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
Remarks by, on
Education: funding, H2129 [13MR]
Minimum wage: level, H3712
National Tourism Board: establish (H.R. 2579), E1001
National Tourism Organization: establish (H.R. 2579), E1001
Terrorism: U.S. policy, E1418
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
———tribute to St. Croix Central High School Jazz and Concert Bands, E932
———tribute to St. Croix Central High School Mixed Chorus, Jazz Choir, and Visuals Ensemble, E933
Women's History Month: observance, H2658
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1136 [31JA]
Tributes
Boxman, Bradd H., E998
Brown, Ronald H., H3451 [16AP]
Gibbons, Representative, H4129 [30AP]
Hodge-Smith, Thyra A., E1103
Lockhart-Elskoe, Dorothy (Dotsy), E1429
Mfume, Representative, H1053 [31JA]
Rivera, Eulalie, R., H2658 [21MR]
Watson, Leona B., E1424