PALLONE, FRANK, JR. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Azerbaijan Aggression Toward Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh: by, E256-E258 [13FE]

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4394 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4394 [25JN]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3275 [3JN], H3345, H3357, H3431, H3477 [4JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5298 [15JY]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (H.R. 901), H7912 [25SE]

Articles and editorials

Happy? We Shore Are! Dennis P. Carmody, Asbury Park (NJ) Press, E1212 [12JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H524 [12FE]

Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 900), H1611 [16AP]

Anderson, Marian: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 864), H6798 [3SE]

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (see H.R. 1787), H3476 [4JN]

———ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 594), H346 [5FE]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H9800 [30OC]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H3568 [5JN]

Armenia: agricultural assistance program funding (see H.R. 500), H408 [10FE]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H4086 [19JN]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1658), H3204 [22MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H4339 [24JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see H. Con. Res. 134), H6406 [30JY]

CERCLA: treatment of certain parties relative to liability (see H.R. 2485), H8633 [7OC]

Children and youth: facilitate fingerprint checks authorized by the National Child Protection Act (see H.R. 2488), H7831 [24SE]

———funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H1891 [24AP]

———support local reading programs for children (see H.R. 1516), H2155 [1MY]

China, People's Republic of: political reform (see H.R. 2095), H4835 [26JN]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins in commemoration of African-American Civil War veterans (see H.R. 2453), H7261 [11SE]

Coastal Heritage Trail Route: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2125), H7119 [9SE]

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: ratification (see H. Res. 241), H7729 [23SE]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H6026 [29JY]

Consumer Price Index: reduction (see H. Res. 132), H1892 [24AP]

Consumers: require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 3060), H10954 [13NO]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H7601 [18SE]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H4221 [23JN]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H2874 [16MY]

Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see H.R. 3081), H10955 [13NO]

———increase penalties for certain offenses where the victim is a child (see H.R. 2122), H5020 [9JY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation (see H. Con. Res. 81), H3477 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H2254 [6MY]

Dept. of Education: study methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia (see H.R. 3058), H10954 [13NO]

Dept. of Energy: extension of Electric and Magnetic Fields Research Program and Public Information Dissemination Program (see H.R. 363), H768 [5MR]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit issuance of oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3074), H10954 [13NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding for medical care programs (see H.R. 1156), H1340 [8AP]

Diseases: coverage of prostate cancer screening and drug treatments under Medicare and Dept. of Veterans Affairs programs and expansion of research and education programs (see H.R. 383), H286 [4FE]

———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]

———establish estrogenic substance screening programs (see H.R. 1311), H1893 [24AP]

———issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 407), H2590 [13MY]

———Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 2009), H8929 [21OC]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H6798 [3SE]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1391 [9AP]

Drugs: encourage consultation with pharmacists relative to purchase and use of over-the-counter drug products (see H. Res. 151), H3274 [3JN]

———penalties relative to gamma y-hydroxybutyrate and ketamine hydrochloride (see H.R. 1530), H2168 [5MY]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1707 [17AP]

———ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H6704 [31JY]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]

———increase penalties and strengthen enforcement relative to environmental crimes (see H.R. 277), H148 [9JA]

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H1706 [17AP]

———negotiation of an international climate change agreement (see H. Con. Res. 106), H7119 [9SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6707 [31JY]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H452 [11FE]

Education: development of curriculum designed to educate students about the Irish famine (see H. Con. Res. 12), H285 [4FE]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 2651), H8832 [9OC]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 688), H1456 [14AP]

———reestablish the Office of Noise Abatement and Control (see H.R. 536), H283 [4FE]

———take immediate steps to abate emissions of mercury and release to Congress a study of mercury (see H. Con. Res. 91), H3203 [22MY]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1340 [8AP]

Federal employees: computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H8834 [9OC]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1392 [9AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H3201 [22MY]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (see H.R. 1855), H3659 [10JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Food: improve safety of imported foods (see H.R. 3052), H10954 [13NO]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H8161 [29SE]

Foreign trade: ensure protection of worker rights and environmental standards in any trade agreements (see H.R. 1079), H1612 [16AP]

Germany: jurisdiction of cases in U.S. courts involving genocide during World War II (see H.R. 1531), H10956 [13NO]

Great Irish Potato Famine: honor memory of victims (see H. Con. Res. 159), H7911 [25SE]

Hazardous substances: storage of nuclear waste on any territory or possession of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 32), H724 [4MR]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (see H.R. 746), H585 [13FE]

———apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H2351 [7MY]

———assure continued health insurance coverage of retired workers (see H.R. 211), H146 [9JA]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H10956 [13NO]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3069 [20MY]

———expand research relative to environmental and genetic susceptibilities for breast cancer (see H.R. 1413), H1793 [23AP]

———prohibit discrimination relative to exposure to hazardous substances (see H.R. 1506), H2090 [30AP]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H629 [25FE]

———protect the public from hazards caused by exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (see H.R. 1771), H7604 [22SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 1749), H9614 [28OC]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H143 [9JA]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H1793 [23AP]

House of Representatives: implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H1611 [16AP]

———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H2156 [1MY]

Immigration: provide special status for certain alien journalists working in Hong Kong (see H.R. 890), H701 [27FE]

India: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 22), H156 [9JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1795 [23AP]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H347 [5FE]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H9865 [31OC]

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 617), H347 [5FE]

———establish a minimum amount that may be applied as an aggregate lifetime limit relative to coverage under certain health benefit plans (see H.R. 1807), H6918 [4SE]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H1440 [10AP]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H3661 [10JN]

Italian Americans: prepare report detailing injustices suffered during World War II and acknowledgment of such injustices by the President (see H.R. 2090), H4834 [26JN]

Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5297 [15JY]

Marine mammals: allow import of dolphin-safe tuna relative to lowering of dolphin mortality rate and certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 1259), H1391 [9AP]

Marine resources: reauthorization of programs (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children (see H.R. 1491), H2089 [30AP]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H68 [7JA], H140 [9JA]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H392 [6FE]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H3203 [22MY]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H1706 [17AP]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H767 [5MR]

———provide for an increase in update for certain hospitals with a high proportion of patients (see H.R. 1673), H3069 [20MY]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H3203 [22MY]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 894), H3204 [22MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1706, H1707 [17AP]

———remove requirement of an x ray as a condition of coverage of chiropractic services (see H.R. 916), H2254 [6MY]

———require HMO's to provide out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 459), H243 [21JA]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7263 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H5570 [22JY]

NAFTA: assess impact, renegotiate certain provisions, and provide for withdrawal (see H.R. 978), H803 [6MR]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4087 [19JN]

National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 75), H69 [7JA], H141 [9JA]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H10769 [12NO]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (see H.R. 437), H629 [25FE]

Natural resources: recover fair market value for disposal of Federal natural assets (see H.R. 919), H10172 [6NO]

Northern Forest Lands Council: implement recommendations (see H.R. 971), H10172 [6NO]

Northern Mariana Islands: labeling, minimum wage, and immigration requirements relative to textile industry (see H.R. 1450), H1891 [24AP]

Oceans: develop and implement national ocean and coastal activities policy (see H.R. 2547), H7910 [25SE]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3798 [12JN]

Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland (see H.R. 1995), H9559 [24OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2777), H9800 [30OC]

Presidents of the U.S.: repeal constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 88), H5777 [24JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1425), H10172 [6NO]

Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 399), H4086 [19JN]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]

Radio: liability of volunteer amateur radio operators while performing duties on behalf of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1013), H3924 [18JN]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H9730 [29OC]

Religion: permit revocation by members of the clergy of their exemption from Social Security coverage (see H.R. 939), H6918 [4SE]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 29), H67 [7JA], H139 [9JA]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see H. Con. Res. 121), H9615 [28OC]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H3720 [11JN]

———quotation of securities transactions in decimals (see H.R. 1053), H1440 [10AP]

———quotation of securities transactions in decimals, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1053), H2681 [14MY]

Sewering, Hans J.: investigate and prosecute Nazi war criminal (see H. Con. Res. 19), H4136 [21JN]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H5132 [10JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H589 [13FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National African-American Museum (see H.R. 773), H586 [13FE]

Social Security: benefit reductions (see H. Res. 132), H1892 [24AP]

Tariff: treatment of live plants and fresh cut flowers (see H.R. 54), H1261 [20MR]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1340 [8AP]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H5778 [24JY]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 200), H702 [27FE]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 553), H2156 [1MY]

———treatment of tobacco products (see H.R. 3027), H10957 [13NO]

Tobacco Accountability Board: establish (see H.R. 1881), H7830 [24SE]

Tobacco products: prevent use by minors, reduce addiction levels, compensate Federal and State Governments for health costs, and enhance investments in biomedical and basic scientific research (see H.R. 3028), H10767 [12NO]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2385), H6797 [3SE]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (see H.R. 2400), H7911 [25SE]

Turkey: allocation of economic assistance (see H.R. 1361), H4836 [26JN]

———anniversary of the burning of Smyrna (see H. Con. Res. 148), H8439 [6OC]

———protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 6), H245 [21JA]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H2090 [30AP]

Veterans: authorize the Pyramid of Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial dedicated to soldiers who have died in foreign conflicts other than declared wars (see H.R. 1608), H9730 [29OC]

———benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4647 [25JN]

———determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H8265 [30SE]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H1892 [24AP]

Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 1188), H1260 [20MR]

———estuary conservation and management programs funding (see H.R. 2670), H8833 [9OC]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H8320 [2OC]

Women: celebrate and continue accomplishments of Title IX provisions relative to equity in women's educational and athletic opportunities (see H. Con. Res. 103), H4221 [23JN]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H3213 [30MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Beaches: improve quality of coastal recreation waters (see H.R. 2094), H4835 [26JN]

Belarus: independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 54), H1288 [21MR]

Committees of the House: minority party appointments (see H. Res. 120), H1706 [17AP]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit expenditures on mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sales (see H.R. 2555), H7910 [25SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve enforcement and compliance programs (see H.R. 1453), H1891 [24AP]

Fish and fishing: prohibit commercial harvesting of Atlantic striped bass in coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 393), H151 [9JA]

Food: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 3070), H10954 [13NO]

Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma): authorize India to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1390), H1705 [17AP]

Immigration: permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses and children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 2664), H8832 [9OC]

India: permanent membership on the U.N. Security Council (see H. Res. 248), H8054 [26SE]

Medicare: pharmaceutical care services (see H.R. 1218), H1288 [21MR]

Motor vehicles: establish an age limit for riding in front seats (see H.R. 3071), H10954 [13NO]

New Jersey: terminate ocean dumping off the coast at the Mud Dump Site and other sites within the New York Bight Apex (see H.R. 244), H147 [9JA]

Terrorism: abduction and detainment of Donald Hutchings and four Western Europeans in Jammu and Kashmir, India (see H. Con. Res. 15), H348 [5FE]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1263), H1391 [9AP]

Motions

China, Republic of: cooperation with the U.S. relative to the development and acquisition of defensive military articles (H.R. 2386), H10157 [6NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3808 [17JN]

Poems

``Asbury Park 1971,'' Frank Valentino, E494 [18MR]

``Long Branch, New Jersey,'' Robert Pinsky, H2244 [6MY]

``Long Branch Song,'' Robert Pinsky, H2244 [6MY]

``Sands of Long Branch,'' Frank Valentino, E494 [18MR]

``To My Father, for Milford S. Pinsky,'' Robert Pinsky, H2244 [6MY]

Remarks

Allenhurst, NJ: anniversary, E745 [24AP]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2657 [14MY], H3218 [3JN]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, H1758, H1759, H1760, H1761, H1762, H1763 [23AP]

———blockade by Azerbaijan, E256-E258 [13FE]

———blockade by Turkey, H1591 [16AP]

———U.S. policy, H10675 [12NO]

Asbury Park, NJ: anniversary, E518 [19MR]

Asia: improve living standards in the Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basin (H. Con. Res. 16), H837 [11MR]

Asia Observer (publication): anniversary, E183 [6FE]

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1658), H4859 [8JY], H10804 [13NO]

Azerbaijan: human rights violations, H5922 [29JY]

———U.S. policy, H10675 [12NO]

Belarus: U.S. policy, H3348 [4JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2781 [15MY]

———balance, H3808 [17JN], H4843 [8JY]

———deficit, H4893 [8JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4650, H4653, H4656, H4657, H4658, H4659 [26JN], H4843, H4893 [8JY], H5007, H5009, H5010, H5011, H5012, H5013 [9JY], H5026 [10JY], H5307, H5393, H5394, H5396, H5397, H5398, H5399 [16JY], H5409 [17JY], H5499 [22JY], H5670 [24JY], H5781 [25JY], H5926 [29JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6306 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4388 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4576 [25JN], H4843 [8JY], H5897, H5899, H5901, H5902, H5903 [28JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6300, H6306 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4388 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 202), H6316 [30JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to instruct conferees, H5032 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), motion to recommit, H4604 [25JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2927, H2935, H2972 [20MY]

Burzynski, Stainislaw: prosecution by FDA relative to medical treatment, H5176 [11JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (H. Con. Res. 134), H7302 [16SE]

Children and youth: increase certain funding under Head Start Program (H.R. 1373), H8709, H8710, H8711, H8712, H8714 [8OC]

———provide health insurance for uninsured children, H267 [4FE], H598 [25FE], H631 [26FE], H683, H684, H686, H687, H688, H689 [27FE], H747 [5MR], H771 [6MR], H813, H854-H856 [11MR], H953, H1004, H1005, H1006, H1007, H1008, H1009 [13MR], H1513, H1514, H1515 [15AP], H4576, H4604 [25JN], H5897 [28JY]

China, People's Republic of: export of nuclear materials to Pakistan, H8572 [7OC]

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): investigation of Federal election campaign fundraising and expenditure practices, H1114 [19MR], H1375, H1376, H1378 [9AP]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H5874 [28JY], H6620 [31JY], H10109 [6NO]

Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), consideration (H. Res. 101), H1234 [20MR]

———authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 91), consideration (H. Res. 105), H1270 [21MR]

———minority party appointments (H. Res. 120), H1687 [17AP]

Commonwealth of Independent States: development of Caspian Sea petroleum reserves, H3431 [4JN]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 108), consideration (H. Res. 176), H4653, H4656, H4657, H4658, H4659 [26JN]

Corps of Engineers: shore protection and beach nourishment projects funding, H5739 [24JY]

Cyprus: Turkish occupation, H5461 [17JY]

———Turkish occupation (H. Con. Res. 81), H5509 [22JY]

———U.S. policy, H5461 [17JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H2781 [15MY], H2927, H2935 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H3955 [19JN]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), consideration (H. Res. 169), H3940 [19JN]

Dept. of HUD: brownfields redevelopment program funding, H5342 [16JY]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3348, H3351, H3357, H3358, H3431 [4JN], H3496 [5JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), motion to instruct conferees, H7762 [24SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7893, H7895 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), motion to instruct conferees, H9727 [29OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7122 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5263 [15JY], H5342 [16JY]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8448 [7OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2607), consideration (H. Res. 264), H8734 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8426 [6OC], H8448 [7OC], H9732 [30OC]

Dornan, Robert K.: limit admission to House floor and rooms (H. Res. 233), H7532 [18SE]

Earth Day: observance, H1689-H1692 [17AP]

Education: Head Start Program funding, H2063 [30AP]

———national policy to improve system, H248 [4FE], H303 [5FE], H457, H515, H517, H518 [12FE], H591 [25FE], H2060, H2063, H2065, H2066, H2067 [30AP], H3162, H3165, H3166, H3167 [21MY], H6802, H6904, H6905, H6906, H6909 [4SE], H6923 [5SE], H7122 [10SE], H7492, H7493, H7494, H7495 [17SE], H8424, H8425, H8426, H8428, H8429 [6OC], H8636 [8OC], H8931, H8990, H8992, H8993, H8994, H8995 [22OC], H9041 [23OC]

———student financial aid programs, H2060, H2063, H2066 [30AP]

———student loan programs, H3166 [21MY]

———voucher program to provide school choice, H7495 [17SE]

Electric power: operation requirements for certain electric generating facilities (H.R. 2909), E2256 [8NO]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1118 [19MR]

———treatment of former welfare recipients relative to income and workplace protection, H3904, H3905 [18JN], H4080-H4082 [19JN]

Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures (H.R. 478), H2289 [7MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2203), consideration (H. Res. 194), H5739 [24JY]

Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family support services (H.R. 1373), H8709, H8710, H8711, H8712, H8714 [8OC]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), H8478 [7OC]

Fish and fishing: moratorium on large vessels in Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring fisheries (H.R. 1855), H5835 [28JY], H7895 [25SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6356 [30JY], H6753 [3SE], H6818, H6819 [4SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2159), conference report, H10675 [12NO]

Foreign policy: support economic and political independence for the South Caucasus and Central Asia regions, H6356 [30JY]

Foreign trade: establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements, H7360, H7361, H7362 [16SE], H8035, H8036 [26SE], H10584 [12NO]

———establish negotiating objectives and fast-track procedures for future trade agreements (H.R. 2621), H10351 [8NO]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H5409 [17JY]

Greece: independence anniversary, H1084 [18MR]

Health: allow patients to receive any medical treatment they want under certain conditions (H.R. 746), H5176 [11JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H3437, H3438, H3439 [4JN]

———national policy to provide health care to children and pregnant women (H.R. 560), H1007 [13MR]

———require group health plans and insurers to offer coverage for children and provide a tax credit for the purchase of such coverage (H.R. 561), H1007 [13MR]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children, H3215 [3JN]

———require health plans to provide certain coverage for children (H.R. 1159), H2658, H2660, H2661, H2662 [14MY]

Hermandad Mexicana Nacional (organization): filing of criminal charges by the U.S. Attorney in California for failure to comply with a subpoena relative to contested election (H. Res. 244), consideration (H. Res. 253), H8249 [30SE]

House of Representatives: elimination of bipartisan task force on ethics, H3869 [18JN]

House Rules: consideration of motions to suspend the rules and pass certain legislation (H. Res. 107), H1354 [9AP]

———repeal exception to the requirement that public committee proceedings be open to all media (H. Res. 301), H10629 [12NO]

———same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 201), H6306 [30JY]

Hutchings, Donald: abduction and detainment in India, H3496 [5JN]

Immigration: obtain suspension of deportation of aliens under rules in place at the time of application for residency, H9727 [29OC]

India: allocation of foreign aid, H6753 [3SE], H6818, H6819 [4SE]

———civil liberties violations in Kashmir, H1853 [24AP]

———civil liberties violations of Sikhs, H1408 [10AP]

———human rights violations, H6753 [3SE]

———independence anniversary (H. Res. 157), H6686 [31JY]

———U.S. policy, H3348 [4JN], H5819 [25JY]

International Dolphin Conservation Program: implement (H.R. 408), H3129 [21MY]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (H. Con. Res. 60), E1199 [12JN]

Italian American Memorial Association, Inc.: anniversary, E929 [14MY]

Korean War: tribute to 50th Army Battalion, E1739 [11SE]

Kurdistan: recognize Kurds right to self-determination to stop exploitation by external forces, H2153 [1MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5874 [28JY]

Long Branch, NJ: dedication of Monmouth Medical Center community health center, E1289 [21JN]

———tribute to `Acerra Brothers' baseball team, H6956 [5SE]

Medicaid: expand State health care coverage of low-income children and pregnant women and fund enrollment in health insurance programs for certain children, H2568 [13MY], H2657, H2658, H2660, H2661, H2662 [14MY]

Medicare: age eligibility requirements, H5032 [10JY]

———medical savings accounts, H3807, H3834 [17JN], H3907, H3908 [18JN]

———reform, H1797 [24AP], H3907, H3908 [18JN]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H7762 [24SE]

———limit terms, H457 [12FE]

Mother Teresa: condolences on death (H. Res. 227), H7250 [11SE]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H8035 [26SE]

———impact on environmental issues, H8035, H8036 [26SE]

Nagorno-Karabagh: U.S. role in territorial dispute negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, H3357, H3358 [4JN], H4079 [19JN], H5820 [25JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: tribute, E469 [13MR]

National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), H3877 [18JN]

New Jersey: tribute to counties ranked by Money (publication) on list of best places to live in America, E1212 [12JN]

New Mexico: provide investment flexibility of trust funds and modify the basis on which distributions are made from those funds (S. 430), H5835 [28JY]

NOAA: non-point source pollution control programs funding, H7893, H7895 [25SE]

Oxi Day: observance, H9725 [29OC]

Pakistan: resume trade and democracy programs, H5818 [25JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H409, H412 [11FE], H728 [5MR], H1044, H1079, H1080, H1081, H1082 [18MR], H1172, H1174, H1175 [19MR], H1354, H1375, H1376, H1378 [9AP], H7019 [9SE], H7202 [11SE], H7736 [24SE]

Prescription Drug User Fee Act: reauthorize, H8478 [7OC]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (H.R. 1104), H7000, H7001, H7004 [8SE], H7013 [9SE]

Superfund Program: funding, H5263 [15JY]

Tanzman, Roy and Brenda: Highland Park Conservative Temple Chaver Award recipients, E567 [21MR]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H5398 [16JY]

———child tax credit, H5897 [28JY], H5926 [29JY], H6300 [30JY]

———rates, H2927, H2935 [20MY], H3808, H3834, H3837, H3838, H3839, H3840 [17JN], H3904, H3905, H3907, H3908 [18JN], H3932, H4080-H4082 [19JN], H4089 [20JN], H4225, H4314, H4315, H4316, H4317, H4319, H4320 [24JN], H4650, H4653 [26JN], H4843, H4893 [8JY], H5007, H5009, H5010, H5011, H5012, H5013 [9JY], H5026 [10JY], H5307, H5393, H5394, H5396, H5397, H5398, H5399 [16JY], H5409 [17JY], H5670 [24JY], H5781 [25JY], H5901 [28JY]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors, H5499 [22JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), consideration (H. Res. 274), H9051 [23OC]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H5398, H5399 [16JY], H5902 [28JY], H6300 [30JY]

Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H6722 [3SE]

U.N.: relocation of headquarters and change to part-time body, H3351 [4JN]

Votes: position on missed, H5775 [24JY], H8114 [29SE], H8207 [30SE], H9775 [30OC]

WIC: funding, H1916, H1959 [29AP], H2262 [7MY], H2354 [8MY], H2497, H2568 [13MY], H2657 [14MY], H2796 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5775 [24JY]

Special order: granted, H278 [4FE], H336 [5FE], H1434 [10AP], H1878 [24AP], H1986 [29AP], H2153 [1MY], H2252 [6MY], H2585 [13MY], H2872 [16MY], H3656 [10JN], H4909 [8JY], H5295 [15JY], H5824 [25JY], H6701 [31JY], H6783 [3SE], H6959 [5SE], H8052 [26SE], H8158 [29SE], H8435 [6OC]

Tributes

Cowsik, Shyamala B., E2157 [31OC]

Fisher, Clarkson, S., E1608 [1AU]

Gujral, Inder Kumar (Prime Minister, India), H1853 [24AP]

Hollywood, Phil, E1677 [5SE]

Mother Teresa, H6967 [8SE]

Pascrell, William, Sr., H7019 [9SE]

Pinsky, Robert, H2244 [6MY]

Valentino, Frank, E493 [18MR]