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 [27MR]

2nd Trimester Abortion, Cincinnati Medicine (publication), H2916 [27MR]

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 [27MR]

———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 [18JY]

Clark County, NV: relief of persons who purchased land relative to certain private land surveys (H.R. 2135), H9962 [4SE]

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 [5JA]

———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 [25JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3666), conference report, H10967 [24SE]

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, H4820 [10MY]

FDA: require full documentation of breast implant information (H. Res. 449), E1032 [7JN]

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 [28MR]

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 [22JY]

National Tourism Board: establish (H.R. 2579), H11260 [26SE]

National Tourism Organization: establish (H.R. 2579), H11260 [26SE]

Native Americans: exempt certain adoption and child custody proceedings from coverage under the Indian Child Welfare Act, H4818 [10MY]

Nevada: tribute to Boulder City High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E971 [30MY]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), H7818 [18JY]

Roads and highways: exempt traffic signal synchronization projects from certain Clean Air Act provisions (H.R. 2988), H10782 [24SE]

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 [11JN]

Tariff: certain silver and gold bars (H.R. 3615), E1049 [11JN]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), H4818, H4820 [10MY]

———treatment of veterans' reemployment rights (H.R. 3104), E378 [19MR]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2266 [14MR]

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]