WYNN, ALBERT RUSSELL (a Representative from Maryland)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5301 [15JY], H5405 [16JY], H5491 [21JY], H5578 [22JY], H5689 [24JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 1032), H948 [12MR], H1019 [13MR]

Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 453), H5021 [9JY]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H8633 [7OC]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H1260 [20MR]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations (see H.R. 1912), H3864 [17JN]

Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2349), H6704 [31JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 45), H348 [5FE]

Business and industry: discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 775), H586 [13FE]

———improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H3213 [30MY]

———maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5487 [17JY]

———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2468), H10956 [13NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 49), H1795 [23AP]

———postpone relocation of Suffragists Portrait Monument to the rotunda (see H. Con. Res. 72), H2156 [1MY]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 776), H587 [13FE]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H10172 [6NO]

Chesapeake Bay: restoration (see H.R. 1578), H5177 [11JY]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: establish (see H.R. 1579), H5177 [11JY]

Children and youth: funding for health, nutrition, education, and child care for infants and toddlers (see H. Res. 131), H3477 [4JN]

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination (see H.R. 963), H802 [6MR]

———prohibit employment discrimination, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 963), H1707 [17AP]

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

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1174), H1259 [20MR]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Correctional institutions: funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs in Federal prisons (see H.R. 1643), H2784 [15MY]

Courts: allow suits against the Federal Government for gross negligence when individuals are injured or killed overseas (see H.R. 1334), H9502 [23OC]

———continue judicial supervision over certain offenders with substance abuse problems (see H.R. 1644), H2784 [15MY]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H6918 [4SE]

Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in cloning cellular telephones (see H.R. 2460), H8161 [29SE]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see H.R. 1699), H3169 [21MY]

———penalties for theft by public officials under color of law (see H.R. 1645), H2784 [15MY]

———protection from sexual predators (see H.R. 305), H702 [27FE]

———require opening of campus security crime logs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 715), H1440 [10AP]

Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H6706 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate Market Access Program (see H.R. 972), H802 [6MR]

———eliminate Market Access Program, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 972), H5297 [15JY]

———establish equitable service for customers and equal opportunity for employees (see H.R. 2185), H5486 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H804 [6MR]

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

Dept. of HHS: make certain information available to the Dept. of the Treasury for the collection of debts owed to the Federal Government (see H.R. 2063), H4646 [25JN]

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

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 953), H4221 [23JN]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1989 [29AP]

District of Columbia: realign functional responsibilities with Federal Government (see H.R. 1963), H4085 [19JN]

Ecology and environment: assist local governments and encourage State voluntary response programs relative to remediating brownfield sites (see H.R. 1120), H1185 [19MR]

———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]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H7008 [8SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

Education: establish computer learning centers in low-income areas (see H.R. 1640), H2784 [15MY]

———establish funding for local communities to repair school infrastructure (see H.R. 1639), H2784 [15MY]

———establish Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program (see H.R. 1970), H4085 [19JN]

———improve access to and affordability of higher education (see H.R. 1435), H1890 [24AP]

Employment: exempt from minimum wage and overtime requirements individuals who volunteer their time for occupational opportunity (see H.R. 71), H889 [11MR]

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

———provide for retirement savings and security (see H.R. 1130), H1707 [17AP]

Energy Policy Act: take into account newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives (see H.R. 2568), H9615 [28OC]

Executive departments: require review of agency spending on service contracts (see H.R. 2712), H9501 [23OC]

Families and domestic relations: State assistance for certain adults who are caring for the children of relatives (see H.R. 1646), H2784 [15MY]

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington Field Office Memorial Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2443), H7118 [9SE]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H5826 [25JY]

———computation system for Social Security benefits relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 2273), H5825 [25JY]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H285 [4FE]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments and maintenance of Federal agency retirement contributions (see H. Con. Res. 71), H2156 [1MY]

———funding for pay adjustments and comparability payments through reductions in agency spending on service contracts (see H.R. 886), H1392 [9AP]

———prohibit agencies from contracting out work that can be done cheaper by current employees (see H.R. 885), H1392 [9AP]

———prohibit the replacement of bought-out employees with contract employees (see H.R. 888), H1392 [9AP]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2761), H9729 [29OC]

———review of employment discriminations claims (see H.R. 2441), H7118 [9SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: improve sanctions against providers and provide coverage for the FDIC and Federal Reserve Board (see H.R. 1836), H9559 [24OC]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with other civil service employees and public sector firefighters (see H.R. 1166), H1259 [20MR]

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

Firearms: prohibit possession or transfer of nonsporting handguns (see H.R. 476), H243 [21JA]

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

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H4913 [8JY]

Foreign aid: establish an alternative crop production demonstration program for developing countries with illicit crop production (see H.R. 1642), H2784 [15MY]

Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 497), H282 [4FE]

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

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H3213 [30MY]

———funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 1637, 1638), H2784 [15MY]

———insurance coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2693), H9038 [22OC]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1340 [8AP]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 337), H2784 [15MY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H2091 [30AP]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H6918 [4SE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program and amend relative to persons of mixed ancestry (see H.R. 2418), H6962 [5SE]

———revise and extend programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1895), H3797 [12JN]

Higher Education Act: improve accountability and reform certain programs (see H.R. 2140), H6798 [3SE]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (see H.R. 1046), H948 [12MR]

———authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H1187 [19MR]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1340 [8AP]

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

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H949 [12MR]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9730 [29OC]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10957 [13NO]

———require better reporting of unidentified persons (see H.R. 2850), H10171 [6NO]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1173), H2254 [6MY]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8265 [30SE]

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

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 418), H1339 [8AP]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H283 [4FE]

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 676), H3070 [20MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H286 [4FE]

Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building, Compton, CA: designate (see H.R. 2348), H6704 [31JY]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.J. Res. 58), H812 [10MR]

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

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H4836 [26JN]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 27), H701 [27FE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H2253 [6MY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand and coordinate activities on cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 2130), H5021 [9JY]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

National Park Service: establish the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (see H.R. 1635), H2783 [15MY]

National security: threat to U.S. citizens and Government posed by armed militia and paramilitary groups (see H. Con. Res. 2), H155 [9JA]

Nigeria: condemn treatment of U.S. Ambassador Walter Carrington (see H. Res. 260), H8438 [6OC]

NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 2697), H10172 [6NO]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: increase amount of funds Director may transfer between agency accounts (see H.R. 1641), H2784 [15MY]

Olympic games: holding of the 2004 summer games in Cape Town, South Africa (see H. Con. Res. 89), H3203 [22MY]

OMB: report number of individuals employed by non-Federal entities providing Government services (see H.R. 887), H1392 [9AP]

Parren J. Mitchell Veterans Medical Center, Baltimore, MD: designate (see H.R. 3051), H10954 [13NO]

Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 107), H889 [11MR]

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

Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic eavesdropping (see H.R. 2369), H8633 [7OC]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 623), H1707 [17AP]

Public Health Service Act: provide inclusive information service relative to certain diseases (see H.R. 482), H1892 [24AP]

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

Ralph David Abernathy Memorial Foundation: extend authority to establish memorial (see H.J. Res. 57), H701 [27FE]

Robert F. Kennedy Dept. of Justice Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 1383), H4647 [25JN]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1335), H2091 [30AP]

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2717), H9501 [23OC]

Schools: assist local communities in renewal of public schools (see H.R. 1436), H1890 [24AP]

———establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1262 [20MR]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H4133 [20JN]

Sheinbein, Samuel: extradition to the U.S. from Israel (see H. Con. Res. 165), H8834 [9OC]

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), H2785 [15MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H768 [5MR]

Small business: assist certain women and minority business people (see H.R. 1647), H2784 [15MY]

———increase opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 168), H286 [4FE]

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

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H1795 [23AP]

States: enforcement of veterans' reemployment rights (see H.R. 166), H286 [4FE]

Taxation: benefits for foreign corporations (see H.R. 599), H1018 [13MR]

———business meal, entertainment, and certain travel expense deductions (see H.R. 628), H725 [4MR]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H1542 [15AP]

———deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 687), H890 [11MR]

———designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 291), H5916 [28JY]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H5297 [15JY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 18, 69), H348 [5FE], H889 [11MR]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3797 [12JN]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 465), H453 [11FE]

———treatment of advertising expenses for tobacco products (see H.R. 1323), H4339 [24JN]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 1682), H3569 [5JN]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 535), H283 [4FE]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H286 [4FE]

———treatment of funeral trusts (see H.R. 684), H804 [6MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 382, 553), H286 [4FE], H702 [27FE]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H949 [12MR]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 213), H286 [4FE]

———treatment of reorganizations and stocks for specialized small business investment companies (see H.R. 2707), H9501 [23OC]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1440 [10AP]

21st Century Scholars Program: establish (see H.R. 777), H5297 [15JY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H2680 [14MY]

———minimum survivor annuities for unremarried surviving spouses of veterans who died prior to survivor benefit plan participation (see H.R. 38), H767 [5MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65, 303), H589 [13FE]

———priority health care to individuals who served in Israel or Turkey during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 250), H286 [4FE]

———rename Court of Veterans Appeals as Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (see H.R. 1089), H1456 [14AP]

———strengthen veterans' preference relative to employment opportunities (see H.R. 167), H286 [4FE]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H1542 [15AP]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact: congressional consent to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 96), H8833 [9OC]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

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), H6798 [3SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Davis, John W.: relief (see H.R. 584), H285 [4FE]

Small business: increase percentage of Federal contracts awarded to businesses owned by disadvantaged individuals or women (see H.R. 1824), H3567 [5JN]

———strengthen Federal contracting opportunities and assess impact of contract bundling by Federal agencies (see H.R. 373), H151 [9JA]

W. Edwards Deming Federal Building, Suitland, MD: designate (see H.R. 962), H767 [5MR]

Letters

Automatic system for continuing appropriations: by, S5316 [5JN]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5689 [24JY]

Appropriations: establish automatic system for continuing appropriations, H2734 [15MY]

———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2734 [15MY]

Black History Month: observance, H430 [11FE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4654 [26JN], H5137 [11JY], H5410 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6643 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2998, H3001 [20MY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4266 [24JN]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District (H. Res. 276), H9489 [23OC]

Congress: adjournment (H. Con. Res. 108), consideration (H. Res. 176), H4654 [26JN]

Crime: national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (H.R. 3), H2368 [8MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: civil rights division funding, H5689 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7204 [11SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8453 [7OC], H8759 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8453 [7OC], H8759 [9OC]

Education: Impact Aid Program funding, H7204 [11SE]

———improve and expand charter schools (H.R. 2616), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9827 [31OC]

———national policy to improve system, H292 [5FE]

———voucher program to provide school choice (H.R. 2746), consideration (H. Res. 288), H9827 [31OC]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1131 [19MR]

Foreign trade: U.S. deficit, H4266 [24JN]

GPO: staffing levels, H5890 [28JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2209), H5890 [28JY]

Medicare: reform, H1799 [24AP]

Mexico: disapprove foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (H.J. Res. 58), H965 [13MR]

Taxation: child tax credit, H5410 [17JY], H6643 [31JY]

———rates, H3810 [17JN], H3929 [19JN], H5137 [11JY], H6643 [31JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), consideration (H. Res. 274), H9050 [23OC]

———treatment of higher education expenses, H6643 [31JY]

WIC: funding, H2011 [30AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2440 [8MY], H3922 [18JN]

Tributes

McCall, Kenneth S., E155 [4FE]