

Selma, AL: recognition of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church as symbol of the struggle for and achievement of African-American voting rights (see H. Res. 487), H8094 [22JY]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4303 [30AP]

Sports: regulations relative to relocation of professional teams (see H.R. 2699), H3231 [29MR]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a percentage of their refunds to contribute to breast and prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2875), H1226 [1FE]

———extend certain expiring provisions (see H.R. 2994), H1716 [5MR]

———increase child care credit and eliminate the exclusion of income relative to foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 3332), H6184 [11JN]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1972), H4110 [25AP]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 3693), H9925 [2AU]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (see H.R. 3244), H6117 [10JN]

———treatment of environmental remediation costs in empowerment and enterprise zones (see H.R. 3747), H11527 [27SE]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2776), H1226 [1FE]

Telephones: impose fees for the allocation of toll-free phone numbers (see H. Con. Res. 175), H8095 [22JY]

U.S. Academy for Democracy and Civil-Military Relations: establish (see H.R. 2652), H4119 [29AP]

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

Veterans: priority health care to those who received nasopharyngeal irradiation treatments while in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2080), H1507 [28FE]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H4303 [30AP]

Weather: establish disaster and emergency assistance standards relative to snow-related events (see H.R. 3348), H4119 [29AP]

Women: research health risks of dioxin in tampons (see H.R. 3796), H7474 [11JY]

Letters

Civil liberties violations of Sikhs in India, E1470 [2AU]

Press releases

Anniversary of Kidnapping of Jaswant Singh Khalra: Council of Khalistan, E1533 [5SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1483 [28FE]

———price supports for dairy products, H1483 [28FE]

Black History Month: observance, E316 [7MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9414 [31JY]

Canarise, NY: tribute to Canarsie Volunteer Ambulance Corp., E551 [17AP]

Centers for Disease Control: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control funding, H7287 [11JY]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (S. 641), conference report, H4360 [1MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7287 [11JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, H10965 [24SE]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 3199), H5638 [29MY]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (H.R. 3201), H5638 [29MY]

Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (H.R. 3200), H5638 [29MY]

Foreign policy: endorse adoption of European Parliament resolution supporting efforts by Republic of China at joining the community of nations (H. Con. Res. 212), H10912, H10913 [24SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H4164 [30AP]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth, H10965 [24SE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (H.R. 3101), E359 [14MR]

Housing: cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H4675 [9MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4675, H4733 [9MY]

India: anniversary of Sikh nation, E554 [17AP]

———civil liberties violations of Sikhs, E388 [20MR], E554 [17AP], E1470 [2AU], E1533 [5SE], E1879 [1OC]

Medicaid: reform, H2312 [14MR]

———waiver of enrollment composition rule relative to certain health maintenance organizations (H.R. 3871), E1594 [12SE]

Medicare: colorectal cancer coverage, H2564 [21MR]

Mental health: national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses, H10965 [24SE]

National Cancer Institute: guidelines for mammography, H1202 [1FE]

Nelson, Raki: National Alliance of African American Athletes Watkins Award recipient, E588 [19AP]

New York, NY: funding of American Museum of Natural History, E1204 [27JN]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (H.R. 1627), H8144 [23JY]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9414 [31JY]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, H1168 [1FE]

Votes: position on missed, H801 [24JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1136 [31JA], H1222 [1FE], H1773 [6MR], H1982 [7MR], H2314 [14MR], H4299 [30AP]

Tributes

Addei, Kwabena A., E1467 [2AU]

Alston, Joseph B., Sr., E1092 [14JN]

Bagley, Merle, E244 [28FE], E259 [29FE]

Bayne, Bernadette F., E1446 [1AU]

Bergman, Jacqueline, E245 [28FE], E255 [29FE]

Bowman, Harding N., E1472 [2AU]

Brown, Harding N., E1459 [1AU]

Brown, Roy E., E1181 [26JN]

Charity, Jacqueline, E251, E262 [29FE]

Clark, Karen L., E1496 [2AU]

Collins, Representative Cardiss, E1883 [1OC]

Curtis, Lynda D., E264 [29FE]

Dorf, Robert C., E1093 [14JN]

Fajardo, Rolando, E1093 [14JN]

Figueroa, Arelis, E307 [7MR]

Fisher, Juanita E., E1093 [14JN]

Fisher, Tushia N., E247 [28FE], E253 [29FE]

Ford, Representative, E1875 [30SE]

Gandy, Gwyn, E89 [25JA]

Gardere, Jeffrey, E1491 [2AU]

Green, James R., Jr., E423 [22MR]

Greene, Janie A., E651 [25AP]

Hevesi, Alan G., E1741 [27SE]

Johnson, Leticia P., E246 [28FE], E258 [29FE]

Johnson, Vincent L., E1454 [1AU]

Key, Winchester, E1093 [14JN]

Lawson, Richard J., E1181 [26JN]

Liverpool, Rosa, E245 [28FE], E253 [29FE]

Lucas, Barbara A., E426 [22MR]

Martin, Antonio D., E1488 [2AU]

McCullough, Jacqueline, E838 [16MY]

McDaniel, Lois, E243 [28FE], E252 [29FE]

McPherson, Alvin C., E1542 [9SE]

Mfume, Representative, H1054, H1055 [31JA]

Neal, Warren, E551 [17AP]

Nieves, Josephine, E1872 [30SE]

Powell, Mae, E260 [29FE]

Salzman, Ruth, E1760 [27SE]

Shannon, Sylvester L., H8669 [30JY]

Simon, Jo Anne, E246 [28FE], E256 [29FE]

Stewart, Ermine, E1199 [27JN]

Still, Dan, E1736 [27SE]

Strawder, James A., Jr., E1092 [14JN]

Strong, Milton J., E1093 [14JN]

Towns, Gwen, E305 [7MR]

Tung, George K., E1092 [14JN]

Wallace, David C., E1404 [30JY]

Watson-Blanding, Sarah L., E558 [17AP]

Wetzel, Warren, E1451 [1AU]

Windham, Curlee, E678 [1MY]

Wyatt, Hugh, E1449 [1AU]

Zuzworsky, Rose, E261 [29FE]