McDERMOTT, JIM (a Representative from Washington)

Articles and editorials

Gingrich Critic Aided Ethics-Panel Democrat, H4432 [7MY]

Republican Floor Show Only a Cynic Could Love, Terry Tang, Seattle (WA) Times, H3237 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Health: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 3482), H5287 [16MY]

Tariff: skis and snowboards (see H.R. 4212), H11395 [26SE]

Taxation: credits for health insurance premiums of employees without employer-provided health coverage (see H.R. 4176), H11229 [25SE]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3807), H7533 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H5288 [16MY]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H1325 [27FE]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1248 [20FE]

———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H7658 [16JY]

Aviation: prohibit transportation of chemical oxygen generators on certain aircraft (see H.R. 3618), H7155 [9JY]

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

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2089), H3171 [28MR]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 520), H12194 [30SE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 377), H1986 [7MR]

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 3057), H1985 [7MR]

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 4125), H10721 [19SE]

Contracts: require wages paid under a Federal contract be above local poverty line (see H.R. 3463), H6915 [26JN]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 561), H4110 [25AP]

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

———false identification documents (see H.R. 1552), H4646 [8MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H4303 [30AP]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida (see H.R. 3927), H9566 [31JY]

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

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

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. 2566, 3505), H1636 [29FE], H5500 [22MY]

Emergency Food Assistance Act: purchase of commodities using State funds (see H.R. 3978), H9922 [2AU]

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

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

Firearms: standards for certain foreign and domestically-produced handguns (see H.R. 3652), H6413 [13JN]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 4198), H11394 [26SE]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H187 [4JA]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 3022), H1774 [6MR]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2690), H331 [5JA]

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

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H1324 [27FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226, 3425), H4800 [9MY], H10236 [11SE]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 513), H12194 [30SE]

———ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights relative to States' ratification (see H. Res. 39), H2124 [12MR]

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

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

International Fund for Ireland: require certain entities receiving U.S. funds to comply with the MacBride Principles (see H.R. 3621), H7475 [11JY]

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

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), H2713 [22MR]

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

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (see H.R. 2777), H914 [25JA]

———hospice care reforms (see H.R. 3714), H10041 [4SE]

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

———pharmaceutical care services (see H.R. 3757), H10174 [10SE]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 620), H1325 [27FE]

———level (see H.R. 619), H1325 [27FE]

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H1986 [7MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H1986 [7MR]

Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H737 [22JA]

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

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

Pang, Martin: extradition from Brazil to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 132), H914 [25JA]

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

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H774 [23JA]

———prohibit certain transaction rules relative to 401(k) pension plans (see H.R. 3688), H7658 [16JY]

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

President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 117), H4503 [7MY]

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]

———reform relative to domestic violence (see H. Con. Res. 195), H7107 [27JN]

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

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

Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3710), H7658 [16JY]

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

Snoqualmie National Forest: expand boundaries (see H.R. 3497), H5379 [21MY]

Social Security: apply standards to outpatient physical therapy relative to certain physician services (see H.R. 3426), H6184 [11JN]

———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H7154 [9JY]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H6184 [11JN]

Taxation: election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H914 [25JA]

———increase excise taxes on smokeless tobacco products and establish a trust fund to reduce use (see H.R. 2585), H1325 [27FE]

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

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2333), H6509 [18JN]

———treatment of environmental remediation costs in empowerment and enterprise zones (see H.R. 3747), H9566 [31JY]

Terrorism: condemn terrorist activities in Israel (see H. Con. Res. 149), H2124 [12MR]

U.N.: authorize payment of U.S. arrearages and contributions for U.N. peacekeeping activities (see H.R. 3609), H8598 [26JY]

U.S. Soccer Federation: support efforts to bring 1999 Women's World Cup tournament to the U.S. (see H. Res. 359), H1226 [1FE]

Veterans: reform and improve eligibility for medical care and services (see H.R. 3118, 3119), H5754 [30MY], H5935 [5JN]

———retroactive determination of military disability benefits eligibility (see H.R. 973), H5570 [23MY]

Water: public notification relative to level of contaminants in drinking water (see H.R. 3280), H5647 [29MY]

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]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2995), H5754 [30MY]

Letters

Human rights violations in Bolivia: several organizations, E339 [13MR]

Ineligibility of Representative McDermott to participate in a proceeding before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): Representative Nancy L. Johnson, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House), H8149 [23JY]

Political campaign contributions: by, E759 [10MY]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making continuing, H212 [5JA]

Bolivia: human rights violations, E338 [13MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H212 [5JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7803 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 495), H9393 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5106, H5123 [15MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, H6293 [13JN]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), H212 [5JA]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), H7018 [27JN]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): reform, H7653-H7655 [16JY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3302 [15AP]

Crime: condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (H. Con. Res. 187), H6396 [13JN]

Cuba: strengthen international economic sanctions and support transition to democratically elected government (H.R. 927), conference report, H1742 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6659, H6663 [20JN]

Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), H2564 [21MR]

Forests: emergency salvage timber sale program, H6659, H6663 [20JN]

France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons, H908, H909 [25JA], H927 [30JA]

Gingrich, Representative: investigation by independent counsel relative to GOPAC, H7653-H7655 [16JY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H212 [5JA]

Health: limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (H.R. 3482), E829 [16MY]

———managed care system reform proposal, H1305-H1308 [27FE]

———medical savings account programs, H6136 [11JN], H6684-H6688 [20JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3087 [28MR], H6684-H6688 [20JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, H9792 [1AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), consideration (H. Res. 392), H3038 [28MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), motion to instruct conferees, H6136 [11JN]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (H.R. 2823), H9436 [31JY]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), H7448 [11JY]

———recognition of same-sex marriage, H7448 [11JY]

Medicare: reform, H5106 [15MY], H5989 [6JN]

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

Public welfare programs: reform, H6293 [13JN]

———reform (H.R. 3734), H7803 [18JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (H.R. 3604), H7269 [11JY]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (S. 534), E119 [31JA], E204 [23FE]

Supreme Court: decision relative to the granting of protected status to homosexuals, E867 [22MY]

Tariff: skis and snowboards (H.R. 4212), E1732 [27SE]

Taxation: permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (H.R. 3807), E1272 [12JY]

Votes: position on missed, H6091 [10JN], E868 [22MY]

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society: tribute, E584 [19AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): conflict of interest concerns relative to Representative McDermott, H4432 [7MY]

Special order: granted, H11392 [26SE], H11524 [27SE], H12171 [28SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): conflict of interest concerns relative to Representative McDermott, H4433 [7MY]

Tributes

Lein, John N., H11573 [27SE]

Mitchell, Hugh B., E1124 [20JN]

Smith, Sam, E17 [4JA]