VUCANOVICH, BARBARA F. (a Representative from Nevada)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3019, continuing appropriations, H2654 [21MR]
———H.R. 3517, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H8573 [26JY]
———H.R. 3666, Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies appropriations, H10189 [11SE]
Articles and editorials
Anesthesiologists Question Claims in Abortion Debate, Diane M. Gianelli, American Medical News, H2917
2nd Trimester Abortion, Cincinnati Medicine (publication), H2916
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (see H.R. 3517), H5569 [23MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish a National Test and Demonstration Center of Excellence at the Nevada test site (see H.R. 2899), H913 [25JA]
FDA: require full documentation of breast implant information (see H. Res. 449), H6005 [6JN]
Health: allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (see H.R. 3504), H5500 [22MY]
Tariff: certain silver and gold bars (see H.R. 3615), H6183 [11JN]
Taxation: treatment of veterans' reemployment rights (see H.R. 3104), H2320 [18MR]
Walker River Basin: conservation and stabilization of water quantity and quality for fish habitat (see H.R. 3971), H9922 [2AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
American Discovery Trail: establish (see H.R. 3250), H3488 [16AP]
Armed Forces: permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H5935 [5JN]
Budget: reform process (see H.R. 4285), H12173 [28SE]
Business and industry: arrange for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands (see H.R. 2906), H973 [30JA]
Capitol Building and Grounds: restoration of statue honoring women's suffrage and relocation to the rotunda (see H. Con. Res. 216), H11048 [24SE]
China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H3650 [18AP]
———U.S. policy on regional stability and defense (see H. Con. Res. 148), H1985 [7MR]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 159), H3388 [15AP]
———employee forfeiture of retirement benefits relative to certain criminal convictions (see H.R. 2244), H4397 [1MY]
Congressional Award Board: revise and extend authorities (see H.R. 2396), H12175 [28SE]
Courts: repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 2701), H914 [25JA]
Crime: penalties relative to drug-facilitated crimes involving violence or sexual assault (see H.R. 4137), H11047 [24SE]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 4149), H11047 [24SE]
Dept. of Defense: restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]
Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H6286 [12JN]
Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H913 [25JA]
Endangered species: protect private property rights relative to economic losses from critical habitat designations (see H.R. 3862), H8094 [22JY]
EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3391), H9566 [31JY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: improve administration (see H.R. 1711), H5570 [23MY]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 3465), H5173 [15MY]
Farrakhan, Louis: condemn recent visit to Middle East and Africa (see H. Res. 374), H1986 [7MR]
FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H4303 [30AP]
———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H4303 [30AP]
Federal aid programs: deny community development block grants to States that allow recovery of damages for injuries suffered in the commission of a felony (see H.R. 3736), H9925 [2AU]
Food: increase access to nutritional information and increase availability of safe food products (see H.R. 3200), H4397 [1MY]
Foreign trade: impose sanctions on foreign persons exporting petroleum products, natural gas, or related technology to Iran (see H.R. 3107), H5935 [5JN]
George Bush School of Government and Public Service: funding (see H.R. 3803), H7532 [12JY]
Government: reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 193), H7107 [27JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H2559 [20MR]
———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H6184 [11JN]
Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H5380 [21MY]
Labor unions: clarify standards on use of business property or facilities by community organizations relative to similar usage for union advocacy activities (see H.R. 2497), H2665 [21MR]
———ensure that employees paying mandatory dues may object to the use of their dues for political, legislative, social, or charitable purposes (see H.R. 3580), H6006 [6JN]
Lobbyists: prohibit use of funds by Federal agencies to lobby for or against any legislative proposal (see H.R. 3078), H2224 [13MR]
Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H973 [30JA]
Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H6286 [12JN]
Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 4011), H9924 [2AU]
Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H7260 [10JY]
Missouri (U.S.S.): transfer to U.S.S. Missouri Allied Forces Memorial, San Francisco, CA (see H.R. 4066), H12175 [28SE]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H2558 [20MR]
NAFTA: withdrawal (see H.R. 2651), H10108 [5SE]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 3901), H9925 [2AU]
National Discovery Trails: establish (see H.R. 3250), H3488 [16AP]
National forests: clarify regulations for ski area permit issuance and the suspension of mineral leasing laws in ski areas (see H.R. 1527), H187 [4JA]
National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports: establish (see H.R. 2209), H10174 [10SE]
National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 3198), H5380 [21MY]
National security: national missile defense system (see H.R. 3144), H4303 [30AP]
———policy (see H. Con. Res. 100), H5754 [30MY]
Pesticides: reform antimicrobial pesticide registration (see H.R. 3338), H6415 [13JN]
Public lands: recovery and disposal of helium (see H.R. 3008), H1715 [5MR]
Real estate: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 3752), H7780 [17JY]
Safe Drinking Water Act: amend (see H.R. 3038), H4646 [8MY]
Small business: reform regulatory process (see H.R. 3798), H7474 [11JY]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H3650 [18AP]
———reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H4430 [6MY]
———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H5380 [21MY]
Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H4800 [9MY]
Taxation: excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H5052 [14MY]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 784), H2316 [14MR]
———treatment of certain accounts involved in the acquisition of gold, silver, platinum, or palladium bullion (see H.R. 3047), H1985 [7MR]
———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H6765 [25JN]
———treatment of production of alcohol for fuel use (see H.R. 3345), H4109 [25AP]
Veterans: minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 1090), H6415 [13JN]
White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (see H.R. 2937), H1224 [1FE]
Conference reports
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure (H.R. 3517), H8958-H8980 [30JY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H2875 [27MR], H10769 [24SE]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), Senate amendments, H2913, H2927
———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, H10622 [19SE]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), H1944 [7MR]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7818
Clark County, NV: relief of persons who purchased land relative to certain private land surveys (H.R. 2135), H9962
Crime: domestic violence programs funding, H7226 [10JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), veto, H19 [3JA]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), H5659, H5672 [30MY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), conference report, H9796, H9800, H9801 [1AU]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), motion to instruct conferees, H8573 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3610), H6371 [13JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), veto, E28
———making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6548 [19JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7226 [10JY], H7342 [11JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), H6809
———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, H10967
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (H.R. 123), H9747 [1AU]
Families and domestic relations: promote adoption of minority children (H.R. 3286), H4818
FDA: require full documentation of breast implant information (H. Res. 449), E1032
Federal contracts: promote competition through use of soft metric conversions, H8114 [23JY]
Health: allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (H.R. 3504), H5387 [22MY]
———human embryo research funding, H7342 [11JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3111
House of Representatives: legislative program, H10769 [24SE]
Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2595 [21MR]
———limits on admission of legal immigrants, H2595 [21MR]
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development: reform board appointment process (H.R. 3049), H3669 [23AP]
Medicaid: State determination on the use of funds for abortion in the case of rape or incest, H1944 [7MR]
Metric system: conversion requirements (H.R. 2779), H8114 [23JY]
National Cancer Institute: funding, H7226 [10JY]
National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (H.R. 497), H1677 [5MR], H8044
National Tourism Board: establish (H.R. 2579), H11260
National Tourism Organization: establish (H.R. 2579), H11260
Native Americans: exempt certain adoption and child custody proceedings from coverage under the Indian Child Welfare Act, H4818
Nevada: tribute to Boulder City High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E971
Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), H7818
Roads and highways: exempt traffic signal synchronization projects from certain Clean Air Act provisions (H.R. 2988), H10782
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge: require acquisition of lands be only by donation, exchange, or by owner consent (H.R. 2909), H6131
Tariff: certain silver and gold bars (H.R. 3615), E1049
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), H4818
———treatment of veterans' reemployment rights (H.R. 3104), E378
Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2266
Water pollution: standards for constructed water conveyances (H.R. 2567), H753 [23JA]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H10018 [4SE]
Tribute, H5658, H5662, H5664, H5665 [30MY], H11217 [25SE], H11234 [26SE], E1856 [30SE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S562 [30JA]
Reports filed
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction, Family Housing, and Base Realignment and Closure: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3517) (H. Rept. 104-721), H8981 [30JY]
———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3517) (H. Rept. 104-591), H5569 [23MY]
Tables
Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), H5660 [30MY], H9798 [1AU]