WATERS, MAXINE (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7263 [10JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), H5820 [4JN], H5893 [5JN]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4529 [7MY], H4702 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Business and industry: require employers to notify workers of reductions in business operations (see H.R. 3369), H4302 [30AP]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 520), H10235 [11SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve health care services for women veterans (see H.R. 3972), H9922 [2AU]

Drugs: treatment of sentences relative to powdered cocaine (see H.R. 4038), H10111 [9SE]

Financial institutions: consideration of a depository institution's record on consumer fees relative to the Community Reinvestment Act (see H.R. 3301), H3730 [23AP]

———provide additional deposit insurance coverage for accounts which reduce net fee income (see H.R. 3302), H3730 [23AP]

———require performance data reporting to verify availability of credit on a nondiscriminatory basis (see H.R. 3826), H7658 [16JY]

Medicare: extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement for HMOs to Watts Health Foundation (see H.R. 2923), H1138 [31JA]

NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H1635 [29FE]

Women in Enterprise Development Program: establish (see H.R. 3827), H7658 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

African Americans: recognize end of slavery and true day of independence (see H.J. Res. 195), H10524 [17SE]

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H5754 [30MY]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H2713 [22MR]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1225 [1FE]

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

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see H.R. 3857), H8029 [18JY]

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

———reduce Federal subsidies and strengthen tax treatment of individuals who renounce their citizenship (see H.R. 4122), H10720 [19SE]

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

California-Federal Bay-Delta Program: development of a solution to ecological problems of the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (see H.R. 4126), H10721 [19SE]

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

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

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

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 3057), H11396 [26SE]

Consumers: prohibit the imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 3221), H5174 [15MY]

Contracts: treatment of Federal contracts relative to Government shutdowns (see H.R. 2963), H2316 [14MR]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see H.R. 3525), H6184 [11JN]

———condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183, 186, 187), H6183 [11JN], H6414 [13JN]

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 Veterans Affairs: require that educational assistance programs offices be located within the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3036), H1775 [6MR]

Disasters: provide windstorm insurance to certain property owners and require study relative to taxation of insurance reserves for future natural disasters (see H.R. 4115), H10720 [19SE]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 3401), H5053 [14MY]

———research on the human papilloma virus relative to cervical cancer (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3488 [16AP]

Drugs: control access to chemicals used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see H.R. 3067), H4503 [7MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1050), H3654 [19AP]

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. 3505), H5500 [22MY]

Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (see H.R. 3505), H5500 [22MY]

Financial institutions: require fee disclosures by operators of electronic fund transfers (see H.R. 1246), H4503 [7MY]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3253), H3488 [16AP]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H3231 [29MR]

———establish a program for postreproductive health care (see H.R. 3015), H1716 [5MR]

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

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H3488 [16AP]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1179), H2466 [19MR]

House Rules: question of privilege relative to public debt ceiling (see H. Res. 354), H1138 [31JA]

Human rights: trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for forced prostitution (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1245 [16FE]

INS: promote the naturalization of eligible individuals (see H.R. 3323), H4109 [25AP]

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: arrest and prosecution of individuals involved with genocide (see H. Res. 491, 494), H8598 [26JY], H8982 [30JY]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3733), H7106 [27JN]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2466 [19MR]

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

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2224 [13MR]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H2224 [13MR]

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

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

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 2651), H3731 [23AP]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H1775 [6MR]

NIH: 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]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (see H.R. 3457), H5173 [15MY]

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

———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 4122), H10720 [19SE]

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

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H4397 [1MY]

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

Safety: implement nonanimal acute toxicity testing for evaluation of consumer products (see H.R. 3173), H2950 [27MR]

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]

Taxation: permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H11230 [25SE]

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

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H11527 [27SE]

———make permanent alternative teacher certification programs (see H.R. 2868), H774 [23JA]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H5570 [23MY]

Women: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3178), H2950 [27MR]

———preventive health programs relative to HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 3174), H3650 [18AP]

———research programs relative to HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 3176), H3650 [18AP]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (see H.R. 3510), H7533 [12JY]

Zaire: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 399), H3820 [24AP]

Letters

CIA involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras: by, H11058 [25SE]

———Speaker Gingrich, H10728 [20SE]

Motions offered by

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4707 [9MY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, H5019 [14MY]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, H10623 [19SE]

African Development Bank: funding, H5894 [5JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), H1944 [7MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7749 [17JY], H7804 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9406 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8323 [24JY]

Business and industry: require study on mergers and acquisition relative to military preparedness, H5095 [15MY]

Children and youth: prevention of teenage pregnancy, H2109 [12MR]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras, H10437 [17SE], H10607 [19SE], H10724, H10727, H10728, H10729 [20SE], H11058, H11059, H11060, H11061 [25SE], H11579 [27SE]

Civil rights: affirmative action policies, E1791 [28SE]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1507), E484 [28MR]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, H3197 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), H5019 [14MY], H5095 [15MY]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (S. 1124), conference report, E77 [24JA]

Dept. of HUD: use of Community Development Block Grants for housing purposes, H4702 [9MY]

Dept. of Justice: Federal Prison System funding, H8194 [23JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), veto, H110 [4JA]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8194 [23JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7298 [11JY]

Drugs: prevent manufacturing and use of methamphetamine (H.R. 3852), H11119 [25SE]

EEOC: funding, H8194 [23JY]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5521 [23MY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (H.R. 123), H9745 [1AU]

Firearms: prohibit illegal possession or discharge in public housing zones, H4709 [9MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), H5894 [5JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H135 [4JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3133 [28MR]

House Rules: authority of the Speaker to declare recess (H. Res. 330), H220 [5JA]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 412), H3834 [25AP]

Housing: cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H4668, H4674, H4680 [9MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4572, H4604, H4605, H4606, H4607, H4614, H4616 [8MY], H4668, H4674, H4680, H4702, H4709 [9MY]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), consideration (H. Res. 426), H4565 [8MY]

———policy to provide safe and affordable housing, H4604, H4605, H4606, H4607 [8MY]

———require membership by tenants on housing authorities boards, H4614, H4616 [8MY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), E456 [26MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3259), conference report, H11058, H11059, H11060, H11061 [25SE]

International Women's Day: observance, H1772 [6MR]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), H7531 [12JY]

———recognition of same-sex marriage, H7531 [12JY]

Medicaid: State determination on the use of funds for abortion in the case of rape or incest, H1944 [7MR]

Minimum wage: level, H3834 [25AP], H4565 [8MY], H5521 [23MY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on women's diseases, H7298 [11JY]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (H.R. 3562), H5960 [6JN]

———reform (H.R. 3734), H7749 [17JY], H7804 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9406 [31JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8323 [24JY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, H3612 [18AP]

Votes: position on missed, H1792 [7MR], H2378 [19MR], H6211 [12JN], H6479 [18JN], E77 [24JA], E100 [25JA], E1888 [1OC]

Women's History Month: observance, H2659 [21MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2549 [20MR], H12171 [28SE]

Special order: granted, H185 [4JA], H1323 [27FE], H5563 [23MY], H5757 [31MY], H10761 [20SE], H11524 [27SE]

Resignations

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House), H3824 [25AP]

Statements

California Affirmative Action Initiative: David B. Oppenheimer, E1791-E1794 [28SE]

Tributes

Henry, Mary B., E1206 [27JN]

Parker, Kai, H2659 [21MR]