NORTHUP, ANNE M. (a Representative from Kentucky)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H7009 [8SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2264, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7654 [23SE]

———H.R. 2378, Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies appropriations, H7769 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

African Americans: celebrate end of slavery in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 56), H1187 [19MR]

Air pollution: regulations relative to beverage alcohol compounds emitted from aging warehouses (see H.R. 679), H452 [11FE]

Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 619), H1795 [23AP]

———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H2875 [16MY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 72), H2351 [7MY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]

———require separate basic training for male and female recruits (see H.R. 1559), H2444 [8MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H287 [4FE]

———create a tax cut reserve fund to protect revenues generated by economic growth (see H.R. 2496), H7599 [18SE]

———establish a deficit reduction trust fund and reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 126), H286 [4FE]

———reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H5826 [25JY]

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

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 26), H1707 [17AP]

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

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 1378), H1989 [29AP]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H2590 [13MY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H5826 [25JY]

———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H4913 [8JY]

———provide certain immunities from civil liability for trade and professional associations (see H.R. 1542), H6798 [3SE]

———provide uniform standards for the award of punitive damages for volunteer services (see H.R. 1503), H2590 [13MY]

Dept. of Defense: repayment of student loans by students called to active duty (see H.R. 877), H2446 [8MY]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1577), H2785 [15MY]

Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see H. Res. 48), H702 [27FE]

———efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H1262 [20MR]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9502 [23OC]

Education: exempt certain lenders from audit requirements of student loan programs (see H.R. 529), H2680 [14MY]

Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 758), H1542 [15AP]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1), H725 [4MR]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H4836 [26JN]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (see H.R. 1419), H3070 [20MY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H7263 [11SE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H1040 [17MR]

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1892 [24AP]

———substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see H.R. 2002), H4132 [20JN]

Government: reduce spending and regulatory programs (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4135 [21JN]

Government regulations: analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H2446 [8MY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H7830 [24SE]

Health: allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (see H.R. 964), H1392 [9AP]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H5132 [10JY]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H9502 [23OC]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H9730 [29OC]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see H.R. 1108), H3274 [3JN]

Immigration: immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children (see H.R. 2464), H7730 [23SE]

Insurance: provide consumers choice of auto insurance relative to compensation for economic and non-economic losses (see H.R. 2021), H5401 [16JY]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]

IRS: accountability in tax collection practices and procedures (see H.R. 1227), H9039 [22OC]

———restructure (see H.R. 2292), H8834 [9OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2351 [7MY]

Labor unions: inform workers of their rights relative to the payment of dues or fees to labor organizations (see H.R. 1625), H4836 [26JN]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H8161 [29SE]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H9730 [29OC]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 122), H1893 [24AP]

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

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 880), H6798 [3SE]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7730 [23SE]

NLRB: recovery of attorneys' fees by small businesses and labor organizations who prevail in proceedings (see H.R. 2449), H7528 [17SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: establish peer review of standards (see H.R. 2661), H8832 [9OC]

Political campaigns: require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]

Postal Service: limit commercial nonpostal services (see H.R. 198), H4647 [25JN]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for legal aliens applying for naturalization (see H.R. 1416), H2680 [14MY]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1392 [9AP]

Roads and highways: modify minimum allocation formula for the Federal-aid highway program (see H.R. 907), H709 [3MR]

Small business: provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 96), H1392 [9AP]

Taxation: allow married couples to be taxed using rates applicable to either single or joint filers (see H.R. 2462), H7262 [11SE]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]

———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H1339 [8AP]

———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H2784 [15MY]

———child tax credit (see H.R. 1327), H1893 [24AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see H.R. 1145), H3204 [22MY]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H3924 [18JN]

———encourage competition and tax fairness and protect the tax base of State and local governments (see H.R. 1168), H2351 [7MY]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 144), H2351 [7MY]

———provide incentives for investment in renewal communities (see H.R. 1031), H9800 [30OC]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H1892 [24AP]

———repeal limitations on the number of individuals who may have medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1743), H3477 [4JN]

———treatment of certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 2113), H5401 [16JY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H524 [12FE]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373), H8055 [26SE]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H7730 [23SE]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1299), H2446 [8MY]

———treatment of funeral trusts (see H.R. 479), H3476 [4JN]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1810), H3924 [18JN]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 446), H3169 [21MY]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H4913 [8JY]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H2351 [7MY]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

U.N.: make financial support contingent upon adoption of certain reforms (see H.R. 1588), H2589 [13MY]

———prohibit the payment of any contributions by the U.S. until overpayments have been properly credited or reimbursed (see H.R. 934), H766 [5MR]

U.S. Masters Swimming, Inc.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 155), H8634 [7OC]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 44, 65, 303), H4132 [20JN]

Voting: guarantee the right of all active duty military personnel, merchant mariners, and their dependents to vote in Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 699), H1440 [10AP]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H2090 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Mother Teresa: condolences on death (see H. Res. 226), H7199 [10SE]

National Panel on Early Reading Research and Effective Reading Instruction: establish (see H.R. 2192), H5486 [17JY]

Factsheets

How Product Liability Reform Helps Women, H1955 [29AP]

Letters

Black Lung Benefits Program proposed changes: Jere W. Glover, SBA, E1742 [11SE]

———Jerome J. Shestack, ABA, E1743 [11SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1916 [29AP]

Remarks

African Americans: celebrate end of slavery in the U.S. (H.J. Res. 56), H3824 [17JN]

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5694 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5694 [24JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2708, H2717 [15MY]

Budget: balance, H1533 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H352 [6FE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, H6325 [30JY]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (H.R. 2003), H5603 [23JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3155 [21MY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4257 [24JN]

Courts: product liability reform, H1955 [29AP], H8059 [29SE]

Dept. of Labor: Black Lung Benefits Program proposed changes, E1741 [11SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7467, H7472 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2169), H5632 [23JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H6883, H6884 [4SE], H7153 [10SE]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 2607), H8792 [9OC]

———scholarship vouchers to provide school choice, H8792 [9OC]

———waive Davis-Bacon Act requirements relative to school construction and repairs, H8780 [9OC]

Education: improve the reading and literacy skills of children and families (H.R. 2614), H10398 [8NO]

———national policy to improve system, H2069, H2073, H2074, H2075 [30AP], H6883, H6884 [4SE], H7153 [10SE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1148 [19MR]

Families and domestic relations: promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2020 [30AP]

House of Representatives: Women's Caucus news conference on tax rates, H4079 [19JN]

Immigration: immunization requirements for certain internationally adopted children (H.R. 2464), H8871 [21OC]

Kentucky: implementation of education reform legislation, H3897 [18JN]

Louisville, KY: reimbursement for installation of instrument landing system at Standiford Field airport, H5632 [23JY]

———tribute to Male High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E1106 [4JN]

Marshall, Searchy: National Industries for the Blind Peter J. Salmon National Blind Employee of the Year award recipient, E445 [12MR]

Mother Teresa: condolences on death (H. Res. 227), H7252 [11SE]

National Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week: observance, H8059 [29SE]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: observance, H2176 [6MY]

Postal Service: expansion of Global Package Link System, H7472 [17SE]

Taxation: rates, H4079 [19JN]

———rates (H. Res. 109), H1533 [15AP]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), H9060 [23OC]

———treatment of marriage, E1866 [25SE]

Votes: position on missed, H2381 [8MY], H3633 [10JN]

WIC: funding, H2717 [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H3269 [3JN], H3922 [18JN], H4083 [19JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Black Lung Benefits Program proposed changes: ABA, E1743 [11SE]

Tributes

Austin, Jacqueline, H2176 [6MY]