CARDIN, BENJAMIN L. (a Representative from Maryland)

Amendments offered by, to

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4710 [9MY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2447 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

House of Representatives: prohibit recess or adjournment during periods of lapsed appropriations (see H. Res. 332), H187 [4JA]

Medicare: hospice care reform (see H.R. 3714), H6764 [25JN]

OPM: require annual reports to Congress on changes to Federal retiree health benefits (see H.R. 3462), H5173 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for sugar (see H.R. 1687), H1986 [7MR]

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H1636 [29FE]

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

Business and industry: ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6414 [13JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Congressional Family Picnic (see H. Con. Res. 198), H7474 [11JY]

China, People's Republic of: increased tariffs relative to intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3421), H4646 [8MY]

Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 2820), H5501 [22MY]

Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: implementation (see H.R. 1416), H4110 [25AP]

Courts: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 2259), H1232 [6FE]

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

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]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H3387 [15AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H2123 [12MR]

Ecology and environment: strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 2407), H2316 [14MR]

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]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 3465), H6765 [25JN]

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

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 2458, 3107), H774 [23JA], H4397 [1MY]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H331 [5JA]

FRS: use of surplus funds to cover Financing Corp. obligations (see H.R. 3261), H3581 [17AP]

General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina: implementation (see H. Res. 542), H11395 [26SE]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H4430 [6MY]

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

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3425), H4800 [9MY]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H7533 [12JY]

International law: return of or compensation for properties confiscated during Nazi, Facist, or Communist occupation (see H. Con. Res. 228), H11527 [27SE]

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

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

Medicare: access to medigap supplemental insurance for enrollees in both traditional and managed care plans (see H.R. 3374), H6765 [25JN]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 4047), H10235 [11SE]

———liability waiver for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3678), H6531 [19JN]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H1226 [1FE]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 3992), H9923 [2AU]

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

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H2123 [12MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H2123 [12MR]

NetDay96: tribute (see H. Res. 521), H11528 [27SE]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2862), H737 [22JA]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 3443), H4902 [10MY]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 3612), H6183 [11JN]

Roosevelt, Theodore: award the Congressional Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3966), H9922 [2AU]

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

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions (see H.R. 2994), H4303 [30AP]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 4099), H10524 [17SE]

———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see H.R. 2879), H912 [25JA]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H1508 [28FE]

Turkey: conflict resolution between Government and Kurdish militants (see H. Con. Res. 136), H3581 [17AP]

Ukraine: anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear reactor accident (see H. Con. Res. 167), H3820 [24AP]

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

Water: public notification relative to level of contaminants in drinking water (see H.R. 3280), H4902 [10MY]

Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (see H.R. 3217), H3488 [16AP]

Eulogies

Fish, Hamilton, Jr.: by Ralph G. Neas, E1430 [1AU]

Letters

Changes to prescription drug policies under certain Federal retiree health benefits programs: several Members of Congress, E812 [15MY]

Gasoline tax: Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr., Crown Central Petroleum Corp., H5344 [21MY]

———Jack Kinstlinger, H5344 [21MY]

Proposals

Tax treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, E1846 [30SE]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, H10626 [19SE]

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1471 [28FE]

———price supports for sugar, H1471 [28FE]

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: tribute, E595 [22AP], E631 [25AP]

Baltimore County, MD: anniversary of Eastern Baltimore Area Chamber of Commerce, E1816 [28SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7800 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9415 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5106 [15MY], H5225 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), motion to instruct conferees, H5728 [30MY]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 328), H5 [3JA]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), H6986 [27JN]

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, H3201 [29MR]

Dept. of HUD: consultation with local authorities relative to settlement negotiations in public housing litigation cases, H4710, H4711 [9MY]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), conference report, E357 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6589 [19JN]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3820), H8383, H8473, H8507 [25JY]

———campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 3820), consideration (H. Res. 481), H8466 [25JY]

Explosives: require materials to contain taggants, H9707 [1AU]

Families and domestic relations: promote adoption of minority children (H.R. 3286), H4781, H4782 [9MY]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), consideration (H. Res. 388), H2677 [22MR]

Flag Day: observance, E1091 [14JN]

Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran or Libya (H.R. 3107), H6475 [18JN]

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: construction project funding, H6589 [19JN]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), H5470 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, H9852 [2AU]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 503), H9845 [2AU]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H11 [3JA], H149 [4JA]

Health: medical savings account programs, H6135 [11JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3086, H3133 [28MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, H9787 [1AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), consideration (H. Res. 392), H3032 [28MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), motion to instruct conferees, H6135 [11JN]

House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), H3003 [28MR]

House Rules: question of privilege, H5 [3JA]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4710, H4711 [9MY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2449 [19MR]

———enforcement of employer sanctions relative to employment of illegal aliens, H2449 [19MR]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (H.R. 2823), H9444 [31JY]

Journal: question of approval, H3821 [25AP]

Medicaid: reform, H5654 [30MY]

Medicare: additional charges by providers, H5728 [30MY]

———colorectal screening (H.R. 922), E1787 [28SE]

———reform, H5106 [15MY]

Minimum wage: level, H9852 [2AU]

National Flag Week: observance, E1091 [14JN]

OPM: require annual reports to Congress on changes to Federal retiree health benefits (H.R. 3462), E811 [15MY]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: congressional approval and implementation of shipbuilding trade agreement (H.R. 2754), H6296 [13JN]

Parkville, MD: anniversary of VFW Post 9083, E707 [6MY]

Pensions: improve retirement income security by expanding employer contributions, increasing portability, and protecting accounts, H9845 [2AU]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (H.R. 3415), H5344 [21MY]

Public debt: ceiling (H.R. 3136), H3003 [28MR]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 3021), H1790 [7MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, H5654 [30MY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), H7800 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9415 [31JY]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), H4781, H4782 [9MY]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, E1845 [30SE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2265 [14MR]

———U.S. policy, H9707 [1AU]

University of Maryland: tribute to School of Nursing, E1711 [26SE]

World Ostomy Day: observance, E1787 [28SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H185 [4JA], H1136 [31JA]

Summaries

Tax Treatment of Employee Benefits for Staffing Firms, E1845 [30SE]

Tributes

Cohen, Selma J., E1363 [24JY]

Cummings, Representative, H3823 [25AP]

Fish, Hamilton, Jr., E1430 [1AU]

Mfume, Representative, H1051, H1055 [31JA]

Trump, Rodney A., E1009 [6JN]