SAWYER, THOMAS C. (a Representative from Ohio)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Animals: conservation of Asian elephants (see H.R. 1787), H7119 [9SE]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H3568 [5JN]

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

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H5826 [25JY]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 643), H393 [6FE]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H767 [5MR]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

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

Children and youth: 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]

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

Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 1301), H1543 [15AP]

Courts: conversion of temporary district court judgeships to permanent status (see H.R. 977), H2590 [13MY]

Cuba: exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment (see H.R. 1951), H7601 [18SE]

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

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H1795 [23AP]

Douglas Applegate Post Office, Steubenville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2129), H5778 [24JY]

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

———national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 1404), H4836 [26JN]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

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

Employment: 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), H1186 [19MR]

English language: encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 4), H287 [4FE]

FCC: clarify authority to authorize foreign investment in U.S. broadcast and common carrier radio licenses (see H.R. 1324), H1541 [15AP]

Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H5177 [11JY]

———delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H890 [11MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H4133 [20JN]

———improve regulation of food ingredients, nutrient content claims, and health claims (see H.R. 2469), H8265 [30SE]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H5664 [23JY]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H10172 [6NO]

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

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H6716 [1AU]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H345 [5FE]

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

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H6798 [3SE]

House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and local government transit programs (see H. Res. 37), H5132 [10JY]

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

Independent Commission on Campaign Finance Reform: establish (see H.R. 1614), H2679 [14MY]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H1611 [16AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8929 [21OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1818), H4339 [24JN]

Karl Bernal Post Office Building, Painesville, OH: designate (see H.R. 2766), H9729 [29OC]

Larry Doby Post Office, Paterson, NJ: designate (see H.R. 2116), H5916 [28JY]

``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H8834 [9OC]

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]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H2254 [6MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1112 [18MR]

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

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H700 [27FE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3660 [10JN]

National Labor Relations Act: require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 2848), H10171 [6NO]

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 Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation: establish (see H.R. 756), H629 [25FE]

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

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

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H6407 [30JY]

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. 600, 2777), H7911 [25SE], H9800 [30OC]

———prohibit contributions by multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign corporations (see H.R. 610), H8161 [29SE]

Public welfare programs: eligibility of SSI benefits for disabled children (see H.R. 1455), H1891 [24AP]

———treatment of certain legal immigrants (see H.R. 1468), H2446 [8MY]

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

Railroads: modify the guaranteed minimum benefit for widows and widowers relative to conversion from spouse to widow or widower annuity (see H. Con. Res. 52), H5401 [16JY]

Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]

Schools: establish a partnership to rebuild and modernize school facilities (see H.R. 1104), H1111 [18MR]

Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H7008 [8SE]

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

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), H4836 [26JN]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1289 [21MR]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 612), H453 [11FE]

Sports: extend pension benefits to certain surviving professional basketball players (see H. Con. Res. 83), H3576 [6JN]

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

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H157 [9JA]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H2351 [7MY]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1355), H2488 [12MY]

Telecommunications: Government treatment of universal service support payments (see H. Res. 200), H6707 [31JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1288 [21MR]

Truth in Lending Act: require notice of cancellation rights relative to private mortgage insurance (see H.R. 607), H347 [5FE]

U.N.: participation in negotiations to establish international criminal court (see H.J. Res. 89), H8728 [8OC]

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

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 836), H4836 [26JN]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Families and domestic relations: develop, promote, and implement policies to stabilize U.S. population growth (see H. Con. Res. 154), H7600 [18SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), conference report, H3535 [5JN]

Census: use of sampling to improve the accuracy of the decennial census, H3535 [5JN], H7784 [24SE], H8231, H8234 [30SE], H10915, H10937 [13NO]

Committee on House Oversight (House): investigation of voter irregularities in California's 46th Congressional District, H7835 [25SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, H5287 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: national testing standards, H7328 [16SE]

Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (H.R. 1757), H3494 [5JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5167 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: medical, prosthetic, and Gulf War Syndrome research funding, H5287 [15JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7784 [24SE], H8231, H8234 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), conference report, H10937 [13NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2267), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 330), H10915 [13NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7328 [16SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2158), H5287 [15JY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (H.R. 1385), H2803 [16MY]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H545 [13FE]

———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H3494 [5JN], H6834 [4SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), H6834 [4SE]

Gingrich, Representative: reelection as Speaker of the House, H20 [7JA]

———resolution of ethics charges, H20 [7JA]

———resolution of ethics charges (H. Res. 31), H193 [21JA]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), H9662 [29OC]

Hershey, PA: bipartisan congressional conference, H1158 [19MR]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H20 [7JA]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5167 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1184 [19MR]

Reports

Corp. for National and Community Service Management Control Systems, H5288 [15JY]