FRAZER, VICTOR O. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions introduced by

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]

Virgin Islands: temporary absence of executive officials and priority payment of certain bonds and other obligations (see H.R. 3634), H6413 [13JN]

———transfer of management authority of Christiansted National Historic Site (see H.R. 3635), H6413 [13JN]

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: require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 1309), H9566 [31JY]

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H5570 [23MY]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H187 [4JA]

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

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H2950 [27MR]

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

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 404, 406), H3581 [17AP], H3649 [18AP]

Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 3846), H8248 [23JY]

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

———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H6532 [19JN]

California: tribute to language diversity efforts by Monterey Peninsula community leaders (see H. Res. 266), H5501 [22MY]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 4133), H11396 [26SE]

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

Children and youth: consolidate and expand Federal child care programs (see H.R. 3860), H10386 [12SE]

———deny foreign aid to countries refusing to enforce labor laws (see H.R. 3294), H3730 [23AP]

———establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H3731 [23AP]

China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H4424 [2MY]

———U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (see H. Con. Res. 148), H2467 [19MR]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 3830), H9566 [31JY]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 518, 520), H10721 [19SE], H11528 [27SE]

Citizenship: demonstration projects to celebrate process of becoming and being U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1980), H5501 [22MY]

Computers: regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see H.R. 4113), H11396 [26SE]

Congressional Award Board: revise and extend authorities (see H.R. 2396), H5501 [22MY]

Consumer Credit Protection Act: amend consumer lease provisions (see H.R. 3515), H5501 [22MY]

Consumers: establish a toll-free telephone number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in identifying domestically-produced merchandise (see H.R. 447), H1138 [31JA]

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (see H.R. 2724), H1325 [27FE]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see H.R. 2725), H1325 [27FE]

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

Courts: sentencing guidelines for possession of a firearm with a laser sighting device during commission of a crime (see H.R. 2991), H1775 [6MR]

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]

———prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758), H973 [30JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H331 [5JA]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see H. Res. 404, 406), H3581 [17AP], H3649 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: assist the procurement of law enforcement equipment for counterdrug activities by State and local governments (see H.R. 2931), H1775 [6MR]

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

———require consent for the collection and use of genetic information for remains identification (see H.R. 2873), H1508 [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish domestic violence community response teams (see H.R. 2665), H3581 [17AP]

———prepare and publish a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3059), H2950 [27MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see H.R. 3927), H10108 [5SE]

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

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1248 [20FE]

———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6691 [20JN]

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

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H2950 [27MR]

Economy: promote revitalization through Federal assistance for cleanup of abandoned or contaminated properties (see H.R. 2919), H1508 [28FE]

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]

Electric power: establish a commission to minimize the environmental impacts associated with electric utility restructuring (see H.R. 3172), H4503 [7MY]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 488), H1325 [27FE]

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

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), H3229 [29MR]

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

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of medical foods (see H.R. 2009), H8248 [23JY]

Federal Home Loan Bank System: authorization of loans and participation requirements relative to community development (see H.R. 3349), H6532 [19JN]

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

Foreign policy: establish additional narcotics control certification standards and reporting requirements for certain illicit drug producing countries and drug-transit countries (see H.R. 3689), H6690 [20JN]

———loan guarantees for Ireland and Northern Ireland (see H.R. 2844), H2123 [12MR]

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

Fry, Varian: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3352), H7475 [11JY]

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS: designate (see H.R. 3253), H4303 [30AP]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H10111 [9SE]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 3022), H3231 [29MR]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2690, 3477), H914 [25JA], H8094 [22JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2071, 2893, 3130), H2123 [12MR], H2558 [20MR]

———prohibit certain clauses and programs in health care insurance and employment contracts (see H.R. 3222), H3230 [29MR]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H5380 [21MY]

———provide information and protect patients' rights relative to medical care (see H.R. 4315), H12174 [28SE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H5288 [16MY]

Health care professionals: increase practitioners in the field of primary health care (see H.R. 449), H1325 [27FE]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 797), H6509 [18JN]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1179), H1986 [7MR]

House of Representatives: provide for a nonvoting delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3879, 4067), H8598 [26JY], H11048 [24SE]

Immigration: reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see H.R. 2202), H331 [5JA]

Indonesia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 2746), H5501 [22MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H1325 [27FE]

———prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3590), H8598 [26JY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization to establish a memorial (see H.J. Res. 70), H3231 [29MR]

Law enforcement officers: establish a national clearinghouse to assist in background checks of law enforcement applicants (see H.R. 3263), H3581 [17AP]

———exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H774 [23JA]

———funding for the hiring of personnel who perform nonadministrative services (see H.R. 2922), H1252 [23FE]

———reduce crime control assistance to States that do not provide health benefits to officers retired by on-duty injuries (see H.R. 2912), H8094 [22JY]

Macedonia: access to higher education in the Albanian language (see H. Con. Res. 103), H6532 [19JN]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2224 [13MR]

Mauritania: human rights violations (see H. Con. Res. 142), H6915 [26JN]

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

Medicare: access to medigap supplemental insurance for enrollees in both traditional and managed care plans (see H.R. 3374), H5501 [22MY]

———hospice care reforms (see H.R. 3714), H11396 [26SE]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H3231 [29MR]

———pharmaceutical care services (see H.R. 3757), H7114 [8JY]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 3052), H3231 [29MR]

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

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H8982 [30JY]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 620), H2224 [13MR]

Moldova: removal of Russian Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 145), H1663 [4MR]

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

NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 2651), H914 [25JA]

National Institute for the Environment: establish (see H.R. 2827), H1508 [28FE]

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: expand activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 835), H3387 [15AP]

National Science Scholars Program: reestablish (see H.R. 3648), H6532 [19JN]

National security: threat to U.S. citizens and Government posed by armed militia and paramilitary groups (see H. Con. Res. 206), H9705 [1AU]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H1507 [28FE]

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

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

———funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H5380 [21MY]

OPM: require annual reports to Congress on changes to Federal retiree health benefits (see H.R. 3462), H5647 [29MY]

Otis G. Pike Preserve, Calverton, NY: designate (see H.R. 2811), H1226 [1FE]

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 158), H1716 [5MR]

Phi Beta Lambda (fraternal organization): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 164), H3649 [18AP]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain phone bank communications (see H.R. 324), H2320 [18MR]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 1325), H4397 [1MY]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (see H.R. 3081), H3650 [18AP]

Public housing: Federal commitment to eliminate crime (see H.R. 3150), H4110 [25AP]

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

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

Radioactive substances: provide payments to individuals who were subjects of Federal radiation experiments (see H.R. 2463), H1226 [1FE]

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H4303 [30AP]

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

Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3710), H7260 [10JY]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3387 [15AP]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H2714 [22MR]

South Pacific region: prohibit the storage of nuclear waste on any Pacific territories or U.S. islands (see H.R. 3686), H6690 [20JN]

States: provide Federal grants for drug testing projects (see H.R. 3778), H7260 [10JY]

Sudan: prohibit foreign aid or arms transfers until elimination of chattel slavery (see H.R. 3766), H7154 [9JY]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a percentage of their refunds to contribute to breast and prostate cancer research (see H.R. 2875), H2467 [19MR]

———allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 2548), H1226 [1FE]

———exclusion of employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H5288 [16MY]

———increase child care credit and eliminate the exclusion of income relative to foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 3332), H6117 [10JN]

———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), H10041 [4SE]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 2338), H4397 [1MY]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see H.R. 1893), H2316 [14MR]

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

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H331 [5JA]

Telephones: prohibit providers of cellular and other mobile radio services from blocking access to 911 emergency services (see H.R. 3181), H4647 [8MY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (see H.R. 3409), H5380 [21MY]

Turkey: conflict resolution between Government and Kurdish militants (see H. Con. Res. 136), H2224 [13MR]

U.S. Navy Blue Angels: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary (see H.R. 1828), H1636 [29FE]

U.S. Soccer Federation: support efforts to bring 1999 Women's World Cup tournament to the U.S. (see H. Res. 359), H3171 [28MR]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H4800 [9MY]

Water pollution: State waivers from secondary treatment requirements for certain ocean discharges (see H.R. 3299), H4503 [7MY]

Women: 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]

Proclamations

Tribute to Amanda Frazer Dawson: by, E453 [26MR]

Remarks by, on

Education: funding, H2129 [13MR]

Minimum wage: level, H3712 [23AP]

National Tourism Board: establish (H.R. 2579), E1001 [5JN]

National Tourism Organization: establish (H.R. 2579), E1001 [5JN]

Terrorism: U.S. policy, E1418 [31JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3521 [17AP]

Virgin Islands: tribute to legislature for 25th anniversary of designation of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, E94 [25JA]

———tribute to St. Croix Central High School Jazz and Concert Bands, E932 [29MY]

———tribute to St. Croix Central High School Mixed Chorus, Jazz Choir, and Visuals Ensemble, E933 [29MY]

Women's History Month: observance, H2658 [21MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1136 [31JA]

Tributes

Boxman, Bradd H., E998 [5JN]

Brown, Ronald H., H3451 [16AP]

Gibbons, Representative, H4129 [30AP]

Hodge-Smith, Thyra A., E1103 [18JN]

Lockhart-Elskoe, Dorothy (Dotsy), E1429 [1AU]

Mfume, Representative, H1053 [31JA]

Rivera, Eulalie, R., H2658 [21MR]

Watson, Leona B., E1424 [1AU]