ABERCROMBIE, NEIL (a Representative from Hawaii)
Addresses
Asian Pacific-American Heritage Month: by, H5302 [21MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Courts: residency requirement quotas for judges in each Federal judicial circuit Court of Appeals (see H.R. 3045), H1985 [7MR]
Hawaii: repatriation of certain Native American remains (see H.R. 4084), H10524 [17SE]
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: amend (see H.J. Res. 192), H10430 [16SE]
Immigration: establish visa waiver pilot program for Korean nationals traveling in tour groups (see H.R. 3962), H9922 [2AU]
Marine resources: development of technology for recovery of minerals from the ocean seabed (see H.R. 3249), H3488 [16AP]
South Pacific region: prohibit the storage of nuclear waste on any Pacific territories or U.S. islands (see H.R. 3686), H6690 [20JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4284), H12173 [28SE]
Airlines: require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 1309), H11048 [24SE]
American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H3387 [15AP]
Animals: improve animal drug approval process (see H.R. 2508), H3820 [24AP]
———prevent pet theft (see H.R. 3393), H4502 [7MY]
———prohibit import, export, sale or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2240), H1325 [27FE]
Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 155), H187 [4JA]
Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1225 [1FE]
———permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Program (see H.R. 3012), H3650 [18AP]
Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]
Burma: impose sanctions (see H.R. 2892), H3171 [28MR]
Business and industry: reduce Federal subsidies and strengthen tax treatment of individuals who renounce their citizenship (see H.R. 4122), H10720 [19SE]
———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H6415 [13JN]
Children and youth: deny foreign aid to countries refusing to enforce labor laws (see H.R. 3294), H4303 [30AP]
China, People's Republic of: human rights situation (see H. Res. 347), H2665 [21MR]
———increased tariffs relative to intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3421), H4646 [8MY]
CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 518, 520), H10721 [19SE]
Civil defense: public safety officer death benefits eligibility for certain civil defense and FEMA employees (see H.R. 938), H7780 [17JY]
Clothing industry: legal accountability for sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4166), H11228 [25SE]
Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 3057), H1985 [7MR]
Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (see H.R. 2724), H3650 [18AP]
———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see H.R. 2725), H3650 [18AP]
———treatment of Federal contracts relative to Government shutdowns (see H.R. 2963), H2316 [14MR]
Courts: authorize additional Federal district judge for eastern district of Wisconsin (see H. Res. 362), 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]
Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H3650 [18AP]
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]
Dept. of Defense: prohibit sale in commissary or exchange stores of imported items not produced under minimum labor standards (see H.R. 3843), H7780 [17JY]
Diseases: research programs for lymphangioleiomyomatosis disease (see H.R. 3715), H7260 [10JY]
Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]
EEOC: provide funding and remedies for certain instances of sexual harassment (see H.R. 3646), H6413 [13JN]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3505), H5500 [22MY]
Explosives: require materials to contain taggants (see H.R. 1568), H9925 [2AU]
Federal Election Campaign Act: amend (see H.R. 3505), H5500 [22MY]
Government: relief for Federal employees, Federal contractors, and employees of Federal contractors for expenses incurred during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2857), H330 [5JA]
Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see H.R. 2019), H1775 [6MR]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H7658 [16JY]
———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), H11395 [26SE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H5288 [16MY]
House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 513), H9925 [2AU]
———provide for a nonvoting delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3879), H8598 [26JY]
Indonesia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 2746), H3488 [16AP]
INS: standards for naturalization (see H.R. 4056), H10602 [18SE]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H1986 [7MR]
Kenya: human rights and political situation (see H. Con. Res. 135), H7260 [10JY]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H2950 [27MR]
Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2316 [14MR]
Marine mammals: eliminate ban on import of dolphin-safe tuna and support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 2856), H2320 [18MR]
Marine resources: authorizing National Marine Sanctuary Program appropriations (see H.R. 3090), H2315 [14MR]
Medicare: expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (see H.R. 2777), H6765 [25JN]
———hospice care reforms (see H.R. 3714), H10602 [18SE]
———liability waiver for home health agencies, hospice programs, and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 3678), H6531 [19JN]
———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H4902 [10MY]
Mexico: make extension of loan guarantee agreement conditional to drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 2945), H1775 [6MR]
———safety standards and drug enforcement efforts relative to trucks seeking to cross U.S. border (see H.R. 2946), H1775 [6MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 940), H774 [23JA]
Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H11048 [24SE]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2123 [12MR]
Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H3171 [28MR]
NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H12194 [30SE]
Oceans: establish a national oceanographic partnership program (see H.R. 3303), H3820 [24AP]
Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2862), H914 [25JA]
Public welfare programs: reform relative to domestic violence (see H. Con. Res. 195), H7107 [27JN]
———treatment of legal immigrants (see H.R. 4122), H10720 [19SE]
Radio: utilization of volunteer workers relative to amateur radio service (see H.R. 3207), H6691 [20JN]
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]
Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4303 [30AP]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H2950 [27MR]
———reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H1636 [29FE]
———repeal offset for annuities under the survivor benefit plan for surviving spouses of retired Armed Forces members (see H.R. 2214), H2665 [21MR]
Taxation: eliminate State requirement to pay unemployment compensation on election worker services (see H.R. 3430), H9566 [31JY]
———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 757), H7474 [11JY]
———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 3111), H5052 [14MY]
———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H1226 [1FE]
Terrorism: condemn terrorist activities in Israel (see H. Con. Res. 149), H1985 [7MR]
U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 220), H6184 [11JN]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7780 [17JY]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H5570 [23MY]
Waterways: ballast water management plans relative to prevention of nonindigenous species introduction (see H.R. 3217), H11048 [24SE]
Weapons: deployment policy for antiballistic missile systems (see H.R. 3489), H5288 [16MY]
Women: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3178), H10236 [11SE]
World War II: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and of George C. Marshall (see H.R. 1406), H2950 [27MR]
———tribute to Filipino veterans (see H. Con. Res. 191), H6691 [20JN]
Letters
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act: Leon E. Panetta, Executive Office of the President, H7607 [16JY]
Puerto Rico self-determination: by, S9558 [2AU]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), Senate amendments, H2925
Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (H.R. 2854), H1476 [28FE]
———price supports for sugar, H1476 [28FE]
Appropriations: line-item veto, H3000 [28MR]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H167, H168 [4JA], H950, H953, H954, H955 [30JA], H1077 [31JA]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5792, H5794, H5795, H5796, H5799 [4JN]
Business and industry: arrange for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands (H.R. 4168), H11270 [26SE]
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status, E1128
———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), H7022
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): provide authority to obtain testimony to investigate the dismissal of White House Travel Office personnel (H. Res. 369), H1964 [7MR]
Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (H.R. 2270), H7449
Courts: reform habeas corpus procedures, H3624 [18AP]
———residency requirement quotas for judges in each Federal judicial circuit Court of Appeals (H.R. 3045), E306
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 3517), H5664 [30MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), veto, H114 [4JA]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8231 [23JY]
Education: Impact Aid Program technical corrections (H.R. 3269), H4451
Families and domestic relations: child abuse prevention (S. 919), H11151 [25SE]
Federal aid programs: provide assistance to workers formerly employed in the Federal helium program, H4140 [30AP]
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act: technical corrections (H.R. 4018), H9972 [4SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), E1025
France: actions relative to moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons, H906, H907, H908, H909 [25JA], H1060 [31JA]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H147 [4JA]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, H9789 [1AU]
Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (H.R. 1179), H9973 [4SE]
House of Representatives: enactment of certain legislation (H.R. 3136), H3000 [28MR]
———partisanship, H953 [30JA]
House Rules: question of privilege relative to withdrawal of invitation to Jacques Chirac to address a joint meeting of Congress (H. Res. 350), H1060 [31JA]
Immigration: establish visa waiver pilot program for Korean nationals traveling in tour groups (H.R. 3962), E1498
India: suspend developmental assistance relative to human rights violations (H.R. 1425), E1025
Marine resources: development of technology for recovery of minerals from the ocean seabed (H.R. 3249), H7608 [16JY]
Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), H7449
———define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), consideration (H. Res. 474), H7274 [11JY]
———recognition of same-sex marriage, H7274, H7449
Minimum wage: level, H3633 [18AP]
National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3198), H8682
National Marine Fisheries Service: Hawaiian Monk Seal and Sea Turtle Programs funding, H8231 [23JY]
National Marine Sanctuaries Act: reauthorize (H.R. 543), H11628 [28SE]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3487), H9977 [4SE]
Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex: acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh and Waihee Stream (H.R. 1772), H3691
Parliamentary inquiry, H1061, H1062 [31JA], H1963, H1964 [7MR]
Petroleum: management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases (H.R. 1975), H7603, H7605, H7607 [16JY]
Political campaigns: incorrect distribution of tax and spend worksheet by the National Republican Congressional Committee, H3398 [16AP]
Public debt: ceiling, H950 [30JA], H1077 [31JA]
———ceiling (H.R. 3136), H3000 [28MR]
Public lands: recovery and disposal of helium (H.R. 3008), H4140, H4142, H4145 [30AP]
South Pacific region: prohibit the storage of nuclear waste on any Pacific territories or U.S. islands (H.R. 3686), E1135
Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, H3613, H3624 [18AP]
Votes: position on missed, H1697
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1136 [31JA], H2948 [27MR], H3648 [18AP]
Statements
U.N. World Conference on Women in the People's Republic of China: Pamela Ferguson-Brey, E336
Tributes
Aung San Suu Kyi, E1126
Boorda, Jeremy M., H5263 [16MY]
Montgomery, Representative, H5664 [30MY]